This man has more commitment to providing good quality content than just about anyone else on youtube. Soaked to the skin in the rain? Doesn’t matter, we have another video to make. And I stress, good quality content, not the overly produced clickbait stuff that so many others spew out. Much, much respect to this man for what he provides for us here.
#1 you are a kissup and kissups are extremely awkward #2 you act as if he is doing charity work. He is getting paid a pretty penny Joey Junior #3 I encourage you to take a long hard look within
I had noticed that too. Most gun tubers almost never present in inclement weather. I used to watch nutnfancy and he would. However, he is very fancy. Boutique stuff, and I could care less. I'm not and most likely will never be a boutique gun guy, so I skip all that. Any other gunbtuber would have tried to make this with $3k geissle (and suppressed), not Paul, and you have to appreciate that. And I'm not sure how appreciating the quality of his content deserves a sycophant accusation?
Oh, Henry.. I don’t give people benefit of the doubt when their misguided commentary is as awful as yours. So with that, shut your mouth when the adults are talking.
Standing out in the rain getting soaking wet, getting your equipment muddy and and expending ammunition for free content to watch so I can become a better shooter. Thanks Paul
Yep, if you are going out to shoot 🔫 then you can't let a little thing like rain stop you ! Besides if you are out & your intended target shows up you don't call a time out for rain.
I laughed when he had to prove that he could square off to a target in a "fighting" posture. The work he does just to keep the comments positive and on topic is crazy . I never miss a Paul Harrell lesson. All of us pre 1970 babies appreciate the lesson
I've had a few circumstances where people were leaving trash just like that at places where we USED to be able to shoot. It's sad that some people just don't think very deeply about that and/or don't care at all. You're great Paul keep up the great content. As always, like a hardy Skyrim horse, you deliver no matter what the weather brings.
They closed a public shooting range on state owned land here in Kent Count MI because of the trash left behind. People were leaving old stoves and TV's, propane tanks, etc. that they brought to shoot up and leave for the rest of us to enjoy. Broken glass everywhere. It looked like a 3rd world trash dump.
@@johnluke9207 I'm inclined to say some very rude and rowdy remarks about these types of people, however that won't change anything so I'll be less rowdy about it. It pains me deeply that ignorance is ruining something so fun.
I wouldn't be surprised if some people do this on purpose to get ranges shut down. Maybe such people should play the role of moving targets? Otherwise they'll just wind up in government positions.
Consider the neighborhoods of these guys who trash the place. There are a couple of places on BLM land which are impromptu shooting ranges. Easy access makes it convenient for city people to come trash the place as they act out their gangland fantasies.
I have found that a .22 LR can help a great deal with flinch. The recoil is so mild that you're very aware of flinch, and can thus see yourself correcting it in real time without resorting to dummy rounds. Putting a box of 50 rounds or so through a .22 rifle or pistol every so often has helped me quite a bit with flinch.
Another reason to go to the range when raining...less likely to be a lot of people there at the same time fighting for a lane. Great content as usual, Mr. Harrell.
“For me that feels like moving at least one joint in the direction it doesn’t want to go” lol I love the humor Paul Thank you as always for the videos sir! 👍👍👍👍
The biggest thing to me when it comes to shooting off hand and being able to make consistant hits is being repetive. Doing the same thing everytime you shoot. Keeping the same sight picture, same trigger squeeze and controling your breathing. If you do all that than its just matter having your sights adjusted or if in heat of the moment being able walk your shots into where you want them to go. Over all great video, I enjoy all the content you post and publish.
Yes, Sam could have mentioned NPOA, but the Natural Point of Aim is implied. Sam made a very good comment because it covers all which is required, including repeatability.
Thanks Paul. I was taught the nose to charging handle technique on an M16A1 in Basic many many years ago. It worked well enough to score Expert. Ironically, TJ from Tactical Shit did a video demo of a new fancy charging handle on a F/A a while back. The charging handle reciprocated with the bolt carrier on every shot. Glad it wasn’t me with my nose in the path.
I agree with you J Carne. A fellow swat member was a military guy and taught new shooters to put your nose to the charging handle as a point of reference like a cheek weld to the butt of the rifle. As I aged it became more difficult for me to extend my neck in order to place my nose to the charging handle The technique is useful however for those that can do it. I wasn’t sure about the person referenced by Paul that commented on this technique as a usual combat technique and not a fighting technique. I beg to differ. Using that technique in tactical shooting in my experience is quite accurate.
@@Pledgeman I don’t know if I can do it any longer. Haven’t tried in years. My eyes aren’t what they used to be, so I’ve been using optics for a long time.
The visual at 7:15 of firing in the rain, with the sling and STEAM rolling off your head is epic. I nominate this is your OFFICIAL GIF for your channel. Outstanding topic. Well presented, and as others said, kudos for your "I don't care if it is raining" attitude... carry on.
I started shooting a BB gun when I was about ten years old. Was on a 4-H .22 rifle team when I was 16 YOA, and was shooting M-1s and then M-14s from 18 to 21 in the infantry. Once again on a rifle team, one year with M-1s and the last with M-14s. After the Army, I was a LEO for three different federal agencies and a firearms instructor for the last two. I have continued shooting rifles, pistols. and shotguns and hunting big game to this day. The previous paragraph is just to give my bona fides for this: Paul Harrell is the best firearms instructor on RUclips! If you apply his shooting techniques, your accuracy will improve.
