How to improve your weapon stability

Have you ever fired a weapon and thought, man, there's no way I could have
missed that shot. The sights were dead on! Well, there are many issues that
could cause such a problem, but one of them could be stability. Keep in
mind that these are my opinions alone and that there are many other ways of
doing things.

Have you ever tried holding a full sized rifle like this and fighting with
it? Well, it's doable but I can tell you it's not very comfortable or easy.
The reason for this lack of control is because of only one point of
contact, or one point where the weapon is being controlled. In this case,
my firing hand.

The idea is that the more points of contact you can obtain, the greater
stability you'll have. Add a second point of contact by using your left
hand. The third point of contact should be the obvious one in that the butt
stock is going to go into your shoulder. The fourth point of contact is
going to be your cheek and your jawbone resting on the stock, creating
cheek weld.

This is going to give you four points of contact: your left hand, your
right hand, your shoulder and your cheek. A natural formation, such as this
tree branch, gives an excellent shooting platform. I now have five points
of contact. However, if I slide the gun over to meet the main tree, I now
have six points of contact: my left hand, my right hand, my shoulder, my
cheek, this branch, and the tree.

Learning to use points of contact can increase your accuracy as well as the
useful distance of your gun. Now that you know, you can get out and play.
See ya.