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Konrad
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Registrace 4. 05. 2013
Mostly videos related to competitive shooting but sometimes other stuff that I find interesting.
Hesitation When Shooting Standing
When shooting the highpower standing stage, many times I see the reticle in the 10-ring but I don't fire. This is common for many competitive shooters. I've wondered why this happens and I think I found one reason why it happens to me. Let me show you what I'm seeing through my scope and explain what's going through my head as I'm lining up the shot.
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Triggercam for Highpower Competition
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The Triggercam is a scope-mounted camera that records the image through a rifle scope. I have tried it in a few highpower matches and this video are my thoughts on the camera's application during competition.
Throwing Rounds Downrange During an Alibi String.
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After having a malfunction during a rapid-fire string, I get a refire. But now I have to get all my shots off while trying to remain composed as best I can.
Standing Comparison, Air Rifle vs. Highpower
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How does shooting standing in highpower competition compare to the top levels of international air rifle? I explain how the 10m air rifle target is scored and how those shots compare with the 200 yard highpower target.
Is More Magnification Always Better in Highpower Competition?
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More scope magnification means you can see more detail on the target. But is this always a good thing in highpower rifle competition? Are there tradeoffs with a higher magnification? Let's look at the standing position and the differences when we increase the scope power.
Imperfect Natural Point of Aim in Prone
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Highpower competition shooters are coached to have the best natural point of aim for each shot. In the slow-fire prone stage how does your NPA affect the location of your shot on target?
Same Yard Line, Different Scope Settings
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If you're shooting different positions but the same distance from the target, do your sight settings change? It's easy to assume they are the same. In this video I go a highpower match where all four stages are at 200 yards. Can I just set my scope once and not make any adjustments?
Highpower Course of Fire: The Rapid Fire Stage
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In highpower rifle competition, the rapid-fire stage has several different parts. How these are conducted may be confusing to a newer competitor. This video shows an entire stage in real-time, with explanations of what's happening as well as range commands.
My Process for Getting Zeros for Highpower Competition
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Zeros for each stage of fire for highpower rifle competition are so important. But you can only get them by shooting matches and keeping careful records. Let me show you how I start that process after getting a new barrel each year.
New Lens for Junkers Shooting Glasses
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I install a new lens for my shooting glasses with a distance prescription.
New Highpower Season, New Web Sling
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The steps I go through to prepare a new web service rifle sling.
The Highpower Rifle Competition Course of Fire
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Highpower competition basics. The most common course of fire used in competition. Positions, target distances, pacing. Understanding how each stage is conducted.
Reducing Brightness in my Service Rifle Scope
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When I changed to optical sights, I found the afternoon sun made the image very bright. This is what I did to reduce that brightness and provide a less harsh sight picture.
Sunday Drive, 1972 Corvette
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It was a warm, sunny Sunday so I decided to get out and just go for a drive. This video may not appeal to everyone and it may be a bit boring. But I thought some people may want to go along for the drive and enjoy the day.
Dry-Fire Session, Prone
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Dry-firing is one of the best ways to keep your highpower techniques sharp. An electronic trainer, such as the NOPTEL, makes dry-firing more informative as you can review each shot and draw statistical data to analyze and look for trends. This video shows one of my dry-fire sessions for the prone stage in real time. I get my gear set up, zero the electronic trainer, and "fire" 20 shots while co...
What Is He Doing With His Trigger Finger?
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What Is He Doing With His Trigger Finger?
On Target Variation from the Dillon Powder Measure
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On Target Variation from the Dillon Powder Measure
Choosing and Breaking-In a New Service Rifle Barrel.
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Choosing and Breaking-In a New Service Rifle Barrel.
The effect of rifle and ammo on group size and score.
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The effect of rifle and ammo on group size and score.
