I took my 24 year old daughter out shooting, her experience limited to maybe 100 rounds of 22RF at 50 yards. She tried the AR15 I built. The first shot startled her, but she shot two 5 shot groups, all delivering maybe 1.5" 5 shot groups at 100 yards. After 10 shots to get used to the gun, she concentrated, and fired the first four shots for a group less than .5". 
She hit the trigger too soon on shot 5, and it went wide left, and she knew it immediately. I was impressed. Especially with inexpensive PMC Bronze ammo in a rifle I built, being shot off a bipod. But, I told her, she has to do it again! I asked what she did to shoot well.
She explained she tried using lessons learned in archery. She had been told that the equipment will pretty much do the same thing every time, but the shooter often does not. She fired every shot in that last group at the same point in breathing, made sure her body position and cheek weld never changed and had the rifle pulled back into her shoulder with the same tension each time. We will see if she can do it again and if so, my toughest competition may be my own family!
Target attached.
- Phil
She hit the trigger too soon on shot 5, and it went wide left, and she knew it immediately. I was impressed. Especially with inexpensive PMC Bronze ammo in a rifle I built, being shot off a bipod. But, I told her, she has to do it again! I asked what she did to shoot well.She explained she tried using lessons learned in archery. She had been told that the equipment will pretty much do the same thing every time, but the shooter often does not. She fired every shot in that last group at the same point in breathing, made sure her body position and cheek weld never changed and had the rifle pulled back into her shoulder with the same tension each time. We will see if she can do it again and if so, my toughest competition may be my own family!
Target attached.
- Phil
