Practice Tips - Cowboy Action Shooting

This video features World Champion Cowboy Action Shooter Jim "Long Hunter" Finch providing training and practice tips for rifle and shotgun use in Cowboy Action Shooting. He demonstrates various techniques to enhance practice sessions. The video is an excerpt from "One on One with Long Hunter" and promotes a DVD purchase. It is supported by the NSSF (National Shooting Sports Foundation) and its initiatives like #LetsGoShooting and #GunOwnersCare, encouraging firearm safety and participation.

This guide details essential shotgun staging techniques for Cowboy Action Shooting, as demonstrated by World Champion Jim Finch ('Long Hunter'). It covers optimal methods for staging Winchester Model 97s and double-barrel shotguns on tables and in vertical racks, emphasizing safety and efficiency. Key techniques include port orientation for loading, maintaining action control, and safe unstaging procedures to save time during competition.

This video details advanced rifle reloading techniques for Cowboy Action Shooting, demonstrated by World Champion Jim Finch. It covers side-gate reloads using both left and right hands, the faster but riskier over-the-top method, and essential tips for smooth feeding. Finch also discusses caliber choices like .38 Specials and .45 Schofield for easier loading and a crucial gunsmithing tip to file the carrier for reliability.

This guide details expert techniques for rifle transitions in Cowboy Action Shooting, as demonstrated by World Champion Jim Finch. It covers efficient methods for picking up and putting down lever-action rifles from both table and ground staging, emphasizing fluid, one-motion movements. The instruction also highlights the importance of a squared-up stance for optimal stability and quick transitions.

This video features World Champion Cowboy Action Shooter Jim "Long Hunter" Finch demonstrating techniques for improving shotgun transitions in Cowboy Action Shooting. The focus is on achieving faster, cleaner, and more accurate firearm changes, with a specific emphasis on transitioning to and from the shotgun. The video is part of the "One on One with Long Hunter" series and promotes the purchase of instructional DVDs. It also highlights the NSSF's "Let's Go Shooting" initiative and related social media channels.

World Champion Cowboy Action Shooter Jim "Long Hunter" Finch provides essential tips for increasing shooting speed in this excerpt from the "One on One with Long Hunter" DVD. The video focuses on techniques to enhance performance in Cowboy Action Shooting, a discipline that emphasizes speed and accuracy with period firearms. It also promotes the NSSF's #LetsGoShooting initiative, encouraging new and existing shooters.

This drill focuses on improving pistol accuracy by isolating trigger anticipation. By firing a single live round and immediately following with a dry fire, shooters can identify muzzle movement caused by flinching or anticipating recoil. Practicing this at distance, like 40 yards, provides clear feedback on trigger control and sight alignment.

Understanding Minute of Angle (MOA) is crucial for accurate long-range shooting. MOA is an angular measurement, approximately 1 inch at 100 yards, that increases linearly with distance. This concept simplifies scope adjustments for bullet drop and windage, allowing shooters to precisely compensate for gravity's effect on trajectory. Proper zeroing and understanding scope click values are key to achieving consistent accuracy.

Ryan Cleckner highlights stability as paramount for long-range shooting, recommending shooting bags for a consistent platform. He stresses focusing on the reticle for sight picture and maintaining steady trigger pressure through the shot with follow-through. Proper scope setup is crucial to avoid 'scope shadow' and ensure accurate point of impact.

Proper rifle scope mounting is crucial for accuracy and shooter comfort. This guide emphasizes fitting the scope to the individual shooter, ensuring a natural cheek weld and eye alignment. Key steps include secure ring installation, achieving correct eye relief, leveling the reticle, and focusing the ocular lens for a clear sight picture.