Creating Highpower Rifle Groups and Scores with a Spreadsheet
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Creating Highpower Rifle Groups and Scores with a Spreadsheet
The Service Rifle Sling: Configuring and Using in Competition
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The Service Rifle Sling: Configuring and Using in Competition
Buckling the Competition Shooting Coat
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Buckling the Competition Shooting Coat
Footwear for Highpower Rifle Competition
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Footwear for Highpower Rifle Competition
I bought a March scope and everyone says it's the best. It is so blurry for me and there is no way for me to correct it. I pick up my White oak scope and it's crystal clear I have no idea what's going on perhaps I have a bad scope.
I have trouble with distance vision and I have an astigmatism. So the target is very blurry in the March but nice and clear in the white oak. Very strange indeed. I will be calling my eye doctor
That's odd as I have heard that the March has the clearest view of all the service rifle scopes. Be sure you set the focus correctly by looking at something really far away and then quickly bringing the scope to your eye.
@@konrad1853the clearity and definition is second to non. However it just feels like something is missing. At 600 I can't see the rings like I can with the white oak.I scheduled another eye exam and they told me to bring the scope with me. Hoping we will sort it all out there. I'll bring both to be sure. My eye doctor is amazing :-). I'll update you guys after for educational purposes.
The video was nice, but the car sounded like an old tugboat...I'm glad you didn't get a speeding ticket...but I would pull your tired 'numbers matching' out and pop in some crate horsepower...pep up your Sunday eh?
who made your shooting glasses?
What do you do for your data out at the 600 target?
I just track my zeros for the 600 yard stage. No need to plot.
where did you get yours?
Thank you so much for the detailed description on how to rig and use a service rifle sling; I'm starting to shoot SR after many years of smallbore and match rifle, and your videos on the various aspects of XTC have been invaluable. One question: do you do anything with the tail on the leather sling while you're in sitting or prone, or do you just let it hang out where ever it lies?
I just let it dangle. Some shooters will attach it to the main sling but it's personal preference.
For me, the key to good standing scores has simply been a 50 minute daily practice schedule alternating dry and live fire for a total of 40 rounds. Plotting all shot calls but not strikes. Then, at completion of firing I plot strikes. This routine will first identify need to refine zero and over episodes build stamina, as well as quick adjustment of NPA (exacting NPA adjustment delivers an almost wobble free position). I learned this schedule from a champion USAMU shooter and after only three weeks with the practice I went from a 92 to 96% average which helped me get leg points needed for US Distinguished Rifleman Badge. At any rate, until I became informed of the USAMU practice routine I was a mess in the standing position.
Thank you for the instructions
is everyone using ARs now? i miss my highpower days in Ohio and at Perry......
The AR platform has been the rifle of choice for about 25 years. While it isn't nearly as cool as the wooden-stocked guns, you can't argue with its practical advantages for highpower.
Great video! Thanks for the ride, I really enjoyed it!
This is why I prefer crosshairs. I think they psychologically force you to approach the target on the straight (left-right/top-bottom), not like a cat chasing a laser pointer:). Traded my white oak scope for one with crosshairs, even though it was better for prone.
You are so right. I have not found any reticle out there which promotes a quick understanding for where the rifle is pointed. The best would be a simple post subtending about 6 MOA. The problem with all others is the black reticle can not be seen clearly over the black target bull. NF has an aperture reticle which is what the USAMU wants and no doubt it is good but I still prefer a post.
I actually prefer the dot and believe it's the best all-around aiming point. I shoot with varying degrees of cant in each stage so crosshairs forcing me to approach from an orthogonal direction would not help.
Thinking about buying the White Oak Rifleman Scope. Do you still use your's in competition? Which scope would you recommend? Enjoy you videos very much!!
Still using the WOA scope. It has worked well for me.
Some seriously high end pieces parts laying around.
What kind of camera is that? I'd be very curious to see what I'm doing while shooting.
Scatt is best? very thanks
Really enjoying your videos. Can you do one describing your basic cleaning regimen and cleaning interval? I’m doing a field strip and clean every couple matches to ensure reliable functionality, but am not sure about how often to clean the barrel, with what, etc. thanks!
0:07 Aren't those called birth control glasses? Great video !
