How to Shoot a Rifle: Cowboy Action Shooting

Video Transcript

"Hi I'm Bob Wolf for Expert Village, and I'm here in St. George Utah. Next I'm going to show you the rifle. One thing about a rifle if it's staged horizontally, like this let's say it would over there on the rock, it would be a pretty easy pick up. Down here, you can have it this way or this way, so it depends on how you have your gun where you have it. I prefer it this way because I'm down like this. And my goal is same thing as before, front sight. I have a little brass bead up there. I want that bead on that target but I want the bullet in there by the time I get it up to my shoulder so all I have to do is pull the trigger. So I'm not bringing it up then popping it, then bringing it back then pulling the trigger. It another one of his technique. So if I come across like this I'm looking at it, now ten shots. Now I transition, the targets aren't all equal and they all aren't the same sight. So you have to know where your gun shoots too. It's good to pattern your guns so you'll know where they hit at certain distances. So, I'm going to put that front site on this target, I'm going to go smooth. If you notice my hand on my rifle, I'm not going to wrap my thumb back around when I shoot. A slot of people grip like that, I don't believe in it. Out here because my lever is real easy to work. These guns have been sent to a gunsmith and smoothed up so I can do that and there's no mechanical grinding of metal in there. It's all smoothed up so it's nice and slick and it works like the designer intended it to. So I come over and I pick it up, like that. That's how easy that gun works; I can work it with one finger. Keep it right up there, pull the trigger. And when you get a gun like that it will be so nice to use, you wouldn't believe it. '97 shotgun over here. Great little gun, this is a really fun gun to shoot. My technique is I put two rounds in my left hand, I come over drop one in, I pick it up and shoot it. Then I load the other one, I'm back with the other one, and I load it over the top. Now, after that when the shotguns up on my shoulder, then I go down with right hand. I'm picking up a single and I'm putting in the tube, and I'm shooting it. So I'll show you that. And of course watch out for those genuine feather lights. Three shotgun targets and a popper. Here we go, I'm coming over, I'm grabbing, I'm putting it in, and I'm going to put the other one in single. Now I put the other one in, there she goes. Really fun gun to shoot, especially with the feathers."