How to Properly Hold a Rifle and Control Recoil
Properly holding a rifle is essential to being accurate while mitigating recoil, helping you get back on target faster and stay in control of your firearm. An improper hold can unbalance you when you fire quickly, preventing you from adequately seeing through your Bushnell scopes , and can interfere with your movement. Here are some quick tips to refine your hold and posture and improve your shooting. Bushnell Scopes Put the Stock in the Shoulder Pocket Take your trigger arm and stick it straight out to your side, 90 degrees from your body. Take your other arm, and stick your fingers straight out, and put those fingers on the high point of your collar bone. Slide your hand out, towards your shoulder, and then down and inward towards your deltoid. This is the bottom of your pocket. When you bring your trigger arm forward, you should feel the pocket. This is where the stock goes. On a shotgun or bolt-action rifle, you may have the entire stock nestled in your shoul...