Really great video! Thanks for putting this out there. I've been working the last year to be more active on the trigger, and found out that I was doing the same thing where I wasn't prepped on the trigger as I started down toward the target.Lots to think about and learn from.
Если смотреть на спуск в процессе выстрела, то видно, чтго нет сопровождения выстрела в процессе обработки - палец после спуска не убирать со спускового крючка и продолжать прицеливание и всю процедуру выстрела 1-3 секунбы. после производства выстрела
I love this video. It would be awesome if you said where the actual hit was to check if our call was accurate based on your sight picture.
Never seen this type of shooting with AR:s before..are you holding the fingers over the ejection port?🤔
That is a common practice. The bolt will lock back as only one round is loaded at a time. The extra bonus is your brass stays on the gun and you don't have to look for it later.
That is likely the most helpful illustration of my problem I’ve ever seen Konrad! Very familiar looking and reassuring as well. Now, to be really ready first time it’s there…
Dam. I’m exhausted just watching you shoot.
One of the smallbore silhouette channels goes on about being "active on the trigger", of course those are primarily single stage.
What a great video. Learning so much from this. Thank you
Mr.k Why is it that you hold rifle at close to receiver at the balance point when in basic army rifle training, they teach holding out on forearm. I see they all hold close in standing position. I'm confused about if there is a rule or why
A hand forward hold is for faster or moving target acquisition. His shooting position is a bone support position. This minimizes muscle use making a more steady position. He is hitting a 7" 10 ring at 200 yards, while standing unsupported.
In addition to steady support offered by the position, unlike combat shooting, you know that you are firing a single shot and that there is no need for a quick follow up shot or shots on a moving target.
For me, the key to good standing scores has simply been a 50 minute daily practice schedule alternating dry and live fire for a total of 40 rounds. Plotting all shot calls but not strikes. Then, at completion of firing I plot strikes. This routine will first identify need to refine zero and over episodes build stamina, as well as quick adjustment of NPA. I learned this schedule from a champion USAMU shooter and after only three weeks with the practice I went from a 92 to 96% average which helped me get leg points needed for US Distinguished Rifleman Badge. At any rate, until I became informed of the USAMU practice routine I was a mess in the standing position.
As someone who has gone head first down the bullseye rabbit hole, the biggest difficulty with offhand is to establish your hold in the center, then accept your wobble, embrace your shakes, and just pull straight to the rear. more often than not it's a 9 or 10 when you do that. the gross errors in the 7 ring and out almost exclusively come from poor trigger control /some gross error on your own part.
Thank you for doing a standing trigger cam video! It’s very helpful to see what a good shooter’s hold looks like on standing. Being inexperienced, it’s hard to know when to move on from working on the position to the shooting. After this video it’s obvious what I need to work on. Thanks again!
what scope are you using ? thanks for the video!
White Oak Distinguished Rifleman Scope
It’s a White Oak Distinguished Rifleman Scope
Love this guy & love these videos!
Your hold is WAY more steady than mine. I mean, I'm just a sharpshooter, but it's nice to see what an experienced shooter is seeing when shooting pretty consistently above 95. I know, for me, that my reticle is going to come down, through the black and then back up again. Knowing that, I know my time to shoot is when my reticle is coming back up. As I'm coming down onto the target, I've already taken up my second stage and am ready to fire. Great videos, have you found or have any tips for steadying your position in offhand? I only have a creedmoor canvas coat and I wear a hoodie underneath it or the shooting jersey
There really aren't any secrets to a smaller hold. Bone-to-bone contact to support the rifle, head/neck in a (somewhat) natural position. Practice just holding the rifle without dry-firing. Mount the rifle and just watch the movement. You'll soon see what nuances lead to a smaller hold.