If the shot surprises you it will always hit wherever the sights are at the time. If you’re locked in a rest and the sights aren’t wavering, that’s just dandy. But to actually hit what one is aiming at unsupported or less supported, one must be able to intentionally break the shot when the sights are aligned with the actual point of aim.
Another awesome and informative video, Paul! Thank you very much and keep the content rolling. I loved your reference to, "BRASS" with a single exception: I learned it as, Breathe, Relax, Aim, SLACK, Squeeze. It's a minor nit-picking, old man (71) thing, which relates to my time in service with the M-14 and my PMIs in the Marine Corps. Bless you and keep up the great content.
Thank you for this informative series. I grew and lived in Central Arizona where I still live. After buying a surplus M1 Carbine in the late 60's I had a friend whose dad was a WW II veteran and he taught us the various firing positions and shooting techniques which are quite similar to your videos. We did our firearm and archery at a range with known distances and in the field with unknown distances over various types of terrain on foot out across the desert utilizing various shooting positions. Now many years later when i go to the local range I am one of a very few who shoots offhand, kneeling, sitting and prone position. I am also one of a very few that uses a recurve bow.
Paul, My shooting background is in NRA High power rifle. Our positions are somewhat circumscribed by the rules, particularly using a sling. I found your ideas interesting, and intend to experiment with them next outing to the range. Thanks for calling out the all to common slobs in the shooting community! Thanks for the fine video.---?TPf
I like how you decided to take out your earplugs while the camera was rolling so you didn't have to say "This is an earplug case, I use earplugs with every shot I take"
Almost everything what you told today can be and need to be taken as esencial about precise and efective rifle shooting. I learned this things before 30 years and I m grateful to my instructors for this knowledge. Good job, keep doing, ignore dumb comments and stay focused on constructive things.
Part 1 came out the morning of my first time shooting with my friends, it definitely gave some valuable basics, and Part 2 will definitely help even more next time. Thanks again, Paul!
@@generaljackripper666 Took three of us to pull the magazine out of a jammed WS-MCR but besides that it was fun getting incredibly sticky shooting juice boxes!
3:31 - You're absolutely right, Paul. I used to go to Lytle Creek in SoCal. I later found Wild Horse Canyon shooting range near Devore, and was happy to drive the extra 30 miles to go shooting because I was sick of seeing shot up refrigerators, TV's, washing machines, and so forth at Lytle Creek. Soon after I started going to Wild Horse Canyon, Lytle Creek got shut down. Then all the scumbags from Lytle Creek started showing up at Wild Horse Canyon, and they brought their bad habits with them. Wild Horse Canyon later got closed down. Had no place to shoot after that, except controlled private ranges. I don't care for private shooting ranges.
A Paul Harrell video always makes my day. Thank you Paul for another very educational video. Really appreciate your dedication to making these. Take care, try to stay dry and have a great week.
thank you for being the only place on the internet about accurate shooting that shows a reasonable group what an average shooter with an average rifle should be able to do. 4-6 inches discounting the flyer. one thing I do in the hopes of improving my shooting is calling my shots if i think I pull one. then checking the target to see if I am right. also see a lot of people at the range do a lot of shooting but don't look at the target till they are done and packing up. you can not improve if you don't keep track of how you are doing.
Thank you for increasing the loudness on your video! I agree with Joey that you do provide superior quality videos out of all the gun people I've seen. Thanks for that too.
Thank you, for that "downrange tour." Although a brief aside in the beginning of this installment, more true words have not been spoken. The sensibility of that short walk and talk may be quite evasive to many viewers. Hats off to a true "class-act." Thank you, Sir. Simply outstanding.
Another excellent training from Mr. Harrell. When I'm instructing cadets to shoot pistols I see them take forever to aim, get a great sight picture then jerk the shot. The cadets will often worry more about sight alignment, sight picture, and breath control but then make the shot happen. They wonder why the shots then don't go where they are aiming. One great tool has been the slow motion settings on cell phone cameras. Nothing like real time feedback along with dummy drills. I tell those shooters the best aim in the world doesn't mean a thing if you can't control your trigger finger. Thank you for your videos. They are very much appreciated.
I cannot possibly express in words my gratitude to you for making this video and all your others but particularly this series. You have excellent offhand skills and it’s always gotten my attention.
Solid gold again. I'd like to share what I feel is the most important advice I give others, particularly for less supported positions like off-hand - I take most of my hunting shots on squirrels off-hand. Apologies if this is going to come up in a future video in the series, I don't mean to steal your thunder. Here we go: You will have a point at which you are going to commit to the trigger and take the shot. The typical assumption is that we want to first put the sight (cross hair, dot or whatever) on the point we want to impact and then squeeze the trigger, along with all of the appropriately timed breathing/holding breath etc. You will typically miss this way. The problem is that your sight is moving, and you can not stop it from moving. You want the sight on the target when the gun FIRES, not when you make the commitment to fire the shot. It may be a small difference in time, but it will always be enough to make the difference between a good shot and a poor one. So it becomes a little more like shooting flying targets with a shotgun, and aiming where the target WILL be when the shot gets there, only in reverse. We need to control the sight movement to something predictable, that we can tell that it is GOING to pass over the center of the target right after we commit to the shot. I often like to use a figure eight sort of motion so the sight is falling across the target at a 45 degree angle, but if I am getting a different motion that is CONSISTENT, I will go with it, animals won't wait all day for you to shoot. Getting the timing right for how far ahead of the sight crossing center you should commit to the shot is a matter of practice, and a part of why almost all shooting, but especially off-hand, is more of an art than a science. Don't just accept that your sights won't stay still, embrace it and learn to work it into your shot, under your control.
