Killin' paper

[huntingnt]

I shot paper today, what a lesson in follow through and habit. I was consistently shooting low to the right at the 4. What can I read out of this?
The best part of shooting paper is the that the chickens don't laugh like the steel ones do.

[sobrbiker883]

Adjust your offhand zero up and left........

Seriously, if your hold is good and you called the shot as a good shot and you are consistently low/right, adjust scope to call.
Bench zeroes are often different than offhand zeroes.

[dryfire]

I concur with sobrbiker about adjusting sights to your call of shot IF you
can honestly say your call is right.
You may want to try the exercise several times more before you decide on a course of action. It may be poor followthrough!
Something I found after watching a number of 3P shooters is that if they shot off call relative to recoil zero or some post shot behaviour , it was off by only 1 or 2 scoring rings on a ISSF 50m bullseye. This amounts to no more than 3/8 - 1/2 an inch at 40m.This could be exaggerated over two and a half times though by the time you get to rams at 100m
A remedy that many of those shooters use is dryfiring or dryfiring and
live combined. Shoot 1 live shot in 5 or 10 dryfire attempts. Note
where the group develops. If condition persists - then you may want to
consider adjusting sights to your impact point. If the impact area is inconsistent the above remedy might be the answer.
You may have to persist with the dryfiring for some time before you create the desired habit and extinguish or get rid of the old one.

[Jerry G]

The nice thing about shooting paper is that it dosen't tell you little fibbs. When you shoot steel, you think you know where you hit but you tell yourself little fibbs because you know you were holding right on.

Bench zeros and off-hand zeros are a little different only if you have a poor bench hold. Your points of contact with the stock must be close to the same both places. Biggest mistake is putting your bag out at the end of your stock or even on the barrel. Try to make contact with the recoil pad like you do when standing.

If you are doing about the same shooting both ways and your zeros are way off, you are screwing up, jerking, flinching, or something.

[twofifty]

"Bench zeroes are often different than offhand zeroes."

"If condition persists - then you may want to
consider adjusting sights to your impact point."

"Bench zeros and off-hand zeros are a little different only if you have a poor bench hold. Try to make contact with the recoil pad like you do when standing."

Thanks for the tips!