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You as the shooter are the final piece of the puzzle.

You could have a rifle capable of .25MOA and a top quality scope but if you as the shooter can’t consistently apply the fundamentals of marksmanship, you will never achieve the elusive combination of accuracy and precision.

We will look at the each of the fundamentals of marksmanship in more depth in the next chapter but for now I just want to cover off a few points.

Consistency is key…you need to be able to replicate the fundamentals each and every time you shoot, or at least try to.

What I mean by “try to” is that you are not always going to have a “perfect” shooting position, unless of course you are punching paper in F Class or one of the other forms of competition where you shoot from a prepared firing point i.e. a range.

If you are a hunter, or are in a Law Enforcement/Military environment, the best position you may be able to achieve is often likely to be less than ideal and so it is crucial that you ensure you can achieve as many of the fundamentals as possible.

For example, your firing position may require you to be standing with your rifle supported on shooting sticks, a position that is far from the ideal (which would be the “prone supported” position - the most stable position) so you have to ensure that you do everything else right.

Don’t ever think that you don’t need to practice…even once you attain a level of competency that you are happy with. Even the pros continue to practice, conducting dry fire drills and other techniques such as visualization aka mental rehearsals.

So…as you can see, there is quite a lot involved in making accurate and precise shots at long range.

Despite this, it really isn’t that hard to achieve if you use the right ammunition/rifle/optic combination, understand how the environment affects your projectile in flight, and can apply the fundamentals of marksmanship consistently.

So…let’s get down to business and teach you about the fundamentals and how to master them.