@@belakiss7492 Excellent question! I still think that is good advice when starting to shoot, to learn not to flinch and jerk the shot. However, it does mean that you are accepting hitting anywhere within the range of motion the gun has while aiming, which in real field conditions, will always be significant. My point is the next level of accuracy in real world conditions is to embrace that motion, and take control of it. No, after 55 years of practice, I am not surprised by my shot, at least most of the time. I am, however, much more accurate than when I was surprised by every shot. Also, having consistently shot M.O.A. groups with a standard weight .300 Win. Mag. hunting rifle, I know I don't need to worry about flinching when shooting squirrels with my 10/22.
As someone who loves your thorough and exhaustive explanations Paul, this is probably the most quick and to the point video of yours I've ever seen. Your channel has come a long way. Thank you for the great information.
I definitely understand the "range idiot" part of your presentation. The city I live in maintains the old armory range. Annual fee is $25, but the range is unmanned. I was at the range when a couple vehicles pull in. I am on the rifle side at the "main line" which is 100 yards to the targets another 3(ish) to a 15ft berm. Twelve people unload from the vehicles. Six were minor children down to still in pampers but walking freely. The rest being "adults". The first act of one of these was to go to the cooler and pull out a bottled beer take a drink, hurl it in the air, and try to pull a saloon stunt with his concealed carry pistol. He missed. Said fired shot headed of towards the east at 1000fps and he just runs around for another bottle. I start packing my rifles away. They see this. Tell "trick shot" to cool his jets to which he replies "I paid my membership. I can do what I want." Tosses the bottle and manages to graze it, bullet goes of to the wild blue yonder. ( there is a sign at the gate saying no household garbage as targets, no drinking(alcohol) on the range, and NO glass bottles.) I pack my firearms into my vehicle clearly leaving my M9 Beretta in my battle belt, and drive to the gate which they left open. Upon clearing the gate I notify the local police. The individual was given a field sobriety test which he failed and arrested. He pled out got probation, and was back out at the range(in violation of said probation) less than a month later. He left before the police responded (go figure), and "since THEY the POLICE didn't see anything then nothing happened. I.e. if they catch him, he goes to prison and the county loses the probation $$$.
I personally believe that for my own attempts to fire a rifle accurately that attempting to be surprised by the round firing leads to less accurate shots. It's easier me to achieve accuracy by focusing on the technique and process rather than a specific goal outside of my shot placement, as I am distracted by the goal of being surprised. I cannot speak for anyone else.
I have always loved the "hasty sling" ever since learning it in Recruit training. I use it when hunting and just everyday shooting. Even with a pellet rifle. When It comes to AR's and AK's I like the 2 point and single point slings ( depending on the rifle) slung over the body and adjusted so that it fits tight into the shoulder. I need every little advantage in stability and "Natural Point of Aim" I can get when shooting offhand.
Another quality product from Paul! I was surprised at the mention of James Yeager. Personally, I didn't know he was still begging for relevance. I blocked him a long time ago and will probably never change my mind. He is unnecessary, because I have Paul. Paul is everything James isn't. Knowledgeable, informed, humble, and keeps his ego right-sized. I wouldn't urinate on James Yeager if he suffered from spontaneous combustion.
Thanks Paul for the commitment on quality content. This year, there was a free to go to gun range on state land that was maintained by the DNR and because people kept leaving trash in the area and ignoring the warning, they shut it down. It wasn't a great range by any means but it was a range and it was free, which was ruined by idiots not caring about up keeping.
Watching you while shooting rather than watching the target is a whole lot better! Decades ago I used that elbow in your side leaning back offhand position for shooting steel plate at 200 yards and got really good at it. But I was never able to convert that to a useful hunting position.
All of the fundamentals Paul speaks about are exactly what I learned in 1978 at MCRD. Before every shooting / practice / training session with a rifle, I like to begin with a 22LR rifle. I will consciously say the fundamentals to myself, then focus on each as I touch off the first shot. Quickly I find myself not actively thinking these, but performing them. Next the 22 goes in the rack and which ever rifle is the day's focus comes out and the same drill is done. Once I no longer am actively thinking of fundamentals but doing them, if more advanced training is to happen, I go from there. The standing off-hand shot will humble you if you never train on it. Start close and work outward to longer ranges. If possible, use a buddy system to evaluate each other and point out glaring oversights.
Thanks for bringing up dry firing. Dry firing is sorely overlooked as a training aid. Something as simple as squeezing the trigger while maintaining good sight picture can reduce the amount of ammo you need to zero at the range, and could mean the difference between bagging that buck or going home empty handed.
I never had a flinch with rifles, but my handgun flinch was bad. REALLY bad. Like you said, the only remedy is practice. Eventually, you get used to that slide coming at you, you lose the flinch, and even stop blinking. My groups at 10 yards used to be an abysmal 16". Now they're 2", and that's after about 400 rounds of frequent shooting. Another thing I did that helped reduce flinching was to volunteer as a RSO. When you spend 6 hours at the range each week with up to 20 people firing randomly, you just stop caring and the loud sound doesn't bother you anymore.
