Shooting Safely. By, Joel Rosenberg (Joel is an author, firearms instructor and defender of our Second Amendment rights.
Let's start at the beginning. If you're going to shoot something -- and let's start off with paper targets, say, at 15 feet -- one obvious way to do it is to use the gun's sights. You grip the gun with your strong hand, wrap your weak hand around the strong hand (this gives you a solid hold on the gun) and bring the gun up, into your zone of vision. Tip for Recoil Control. Hey There Predators, Below is a tip that will help with the dreaded and much maligned “Recoil Control Problems” from the old site.
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