Keeping cheek weld on sticks

[sheephunterab]

Anyone else practice this with a rimfire? We'll shoot several thousand rounds before every trip. I'm not sure you can ever practice enough! Obviously we practice with our hunting rifles as well.

 

[Red Leg]

We called it "follow through" in marksmanship training back in the day (still do a lot of places). Many, if not most, shooters lift the head at the shot - all too often this turns into lifting the head during the shot. It is a habit that is guaranteed to destroy accuracy from field positions. Following through and calling the shot - keeping the sights on the target for a heartbeat and predicting precise point of impact - stops all of that introduced, subconscious movement during the shot. As you suggest, it is also a habit, and has to be learned through repetition.

 

[sheephunterab]

I cringe when I see people lifting their heads as they are taking the shot! You'll never see the impact better than through the scope or down the barrel with irons!