I don't own a gun, don't have a safe place to keep one. I watch this production on the first day of each release for the basic reason that the presenter provides a rationale and framework that is useful as a framework for most interactions... an example : "that works for some people". or, "I am explaining I am presenting what works for ME". simple? not really, it is actually a discipline to be authentic AND fair and consistent. it it logical? does it have integrity? is it honest?. this is what I look for in these presentations. and its a lot cheeper than owning and arming a gun with ammo.
The idea about a 'surprise break' is one which I have been taught and which I have in turn passed on to new shooters. It helps to alleviate target panic, where the shooter is trying to co-ordinate sight alignment and trigger control, and is desperately thinking 'notyetnotyetnotyetNOW', and snatches the trigger as a result. Instead, being focused on the sights and almost ignoring the trigger means that the shot goes exactly where it was aimed. To that end, breathing control is also helpful in eliminating the tendency of the sight picture to shift whilst on aim - I was taught to use a respiratory pause, where after a few normal breaths, I take another and let about 80% of it out, to a natural 'dip' and can hold the rifle/pistol steady for long enough to let off a controlled shot.
I've seen huge shifts in POI purely because of the kind of support being used, but this was with air rifles. I imagine that changing recoil patterns will apply to firearms too.
Thank you Paul! I developed a bad flinch which a friend and I worked on extensively to get under control exactly with the methods you mentioned. It is SO easy to fall back in a bad habit if you don't deliberately work on it. The Snap Caps dummy rounds also serve you well for dry-fire training on firearms that are supposed to be dry fired, so that is a relatively cheap way of getting all those basics done right. I must also mention you have that rifle gripped good and proper. I could hardly see it move! Thank you again for excellent content!
It definitely works. It took some time and tedious instruction with me due to adults handing me really light shotguns loaded with 3 inch magnum buckshot so that they could get a laugh.
Many ages ago I was a training officer for my company. I would load the students revolvers with random dummy rounds to teach them trigger control. After the training program was completed, not one of my students failed the qualification test. However, one particular session I was showing students how to draw and fire on a target. After expending all 6 rounds I asked for any questions...a student slowly raised his hand and said, "Sir, I think you shot the wrong target." I turned around and sure enough, I had shot the target in the next lane. Lots of egg on my face that day....grin
Sweet! Sitting down to a pancake, bacon and scrambled eggs brunch, and Paul pops up on the notifications. 😁. When I was in a training, we did a ton of dummy rounds, and empty shells to help with clearing jams quickly, but also for this topic too. It’s a super good way to know you’re doing it or not, and then work on it. For precision paper target shooting, with a bolt or single shot, I always use the palm, and elbow in the ribs. Best way by far for me.
This man has more commitment to providing good quality content than just about anyone else on youtube. Soaked to the skin in the rain? Doesn’t matter, we have another video to make. And I stress, good quality content, not the overly produced clickbait stuff that so many others spew out. Much, much respect to this man for what he provides for us here.
#1 you are a kissup and kissups are extremely awkward #2 you act as if he is doing charity work. He is getting paid a pretty penny Joey Junior #3 I encourage you to take a long hard look within
Pacific NW; if you cant do it in the rain, you cant do it.
I had noticed that too. Most gun tubers almost never present in inclement weather. I used to watch nutnfancy and he would. However, he is very fancy. Boutique stuff, and I could care less. I'm not and most likely will never be a boutique gun guy, so I skip all that. Any other gunbtuber would have tried to make this with $3k geissle (and suppressed), not Paul, and you have to appreciate that. And I'm not sure how appreciating the quality of his content deserves a sycophant accusation?
Oh, Henry.. I don’t give people benefit of the doubt when their misguided commentary is as awful as yours. So with that, shut your mouth when the adults are talking.
@@ghettomedic9971 I agree with both points !
Paul is the next door neighbor we all wish we had.
Every time he sees you he's figuring out a way to shoot you.
ABSOLUTELY
You don’t want to force Paul into a self defense situation.
Agreed
Paul would
Be a good person to have in the neighborhood.
Standing out in the rain getting soaking wet, getting your equipment muddy and and expending ammunition for free content to watch so I can become a better shooter. Thanks Paul
@@bilbo_gamers6417 hahaha
@@bilbo_gamers6417 just say the word, Paul.
If it ain't raining, it ain't training.
thats just a normal day in the PNW.
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“It looks like it’s about to rain. I better go make a video.”
Ha Ha Ha !
Just PNW things
So true! Maybe he does it thinking there will be less people shooting in the background on rainy days.
@@Mjdeben dedication to education. Mother Nature can’t stop Paul.
Yep, if you are going out to shoot 🔫 then you can't let a little thing like rain stop you ! Besides if you are out & your intended target shows up you don't call a time out for rain.
this explains why my reloads are so accurate. im always surprised when they go off!
Nice one.
😂
good one 😅
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I laughed when he had to prove that he could square off to a target in a "fighting" posture. The work he does just to keep the comments positive and on topic is crazy . I never miss a Paul Harrell lesson. All of us pre 1970 babies appreciate the lesson
I've had a few circumstances where people were leaving trash just like that at places where we USED to be able to shoot. It's sad that some people just don't think very deeply about that and/or don't care at all. You're great Paul keep up the great content. As always, like a hardy Skyrim horse, you deliver no matter what the weather brings.
They closed a public shooting range on state owned land here in Kent Count MI because of the trash left behind. People were leaving old stoves and TV's, propane tanks, etc. that they brought to shoot up and leave for the rest of us to enjoy. Broken glass everywhere. It looked like a 3rd world trash dump.
