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    IN POSITION

    Aug 08, 2019 4 minutes

    Much has been written by both myself and many others over the years regarding how best to prepare ourselves for that most dreaded of outdoor airgunning shots, the ‘positional’.

    Positional shots require the shooter to forgo the normal HFT prone shot – which offers a stable shooting position for the shooter to concentrate on positioning their crosshairs, and not worry about the gun moving, as it might be minus the support offered by the shooting peg.

    This is why some shooters consider the normal supported stance of HFT offered by the peg as ‘outdoor benchrest’. Fair enough, if the day is completely without any wind (unlikely) or the shooter knows exactly how far away each and every target is (also highly unlikely, unless

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