I don't know how they do it..springer hunters

[jimmie lee]

I'm usually shooting from the cover of a tree trunk and whatever hangs off of it vertically or horizontally whether a branch or knot as well as placing hand on trunk and resting rifle on hand. The only gun I can shoot offhand well is my TalonP Carbine.

[mtsheron70]

Probably one of the best spring gun shooters around the world explains....................and what he does is shows you that a springer can be as accurate as a PCP!

Enjoy and listen to the whole video.........

[aznboi3644]

I practice by shooting targets standing offhand...or sitting down using my knee as a rest...using a tree as a rest.  Or just a lot of offhand shooting.  Longest offhand shot I've made was 35 yards at a squirrel 15 feet up...and that was a great feeling of accomplishment.

[shadow]

The only way to get it down to a automatic function is to get out there and practice. Take a day or days and head out to the stick's if you have access. Don't plan on doing any harvesting but just practice shooting from different postions. I've shot from about every angle and some that made me feel like Gumby lol. Ed

[mtbdrew]

One thing the above video doesn't cover is a factor that many American air gunners fall prey to and that is the unnecessary "need for speed". The hype here is always for the highest FPS and this driving force has given rise to air rifles that are even more hold sensitive and harder to tame than they really need to be. Take the Titan GP, this gun can spit a RWS 14.5grn out at 720fps for a 16fpe rating. In comparison air rifles in the UK are limited to 12fpe (at least they were when I lived there). So 12fpe for the same 14.5grn pellet is only 610fps which is 110fps less or about the same as the low powered version the Crosman offers. This decrease in fps/energy generation will directly result in less recoil and far less hold sensitivity without significantly decreasing the affective range or stopping power. If anything it could actually increase your range as it greatly increases the ability to put the pellet where you are aiming. 49 meters or  just under 54 yards and reliably hitting a bottle top is some fine shoot and will stop most small game as any of our UK GTA brothers can confirm.

[shadow]

I never fell under the more power hype and focus my skills on harvesting game with midpowered springers, springer pistola's and even the little pumpers. Ed

[Plekto]

I second the complaint about never-ending horsepower wars in these rifles.

As for accuracy, there are two things:
1 - Your trigger and how you pull it.  How you pull it really doesn't matter (barring really huge errors) as long as whatever you are doing is identical every time. 

2 - I've heard about various holds and all of that, but the best that I managed to shoot was to modify my que hold.  Ie - I play pool (billiards).  If you use your hand (3-5 fingers on the table) to support your wrist and lock it, you then can use your elbow as the other contact point.  That is, instead of a typical artillery hold in your hand.  If you are at a bench or flat surface (or say, a tree stump), get as much of your entire arm as you can into it.  I usually rested my springer on the top of my hand or near the back of my wrist.  My wrist was usually just an inch off the table.  By manipulating my finger position, like when shooting pool, I could control the elevation so that my hold (shoulder,eye, etc) is identical otherwise.  Sometimes I used a small bean bag on top if the rifle tended to dig into my skin.

Nothing forward of the trigger is being held/held down.  Just resting on your hand/arm/etc.   

Of course I am now a lot more lazy.   CO2 and PCP does that to you, since nothing much moves when the gun fires.

[Trackmyer]

Mike that is a very nice video.

Ive read numerous postings since I joined this forum talking about how powder burners are so different that airgun.  Though this is true to a point.  Shooting is still shooting.  If you good at one, you will find the ways to be good at the other.  This video gives infomation that though designed for his Airgun is very similar to accepted Military and Law Enforcement techniques in regards to Bone Support, Muscle Relaxation, Breathing, and Follow through.  Any shooter without formal training or passed down technique from an older family member or friend could learn a great deal just from this vid.

[jimmie lee]

Probably one of the best spring gun shooters around the world explains....................and what he does is shows you that a springer can be as accurate as a PCP!

Enjoy and listen to the whole video.........

He brought up some interesting points I had either forgotten or was not aware of ; flesh on flesh instead of bone on bone, proper body position to the target, breath control which we are all aware of should serve to make for better shooters.