@@johnluke9207 I'm inclined to say some very rude and rowdy remarks about these types of people, however that won't change anything so I'll be less rowdy about it. It pains me deeply that ignorance is ruining something so fun.
I wouldn't be surprised if some people do this on purpose to get ranges shut down. Maybe such people should play the role of moving targets? Otherwise they'll just wind up in government positions.
@@youbetterwakeup2449 moving targets is very good practice.
Consider the neighborhoods of these guys who trash the place.
There are a couple of places on BLM land which are impromptu shooting ranges.
Easy access makes it convenient for city people to come trash the place as they act out their gangland fantasies.
The comments about leaving a mess on the range are so important for how understated Paul delivered them.
I have found that a .22 LR can help a great deal with flinch. The recoil is so mild that you're very aware of flinch, and can thus see yourself correcting it in real time without resorting to dummy rounds. Putting a box of 50 rounds or so through a .22 rifle or pistol every so often has helped me quite a bit with flinch.
Another reason to go to the range when raining...less likely to be a lot of people there at the same time fighting for a lane.
Great content as usual, Mr. Harrell.
Works in the middle of Northern winter too. I test at hunting temps.
The last time I went to a Civ Range, it started raining. But it was still busy.
“For me that feels like moving at least one joint in the direction it doesn’t want to go” lol I love the humor Paul Thank you as always for the videos sir! 👍👍👍👍
The biggest thing to me when it comes to shooting off hand and being able to make consistant hits is being repetive. Doing the same thing everytime you shoot. Keeping the same sight picture, same trigger squeeze and controling your breathing. If you do all that than its just matter having your sights adjusted or if in heat of the moment being able walk your shots into where you want them to go. Over all great video, I enjoy all the content you post and publish.
Wow All that and you dont mention NPA?
Yes, Sam could have mentioned NPOA, but the Natural Point of Aim is implied. Sam made a very good comment because it covers all which is required, including repeatability.
@@secretsquirrel6308 he mentions everything but the one thing most people (maybe him) dont know of or understand!
@FireEscape
i hunt
I use npa
My house is filled with trophies
(And freezer filled with meat)
Most of this doesn't require going to range. Muscle memory. Over an over an over in the living room. Until you snap into the zone without thought.
Thanks Paul.
I was taught the nose to charging handle technique on an M16A1 in Basic many many years ago. It worked well enough to score Expert.
Ironically, TJ from Tactical Shit did a video demo of a new fancy charging handle on a F/A a while back. The charging handle reciprocated with the bolt carrier on every shot. Glad it wasn’t me with my nose in the path.
I agree with you J Carne. A fellow swat member was a military guy and taught new shooters to put your nose to the charging handle as a point of reference like a cheek weld to the butt of the rifle. As I aged it became more difficult for me to extend my neck in order to place my nose to the charging handle The technique is useful however for those that can do it. I wasn’t sure about the person referenced by Paul that commented on this technique as a usual combat technique and not a fighting technique. I beg to differ. Using that technique in tactical shooting in my experience is quite accurate.
@@Pledgeman I don’t know if I can do it any longer. Haven’t tried in years. My eyes aren’t what they used to be, so I’ve been using optics for a long time.
Thank you Paul
The visual at 7:15 of firing in the rain, with the sling and STEAM rolling off your head is epic. I nominate this is your OFFICIAL GIF for your channel. Outstanding topic. Well presented, and as others said, kudos for your "I don't care if it is raining" attitude... carry on.
Paul should have a monument built for him. The man literally is teaching people to shoot better while in the rain.
yeah...the beer cans at a shooting range...same thing as finding beer cans floating on a lake, left behind by "sportsmen"
I started shooting a BB gun when I was about ten years old. Was on a 4-H .22 rifle team when I was 16 YOA, and was shooting M-1s and then M-14s from 18 to 21 in the infantry. Once again on a rifle team, one year with M-1s and the last with M-14s. After the Army, I was a LEO for three different federal agencies and a firearms instructor for the last two. I have continued shooting rifles, pistols. and shotguns and hunting big game to this day.
The previous paragraph is just to give my bona fides for this: Paul Harrell is the best firearms instructor on RUclips! If you apply his shooting techniques, your accuracy will improve.
If the shot surprises you it will always hit wherever the sights are at the time. If you’re locked in a rest and the sights aren’t wavering, that’s just dandy. But to actually hit what one is aiming at unsupported or less supported, one must be able to intentionally break the shot when the sights are aligned with the actual point of aim.
Another awesome and informative video, Paul! Thank you very much and keep the content rolling. I loved your reference to, "BRASS" with a single exception: I learned it as, Breathe, Relax, Aim, SLACK, Squeeze. It's a minor nit-picking, old man (71) thing, which relates to my time in service with the M-14 and my PMIs in the Marine Corps. Bless you and keep up the great content.
Thank you for this informative series. I grew and lived in Central Arizona where I still live. After buying a surplus M1 Carbine in the late 60's I had a friend whose dad was a WW II veteran and he taught us the various firing positions and shooting techniques which are quite similar to your videos. We did our firearm and archery at a range with known distances and in the field with unknown distances over various types of terrain on foot out across the desert utilizing various shooting positions. Now many years later when i go to the local range I am one of a very few who shoots offhand, kneeling, sitting and prone position. I am also one of a very few that uses a recurve bow.
