For the first of it's kind in some time, this ended up going incredibly well. The attendance was a bit poor, but that could have as much to do with the RO dinner being on the night before as anything else :P
The day was split into two parts, lectures in the morning and practical in the afternoon. It was coordinated by Ray Kane, of the Defense Forces Shooting Team, who is currently probably the best male air rifle shooter in the country, and focussed a lot on balance and relaxation. These are two things that I have been working on quite a bit lately, so it tied in well, and gave a bit more structure to the whole thing than I would have been able to on my own.
One of the most interesting things on the subject of balance was canting the head. This has always been a subject of much debate with myself, as I prefer a bit of a cant on my head and less on the rifle. Due to having a long neck and high cheekbones (exquisite, I know...) I have trouble getting down to the sights without tilting my head and being told, and shown, that this is OK, in moderation at least, was nice.
What I have found out in my own experimentation was that the major problem with canting the head is the manner in which it is done by many people. The instinct is just to shove the head forward and to the side in one movement, which pushes the rifle away and so changes the zero point and balance, resulting in an 8. My preference at the moment is to tilt the rifle and head together and then carefully drop the head forward. I find it gives a very relaxed head position, which doesn't strain my neck and is very stable.
So, for the results; not amazing, due to a lightened trigger (it got messed up during the week somehow and I've been trying to fix it since) so I kept snapping off 6s and 7s. Once it was fixed, towards the end, I stepped away and reset my zero twice, took one shot of each zero. 10.7 and 10.2. That's about all I need to know :)
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