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Follow Through Shooting: The 7th Habit of Effective Shooters

ByChris Sajnog March 18, 2017November 2, 2023 Reading Time: 3 minutes

Follow-through is a term that most of us have heard from the first time anyone taught us about marksmanship fundamentals. But it is also one of the most neglected. Maybe because it’s last on every list that shooters assume it’s the least important, but neglecting the follow-through can negate all the steps you previously took to deliver an accurate shot. Follow-through simply means that you continue to apply all fundamentals of marksmanship after the weapon fires. A proper follow-through allows the weapon to deliver the round precisely on target and recoil in a natural and consistent manner. To follow-through in shooting, you need to do the following:

Sight Alignment – The Third Habit of Highly Effective Shooting

ByChris Sajnog March 16, 2017May 8, 2023 Reading Time: 7 minutes

Right after the invention of rifling, sight alignment is the most important contribution to man to fire an accurate shot. Sight alignment and sight picture are two terms that are often used interchangeably and many times used as one and the same. It’s fine to put them together once they are both understood, but it is vital to know that they are two different and vary distinct things. Sight alignment has nothing to do with the target (well, besides hitting it) and I will be covering this relationship in the upcoming, The Fourth Habit of Highly Effective Shooters.

Breathing While Shooting: The Fifth Habit of Highly Effective Shooters

ByChris Sajnog March 14, 2017May 8, 2023 Reading Time: 6 minutes

I remember being taught what many of you were likely also taught in regards to breathing as a marksmanship fundamental…to hold your breath. At the time it made sense. I was being told this by an instructor who shot better than me and who was running the course of instruction I was attending. I was in the military at the time and being taught by some of the best shooters in the world. Specifically I was told to, “Shoot during the Natural Respiratory Pause.” I did this for many years as a SEAL Sniper and never found any reason to question what I had learned.

Pistol Shooting Stance – The First Habit of Highly Effective Shooters

ByChris Sajnog March 12, 2017March 4, 2022 Reading Time: 5 minutes

No matter what weapon system we’re talking about or what shooting position; a solid shooting position is essential to good shooting. The more solid the position, the easier it is to hold the gun and control the trigger without disturbing the sight picture. Whether you’re shooting prone, kneeling, standing or any unconventional shooting position, you should have as much of your body directly behind the weapons as possible. You need to be able to drive the gun, and just like driving your car you should have the seat adjusted properly.

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The Firearms Training Notebook: Enhance Your Firearm Skills

ByChris Sajnog March 6, 2017November 2, 2023 Reading Time: 5 minutes

Navy SEALS are required to be experts in a variety of disciplines’ – shooting, demolition, Close Quarters Combat, skydiving, and SCUBA diving just to name a few. That’s a lot of stuff to keep in our heads, especially when we may not use some of these skills for months at a time due to deployments or training in the other areas. To accomplish this task we’ve learned to keep logbooks to document the details needed to successfully employ these skills when the need arises.

Learn To Shoot A Pistol With Both Eyes Open And Eye Dominance

ByChris Sajnog March 3, 2017March 4, 2022 Reading Time: 8 minutes

Learning to shoot with both eyes open can be a bit challenging. The main reason is that it’s hard to describe exactly what you’re supposed to see when you do it. Because I talk about shooting with both eyes open a lot, I get lots questions on how to do it. So i created a video to not just tell you, but show you what I see when I shoot with both eyes open

7 Fundamentals of Marksmanship: Virtuosity of Firearms Training

ByChris Sajnog March 1, 2017November 3, 2023 Reading Time: 6 minutes

As a Navy SEAL I learned that there is no such thing as good enough and as SEAL Sniper I learned close enough is enough to get someone killed. Everything we did in training and on missions was done with the goal of perfection – anything less and we went back to the drawing board and figured out a way to go from good to great to ensure we were better than the enemy. When it comes to firearms training, if you want to be a truly great shooter, you too need to seek perfection in every aspect of your training program. Because unlike leisure endeavors’, shooting is literally either hit or miss. There is no, close enough when it comes to taking low percentage shots in a high-stress environment. This means not only a strong foundation in the shooting fundamentals, but performing the fundamentals exceedingly well – it takes Virtuosity.

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Dry Fire Drills Using A Pencil: Training And Practice [VIDEO]

ByChris Sajnog February 27, 2017March 4, 2022 Reading Time: 7 minutes

I know it’s a hard sell to tell you that not shooting your gun is going to make you better at shooting, but I know dry fire training to be tried and true, and I’ll tell you why. Your greatest asset, either in a static setting like the shooting range or a dynamic setting of…

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Edged Weapon Training: Get the Edge Back in Your Training

ByChris Sajnog January 17, 2017November 7, 2023 Reading Time: 3 minutes

Is That a Knife in Your Pocket? Bladed weapons have been used as secondary weapons since ancient times. Though personal weaponry and tactics have greatly changed, the majority of operators today utilize a primary, secondary, and tertiary weapons system, with the blade serving as one of the latter two capacities. It is common for many…