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Stance for AR-15 Action Shooting – Jerry Miculek Practical Rifle

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Whatever the sport, experts agree that success depends on starting with the right fundamentals. Champion shooter Jerry Miculek makes the point that accurate shooting with a modern sporting rifle starts with proper foot position and stance. Watch this short video to make sure youre maximizing your set up for fast and accurate shooting. (NSSF Video)

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  1. He didn't really go into your forward hand on the handguard. You'd want to wrap your thumb (not rest the rifle on hand) as much as you can(he does this, but did not mention it). With most AR's this should not block your iron sights. With an AK you'll need to pull it back some to see the sights.

  2. True but this is for competition. Semi-blading the body provides better support for the rifle. Costa's squared off stance is more about presenting body armor and a lower profile, while maintaining the competition-style parallel support arm for quick muzzle control.

  3. What you're describing is more of a modern combat stance, presenting a tighter profile while still squared off to the target (to expose body armor rather than the side of your body). The stance advised in this video is better suited to competition shooting, where you want maximum accuracy and fast target acquisition (so they use the "Magpul grip" too). Having the shooting side back ("chicken winging") provides better support for the rifle stock.

  4. I'm glad you said this. People need to understand there is a huge difference in shooting techniques derived for sport and combat. Most of the styles young shooters fall back to are what they see on t.v. and video games. That's all fine and dandy if your being shot back at and just need to put rounds down range. Even with that most who think they are shooting proper "fighting" stances don't even understand what they are doing or doing wrong.

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