Basic Shooting Skills

How to hold, aim, and fire rifles, shotguns and handguns . . .

Learning Objectives

You should be able to:

• Define good marksmanship, and explain why it is important.
• List the three fundamentals of good marksmanship.
• Define sight alignment and sight picture.
• Demonstrate how to determine your master eye.
• Explain the basic steps to sight-in a rifle.
• Explain four rifle firing techniques that will help improve accuracy.
• Demonstrate four proper positions for rifle firing.
• List the four common shotgun chokes, and give an example of when you would use each.
• Explain the basic steps for patterning a shotgun.
• Explain four shotgun shooting techniques that will improve accuracy.
• Demonstrate proper shotgun shooting stance.
• Explain the difference between swing-through and sustained lead when hunting with a shotgun.
• Demonstrate proper handgun shooting stance and grip.