Paul, My shooting background is in NRA High power rifle. Our positions are somewhat circumscribed by the rules, particularly using a sling. I found your ideas interesting, and intend to experiment with them next outing to the range. Thanks for calling out the all to common slobs in the shooting community! Thanks for the fine video.---?TPf
No sling use while standing, correct?
@@Redacted-Information That's right.
What a nice Saturday afternoon surprise! Keep 'em coming, Paul!
I like how you decided to take out your earplugs while the camera was rolling so you didn't have to say "This is an earplug case, I use earplugs with every shot I take"
Thank you, Mr. Harrell. It's always a pleasure learning from you.
Paul the boss Harrell the legend
Almost everything what you told today can be and need to be taken as esencial about precise and efective rifle shooting. I learned this things before 30 years and I m grateful to my instructors for this knowledge. Good job, keep doing, ignore dumb comments and stay focused on constructive things.
Part 1 came out the morning of my first time shooting with my friends, it definitely gave some valuable basics, and Part 2 will definitely help even more next time. Thanks again, Paul!
Hope you had fun, remember practice practice practice.
@@generaljackripper666 Took three of us to pull the magazine out of a jammed WS-MCR but besides that it was fun getting incredibly sticky shooting juice boxes!
It’s amazing how refreshing practical advice can be.
Another great presentation Paul. Thoroughly enjoyable.
Hi Dennis how are you doing 😊
A video with Paul and a wasr is always a good watch
I like how ALIVE this video was. No cuts, no transitions, we went from talking to shooting, to walking to the target!
Literally got back from the range zeroing my AR10 today! Paul truly embodies the Zeitgeist (and poptarts) of our time.
Never say the trigger release “surprised” you…in court.
3:31 - You're absolutely right, Paul. I used to go to Lytle Creek in SoCal. I later found Wild Horse Canyon shooting range near Devore, and was happy to drive the extra 30 miles to go shooting because I was sick of seeing shot up refrigerators, TV's, washing machines, and so forth at Lytle Creek. Soon after I started going to Wild Horse Canyon, Lytle Creek got shut down. Then all the scumbags from Lytle Creek started showing up at Wild Horse Canyon, and they brought their bad habits with them. Wild Horse Canyon later got closed down. Had no place to shoot after that, except controlled private ranges. I don't care for private shooting ranges.
Great metaphor about liberals moving to Texas!
@@6Sally5 LOL. Yeah, don't want scumbags moving to Texas either! Truth be told, I was out of my element in CA. Friggin hated living there.
Gotta add "DO TRY THIS AT HOME, you don't rise to the occasion, you fall back on your level of training."
The Law of Primacy in instruction dictates as you have said.
A Paul Harrell video always makes my day. Thank you Paul for another very educational video. Really appreciate your dedication to making these. Take care, try to stay dry and have a great week.
thank you for being the only place on the internet about accurate shooting that shows a reasonable group what an average shooter with an average rifle should be able to do. 4-6 inches discounting the flyer. one thing I do in the hopes of improving my shooting is calling my shots if i think I pull one. then checking the target to see if I am right. also see a lot of people at the range do a lot of shooting but don't look at the target till they are done and packing up. you can not improve if you don't keep track of how you are doing.
Thank you Paul. I'd like to thank you and your crew for all your hard work and time Sir.
Thanks, Paul.
Hi Paul! Been watching for a few years and love your videos!
Yay! I've been looking forward to this one. Thanks, Paul. We really appreciate all your hard work.
Love Paul's videos. My first watch anytime one is released. Keep them coming, Paul & crew!
Thank you again! I've been trying to practice more offhand shooting over the past six months.
Great videos, logical and full of common sense. Keep them coming Paul. All the best from Kazakhstan
This is the video I was waiting to see. Great one, thanks Paul.
Channels like Paul's are the only options I have left to maintain my interest in shooting & firearms. Excellent content, thank you.
Thank you for increasing the loudness on your video! I agree with Joey that you do provide superior quality videos out of all the gun people I've seen. Thanks for that too.
Haven’t even seen the video and I’ve already liked/saved for later. Keep up the great work!
That dummy round drill is gold! +1 Like
Paul takes the weather, hot, rain, snow, he just creates one of the best yt contents 👍👏
thanks for the tutorial and recommendations paul!
"I could probably go on all day..." please do
Thank you for your time and effort
Thank you! Very informative.
Another good one. Thanks, Paul!
Thank you, for that "downrange tour."
Although a brief aside in the beginning of this installment, more true words have not been spoken.
The sensibility of that short walk and talk may be quite evasive to many viewers.
Hats off to a true "class-act."
Thank you, Sir.
Simply outstanding.
Thanks for this Paul
Important fundamentals
Another excellent training from Mr. Harrell. When I'm instructing cadets to shoot pistols I see them take forever to aim, get a great sight picture then jerk the shot. The cadets will often worry more about sight alignment, sight picture, and breath control but then make the shot happen. They wonder why the shots then don't go where they are aiming. One great tool has been the slow motion settings on cell phone cameras. Nothing like real time feedback along with dummy drills. I tell those shooters the best aim in the world doesn't mean a thing if you can't control your trigger finger. Thank you for your videos. They are very much appreciated.
I cannot possibly express in words my gratitude to you for making this video and all your others but particularly this series. You have excellent offhand skills and it’s always gotten my attention.
Thank you for the information Paul.