The best advice I've gotten for standing position is to go look at smallbore or air rifle people. E.g. Heinz Reinkenmeier (spelling?) has a ton of good videos on standing. Tons of dryfire. My average for high power standing is something like 98. I'm pretty terrible at 600, but I can wreck at standing. Backwards from almost every other high power shooter I know. Another good standing series of videos is Dan Lowe, which is more high power focused (but he used to be an air rifle guy)
What a coincidence. I’m literally at the range about to shoot my third 20rnd string of standing practice. I’m so glad to finally see what a good shooter is seeing through his scope during a live string. Although your hold is much steadier, I seem to spend a lot of time below the black as well. And I tend to call a lot of shots on the 10 line at 4 o’clock. I think I’m trying too hard to bring it back on the ten ring. Not a lot Drifting going on. I took a 2day class at Dead Zero in Tennessee last month and came away with a lot of things to think about. I also doubled my target distance in dryfire from 13 to 27 yards. I think With the amount of sway we have in standing using really short range dryfire distances magnifies the sway and may be counter productive. Love that camera. It really makes for outstanding training videos.
I tend to break shots outer 10 and leak a few inner 9 at 4-5:00 too. Likely something in my follow through or that I am tending to drift down and right as I see a good 10 and when it actually breaks, I'm in that area..., I started giving myself a couple clicks, higher elevation and a few more clicks left to score more tens. Sometimes you just got to roll with it if you're being consistent.
Awesome! Thank you Konrad. I personally hate it when my reticle drops below the level of the target. I always feel like having the Article below the level of the target will invariably cause me to subconsciously tense up to for it into the black. Great video!
Thank You. If I can increase my standing scores significantly I could just barely get out of the Master category.
Love the scope cam.
Nice!
Brother had a 72 red Stingray being the mechanic in the family I rebuilt it front to rear.Kept it stock . The sound of the exhaust the same as here. Brother passed at a young age. Car is gone This was back in the late 90,s.
Reminds me a lot of the (now) old USMC ARQ. I'd love to go back to the flat range with my logbook and a 20" rifle and brush up on my loop sling technique and rifle fundamentals
What is that free float tube called? Looking for one myself
That is the White Oak Service Rifle Float Tube.
I had a 72 LT-1 but i got Married have two Beautiful girls so i sold it and the x-wife now ! wish i would have Kept it
Could not agree with you more. Not a big fan of electronic targets.
Was contemplating showing up to the Tuesday Night Irregular Rifle league today, so I watched this video. Was pleasently surprise to see I recognized those pits..
I kind of prefer shooting XTC with iron sights. I'm more relaxed and I feel more confident when I can't "see" the wobble in greater detail. I also shoot XTC with a 4X scope. I can shoot slightly better when using the scope, but it's much more "stressful" when I can see how much wobble is really there.
I think if you spend time dry-firing with the scope you will get more used to the size of your hold. This will make you more comfortable when lining up the shot and reduce some of that stress.
@@konrad1853 Agree!
Mr.k I'm going to get a W.O. scope and I also have a trigger cam. I know I'm going to have to have a sleeve made as you did. Would it be possible to possible to get to get your dimensions so I can get a guy to make one
Interior diameter: 40.9mm, Exterior diameter: 47mm. There is a 2mm wide gap the length of the sleeve to allow for expansion/contraction.
Im really looking forward to seeing the upcoming videos. I mentioned it to some guys at a match and the rule book hardliners poopood the idea of using the device in a match using the catch all unfair advantage rule. Lol. So, it would be good to get that settled once and for all… Also, it would be good to do a video on that rule as well.
I roll my eyes at that one. Ask these guys to specify what the "unfair advantage" rule is and why this camera would contravene it.
Mount it sideways, with the camera body to the right. You would have to switch the image 90 degrees but it would solve all the clearance issues. Just an idea.
I thought about that. But if I mount it 90 degrees to the right I think I'll be covering up the windage knob instead of the elevation knob.
It's so cool to be able to see what it looks like through the sights of a master. I wish it was easier to capture footage like this for bullseye, would make explaining certain concepts/fundamentals to people a lot easier
I have one. I used for small bore competition. It originated from Africa use. It's great
It would seem this would work better for analyzing a practice session as opposed to a competition. Seems like a great product though.
Unfortunately I never have the opportunity to practice. So the only time I can actually live fire is in a competition.
Maybe in my next lifetime...