01/12/2025
When you’re shooting from a supported position, you want your body as squared off to your target as possible. Your spine must be in line with your rifle.
This is called natural point of aim.
Recoil: Before the bullet even leaves the barrel, the gun is already moving.
If your spine is twisted, your shots will drift left or right depending on that twist. You can fight this with force in unconventional shooting positions, but that takes a lot of finesse and practice.
A straight spine keeps everything in line.
Physical recoil management:
Notice my thumb is not hooked around the back of the pistol grip.
My fingers wrap around the front and pull straight back into my shoulder.
for men, A hooked thumb makes you subconsciously tighten your grip. Women weaken their grip when they are stressed.
That adds extra input into the rifle — we don’t want that.
Unhook your thumb and let it rest naturally above your hand.
I use a competition grip with my left hand:
• One finger running down the handguard (for me, this reduces wrist tension)
• Thumb over the top Picatinny rail
• Middle, ring, and pinky fingers gripping the front of the Stoic Solutions bag
This hand creates my axis point, which lets me get into ports quickly and with finesse.
Generally, I’m pressing down when I’m in supported positions.
I only pull the rifle into my body when I’m shooting standing unsupported.
Those little scooches I do left or right —
that’s me adjusting my natural point of aim.
My process is simple and efficient:
Pop out of my optic → find my target visually → adjust my spine with my feet → re-acquire the target in my optic.
This is the most efficient way to shoot precision rifle quickly and accurately.
