GET COMFORTABLE BEING UNCOMFORTABLE

The last time I visited my local airgun range, a fellow shooter commented on the fact that I was shooting off split sticks. He told me he’d never seen anyone else at the range using sticks; when I thought about it, neither had I. As this particular range is predominantly set up for benchrest with individual shooting lanes, my habit is to spend most of my time zeroing and checking data, but then I’ll spend the last 15 or 20 minutes shooting offhand or using sticks.

Marksmanship of any kind is a perishable skill, especially the fiendishly tricky stuff such as unsupported standing shots. I’ve learned through bitter