Solid gold again. I'd like to share what I feel is the most important advice I give others, particularly for less supported positions like off-hand - I take most of my hunting shots on squirrels off-hand. Apologies if this is going to come up in a future video in the series, I don't mean to steal your thunder.
Here we go: You will have a point at which you are going to commit to the trigger and take the shot. The typical assumption is that we want to first put the sight (cross hair, dot or whatever) on the point we want to impact and then squeeze the trigger, along with all of the appropriately timed breathing/holding breath etc. You will typically miss this way. The problem is that your sight is moving, and you can not stop it from moving. You want the sight on the target when the gun FIRES, not when you make the commitment to fire the shot. It may be a small difference in time, but it will always be enough to make the difference between a good shot and a poor one. So it becomes a little more like shooting flying targets with a shotgun, and aiming where the target WILL be when the shot gets there, only in reverse. We need to control the sight movement to something predictable, that we can tell that it is GOING to pass over the center of the target right after we commit to the shot. I often like to use a figure eight sort of motion so the sight is falling across the target at a 45 degree angle, but if I am getting a different motion that is CONSISTENT, I will go with it, animals won't wait all day for you to shoot. Getting the timing right for how far ahead of the sight crossing center you should commit to the shot is a matter of practice, and a part of why almost all shooting, but especially off-hand, is more of an art than a science. Don't just accept that your sights won't stay still, embrace it and learn to work it into your shot, under your control.
If the shot is supposed to surprise you then how can you time it accurately?
@@belakiss7492 Excellent question! I still think that is good advice when starting to shoot, to learn not to flinch and jerk the shot. However, it does mean that you are accepting hitting anywhere within the range of motion the gun has while aiming, which in real field conditions, will always be significant. My point is the next level of accuracy in real world conditions is to embrace that motion, and take control of it. No, after 55 years of practice, I am not surprised by my shot, at least most of the time. I am, however, much more accurate than when I was surprised by every shot. Also, having consistently shot M.O.A. groups with a standard weight .300 Win. Mag. hunting rifle, I know I don't need to worry about flinching when shooting squirrels with my 10/22.
Thank Paul! Great info!
Paul have a lot of respect for your videos, thank you sir
Awesome brother thanks for sharing
As someone who loves your thorough and exhaustive explanations Paul, this is probably the most quick and to the point video of yours I've ever seen. Your channel has come a long way. Thank you for the great information.
Thank you Paul and Crew for another excellent presentation.
Very valid comments on considerate range use! Nice
info on o/h rifle shooting.
Keep up the good job on
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I definitely understand the "range idiot" part of your presentation. The city I live in maintains the old armory range. Annual fee is $25, but the range is unmanned.
I was at the range when a couple vehicles pull in. I am on the rifle side at the "main line" which is 100 yards to the targets another 3(ish) to a 15ft berm. Twelve people unload from the vehicles. Six were minor children down to still in pampers but walking freely. The rest being "adults". The first act of one of these was to go to the cooler and pull out a bottled beer take a drink, hurl it in the air, and try to pull a saloon stunt with his concealed carry pistol. He missed. Said fired shot headed of towards the east at 1000fps and he just runs around for another bottle.
I start packing my rifles away. They see this. Tell "trick shot" to cool his jets to which he replies "I paid my membership. I can do what I want." Tosses the bottle and manages to graze it, bullet goes of to the wild blue yonder. ( there is a sign at the gate saying no household garbage as targets, no drinking(alcohol) on the range, and NO glass bottles.)
I pack my firearms into my vehicle clearly leaving my M9 Beretta in my battle belt, and drive to the gate which they left open. Upon clearing the gate I notify the local police. The individual was given a field sobriety test which he failed and arrested. He pled out got probation, and was back out at the range(in violation of said probation) less than a month later. He left before the police responded (go figure), and "since THEY the POLICE didn't see anything then nothing happened. I.e. if they catch him, he goes to prison and the county loses the probation $$$.
i could picture the whole thing in my mind, that guy sounds like an a hole
You still did good ,those kind of people are a danger to every thing.
Great stuff, as per usual !
Yet again very nice presentation thanks Paul!
Great content as always Paul.
I personally believe that for my own attempts to fire a rifle accurately that attempting to be surprised by the round firing leads to less accurate shots. It's easier me to achieve accuracy by focusing on the technique and process rather than a specific goal outside of my shot placement, as I am distracted by the goal of being surprised. I cannot speak for anyone else.
Paul Harrell is the greatest of all.
Great stuff Paul!
Semper Fi Paul!
I have always loved the "hasty sling" ever since learning it in Recruit training. I use it when hunting and just everyday shooting. Even with a pellet rifle. When It comes to AR's and AK's I like the 2 point and single point slings ( depending on the rifle) slung over the body and adjusted so that it fits tight into the shoulder. I need every little advantage in stability and "Natural Point of Aim" I can get when shooting offhand.
Another quality product from Paul! I was surprised at the mention of James Yeager. Personally, I didn't know he was still begging for relevance. I blocked him a long time ago and will probably never change my mind. He is unnecessary, because I have Paul. Paul is everything James isn't. Knowledgeable, informed, humble, and keeps his ego right-sized. I wouldn't urinate on James Yeager if he suffered from spontaneous combustion.
Thanks Paul for the commitment on quality content.
This year, there was a free to go to gun range on state land that was maintained by the DNR and because people kept leaving trash in the area and ignoring the warning, they shut it down. It wasn't a great range by any means but it was a range and it was free, which was ruined by idiots not caring about up keeping.
