Trouble Shooting?

[buckly896]

When you pick up a gun to aim it the gun wiggles a little bit right?right.If you want the gun to stay staright a little bit better then pick up the gun aim at the object that your hunting for and hold your breath.Once you fire the gun you can breath again.It might help you.It helped me alot.

[Max]

I cant see how dose holding your breath help you shoot better .If it works for you thanks for the advice.

[Todd G.]

The more accepted technique is to let out all your breath, and shoot with your lungs on the empty side. Holding air in causes your heartbeat to be more abrupt since your body will be more rigid, which causes a slight shake in your upper body.

[hunter1992]

I hold my breath when i shoot too. I have tried shooting after breathing out and it does not work for me.

[Dave W]

The thing I have always done is take a deep breath of air, then release about 1/3 of it. Another factor you have to look into is whether you are left or right-handed. Since your heart is located on the leftward side of your chest, southpaws have additional difficulty maintaining steadiness when they shoot. Of course, if you're like me, you get excited when you target practice anyway (especially with high-powered rifles), and have to take several minute breaks in between shots to be accurate. Good luck.

P.S. Maybe you should check into purchasing some shooting videos if you haven't already. I know Cabela's carries them.

[Yooper]

Take da deep breat' ta steady yer nerves, eh.

All good t'ings come to do'se who shoot straight.

Some solid advice from dah U.P, eh.

[RNTbomb]

I have always had good luck letting my breath out but making figure eights on the target with my crosshairs, makeing them smaller and smaller untill you are really not moving at all , but still not trying to hold perfectly in the center and getting jittery. I was always taught that you are going to move a tiny, tiny bit anyway just make the moving a controled movment you can predict! Or get a Shotgun, or a drum magazine!

[Hard H2O]

The key is consistency. Try to squeeze the trigger at the same point in your breathing.

Take a breath, let it out, shoot, repeat.

Take a breath, let out half, shoot, repeat.

That should apply to your grip, stance, etc. be consistent.

[lawdog87]

Well everyone has a different method to shooting. This is mine, which I picked up in the Marine Corps.
When I am standing this is what I do... I am right handed so I tuck my left elbow up against my rig cage. By doing this my arm sort of becomes a part of my breathing pattern because as I breath my arm moves. I also don't grip my rifle. I leave my arm relaxed this cuts down on fatigue and jerking, basically my arm acts as a "shooting stick" . Now comes the breathing...I breath in thru my nose and slowly blow the air out of my mouth. It may take time to get use to but as you practice you will get comfortable with it. As I breath I have a set movement. I move from left to right say from 10 o'clock to 4 o'clock and because I know this is how I move I can judge my trigger pull to match by movement/breathing and as I get down to my last breath, but not holding my breath I can take the shot. If I find myself out of breath or I feel as if I am fighting my natural movement I don't take the shot. I relax and start over. I use this breathing method no matter what position I am shooting out of. I could go into the rest of the positions but I think you get the idea.