so i had an idea, in my off time. i have a lot of non populated areas just down the street from my house, and i've been thinking.

i was thinking about picking up a simmons high powered scope, something over 20, i think they have a 25power. its also very cheap.


now i know this isnt a high quality scope, but here's my idea.

id like to get an old beater rifle, or maybe even a cheap pellet gun, and mount the scope to it. paint it bright orange so no one fears its a real gun (if anyone ever came across where i was). then at max zoom focus on something VERY far away, practice breathing techniques and steadying my hand. i figure even the littlest movements at HIGH powers, become very drastic. so if i can learn to steady myself at 25times, ill be set for lower powers, and shorter shots.

and since the scope only needs to let me SEE far away, and not deal with recoil, it shouldn't need to be a93489384$ scope.

does this sound like something worth doing, or would it be wasting my time?

input is very welcome..

Aerobic exercise would give you a lower heart rate, thus
making it easier to improve on trigger control. This does
take a while to show improvement; at least a month or so.

well ive been working out since i moved here. i did show A LOT of improvement with the mosin since the last time i shot, i havent shot the AR since i moved, maybe it already started to help?

The exersize thing is true. I had lower resting blood pressure, and lower pulse, and almost no breath compared to everyone else in my EMS class.

10-4 on that. I stay in pretty good shape, and I get about 3-4 seconds after I let a breath out before I feel the need to take another breath. 3-4 seconds is plenty of time to get a shot off without your breating being any influence at all.

meditation works wonders too, it can calm the mind for shooting as well as the body and the breathing is very useful after say running and then calming down for a shot