Thanks Paul, looking forward to the next one!
Watching you while shooting rather than watching the target is a whole lot better! Decades ago I used that elbow in your side leaning back offhand position for shooting steel plate at 200 yards and got really good at it. But I was never able to convert that to a useful hunting position.
Thank you, Paul and Crew, for all that you do for us. I'm sure you do not get the recognition you deserve.
Thanks for making the Accurate Rifle Shooting part 2 video.
Paul, you shoot the way (the methods you use and the reasons why) my Grandpa did. Thanks for all your great videos!
Solid dude right here.... Respect
All of the fundamentals Paul speaks about are exactly what I learned in 1978 at MCRD. Before every shooting / practice / training session with a rifle, I like to begin with a 22LR rifle. I will consciously say the fundamentals to myself, then focus on each as I touch off the first shot. Quickly I find myself not actively thinking these, but performing them. Next the 22 goes in the rack and which ever rifle is the day's focus comes out and the same drill is done. Once I no longer am actively thinking of fundamentals but doing them, if more advanced training is to happen, I go from there. The standing off-hand shot will humble you if you never train on it. Start close and work outward to longer ranges. If possible, use a buddy system to evaluate each other and point out glaring oversights.
Great tip. I have a CMMG .22LR conversion for my AR. I’m going to try this next time.
Thanks for bringing up dry firing.
Dry firing is sorely overlooked as a training aid. Something as simple as squeezing the trigger while maintaining good sight picture can reduce the amount of ammo you need to zero at the range, and could mean the difference between bagging that buck or going home empty handed.
Damn, The youtube video compression did Paul dirty in this one
I never had a flinch with rifles, but my handgun flinch was bad. REALLY bad.
Like you said, the only remedy is practice. Eventually, you get used to that slide coming at you, you lose the flinch, and even stop blinking.
My groups at 10 yards used to be an abysmal 16". Now they're 2", and that's after about 400 rounds of frequent shooting.
Another thing I did that helped reduce flinching was to volunteer as a RSO. When you spend 6 hours at the range each week with up to 20 people firing randomly, you just stop caring and the loud sound doesn't bother you anymore.
Thanks, Paul!
I don't own a gun, don't have a safe place to keep one. I watch this production on the first day of each release for the basic reason that the presenter provides a rationale and framework that is useful as a framework for most interactions... an example : "that works for some people". or, "I am explaining I am presenting what works for ME". simple? not really, it is actually a discipline to be authentic AND fair and consistent. it it logical? does it have integrity? is it honest?. this is what I look for in these presentations. and its a lot cheeper than owning and arming a gun with ammo.
The idea about a 'surprise break' is one which I have been taught and which I have in turn passed on to new shooters. It helps to alleviate target panic, where the shooter is trying to co-ordinate sight alignment and trigger control, and is desperately thinking 'notyetnotyetnotyetNOW', and snatches the trigger as a result. Instead, being focused on the sights and almost ignoring the trigger means that the shot goes exactly where it was aimed.
To that end, breathing control is also helpful in eliminating the tendency of the sight picture to shift whilst on aim - I was taught to use a respiratory pause, where after a few normal breaths, I take another and let about 80% of it out, to a natural 'dip' and can hold the rifle/pistol steady for long enough to let off a controlled shot.
I've seen huge shifts in POI purely because of the kind of support being used, but this was with air rifles. I imagine that changing recoil patterns will apply to firearms too.
Great content, very informative and entertaining. Your channel has the perfect amount of both.
Hopefully, the many who badly
need to watch these videos will
watch them
Thanks for the video
Thank you Paul! I developed a bad flinch which a friend and I worked on extensively to get under control exactly with the methods you mentioned. It is SO easy to fall back in a bad habit if you don't deliberately work on it. The Snap Caps dummy rounds also serve you well for dry-fire training on firearms that are supposed to be dry fired, so that is a relatively cheap way of getting all those basics done right. I must also mention you have that rifle gripped good and proper. I could hardly see it move! Thank you again for excellent content!
Just a thought, if possible shoot a 22 and you will see if you are flinching.
The random dummy rounds in the mag really seems like a good idea. I've never heard that before
The Technique is widely called "ball and dummy " and it can be embarrassing, But it WILL help your shooting.
It definitely works. It took some time and tedious instruction with me due to adults handing me really light shotguns loaded with 3 inch magnum buckshot so that they could get a laugh.
Project Appleseed uses the 'bally and dummy' to expose and correct errors.
I strongly urge attending at least one Appleseed event.
You can also use the same method to practice clearing drills.
Many ages ago I was a training officer for my company. I would load the students revolvers with random dummy rounds to teach them trigger control. After the training program was completed, not one of my students failed the qualification test. However, one particular session I was showing students how to draw and fire on a target. After expending all 6 rounds I asked for any questions...a student slowly raised his hand and said, "Sir, I think you shot the wrong target." I turned around and sure enough, I had shot the target in the next lane. Lots of egg on my face that day....grin
Great presentation, excellent points made. Thanks, Paul !
Sweet! Sitting down to a pancake, bacon and scrambled eggs brunch, and Paul pops up on the notifications. 😁. When I was in a training, we did a ton of dummy rounds, and empty shells to help with clearing jams quickly, but also for this topic too. It’s a super good way to know you’re doing it or not, and then work on it.
For precision paper target shooting, with a bolt or single shot, I always use the palm, and elbow in the ribs. Best way by far for me.