How to Shoot More Accurately | Proper Sight Alignment | Tactical Rifleman

[@barrysmith916]

took this to the rifle range , shot awesome groups with iron sights and in every three shot group -two holes were touching and the third was dam close. i can tell you first hand this information works. it will make you a better shooter. thanks carl.

[@TacticalRifleman]

Glad I could help. That's why we do this. Thanks for watching, TR

[@michaelhunley621]

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[@arod2104]

Whenever I see a troop with a shot group all over the place and 6+ adjustments on their zero, I pull them aside to practice proper sight picture, dry fire drills (with a dime), and to properly and comfortably get behind their assigned weapons. This video is BRM Gold. This is the answer to a lot of the frustration from both shooters and range NCO's. Often times the focus is place on breathing and trigger squeeze, when in reality the shooter is doing those things right. I also advice to the troops to find that place on your rifle stock and place a mark on it and always reference to it every time you raise the weapon until they don't need that point of reference anymore. Great video, thank you for taking your time to do this.

[@joshwelsh1935]

I had gone off of what my Drill Sergeants taught me for the past year and half. I was doing the whole 7 second breath out to raise the weapon from bottom to target, aiming the center, and going for it. I had a constant 8-14/40 on the M4 Qual every time. Just recently my teammates figured out that I'm shooting like that and they taught me some new ways to shoot. I keep my mouth on the lip of the stock, you aim, close your eyes, look away, put your face back in place, and open your eyes again and see if your sight picture is off. You breath normally. Now I'm shooting 30s and am trying to get expert consistently (Just need to work on some 300s). Sight Alignment is so true, more than you think. Those Drill Sergeants are teaching like 200+ guys so they don't give a damn about making a good shooter. Thanks for the video though I was in high school when you made it.

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[@dogbugler]

Say hey, Johnny B. Great seeing u here. Karl is a fantastic teacher of the Fine art of Shooting.

[@marcotucker3431]

This is great, I love the no nonsense attitude, refreshing. Keep it up.

[@charlesludwig9173]

Here are typical reasons for horizontal and vertical grouping and as the author of this video said, it is not breathing. Breathing only becomes a problem when an unqualified coach tells the shooter to watch his breathing, then it becomes impossible to shoot during natural breathing pause. Vertical group assessment shows good trigger control and poor elevation. Some of the probable causes of vertical grouping are: 1. Poor follow through 2. Changing sight picture 3. A very low position 4. Changing sight alignment 5. Failure to maintain proper sight alignment 6. Changing distance from eye to sight 7. Varying rifle butt position in shoulder 8. Position of left elbow wrong (rifle fired from right shoulder) 9. Not enough head pressure Horizontal group assessment shows good elevation and poor trigger control. Some of the probable causes of horizontal grouping are: 1. High right shoulder 2. High vertical position 3. Jerking the trigger 4. Varying head pressure 5. Movement of the right elbow 6. No stability of position 7. Change in sight picture 8. Failure to maintain proper sight alignment

[@boddyxpolitic]

Teaching iron sight fundamentals I thought was a lost skill. Didn't the Marines & Army start teaching new recruits only to shoot with an Acog a few years back? Awesome work Karl! Keeping real skills alive.

[@Max-nu1bd]

boddyxpolitic Yep, I just got back from Parris Island, and they don't teach you jack about irons, only acog, which I wish wasn't the case

[@masterchief91able]

Well I’m 82 airborne now but just finished OSUT in Feb 18. We started learning with iron sights and qualified with them as well. 300m targets were the furthest. I have yet to use an Acog at my unit.

[@slimjuses7772]

Max416188 will they teach you at SOI?

[@austin523mexico]

Enlisted in Feb 2016, qualified on ironsights, i didnt see a scope until my first unit and took it off to qualify. There's some pride with shooting ironsights.

[@austinproduction19]

I enlisted in 2015, iron sights and m16’s through training. Got to my unit and they had M4’s with iron sights. In Afghanistan I had an M4 with an aim point comp4, but back stateside my unit still doesn’t have optics

[@kramotakra]

solid highlight boss! Reminds me of the demo given by the coach of the winning service rifle team. Extent arm, put thumb to far object, then focus on the tip of the thumb, then focus on the object, then tip, then object, back and forth. You'd observe the student inadvertently moves his arm up and down ever so sightly with each chance. And there you have it. Vertical stringing shot group explained. It ain't breathing. I zeroed with 4 rounds in basic. Removed the sand bag. Placed mag on ground. 1st shot. Called it a good break, adjust, 2nd shot, adjust, 3rd, near mid 25m silhouette, 4th to confirm it POI stays the same within mechanical accuracy of the worn A4 using the same POA. Done. This way, for both supported and unsupported I got the exact head position and nothing touching the non-free floated barrel/heat guard

[@datguy1675]

Thanks for this video, i saw this once this morning, took some tips and my shooting accuracy improved by 25%. I know its not much, but still an improvement.

[@TacticalRifleman]

Glad we could help. Thanks for watching, TR

[@Qagpt]

Finally someone talked about my pain. I am the happiest person now. It's not trigger or breath. It's the alignment of the sight, no drill sergeant told me. I have left dominant eye, so i shoot with left hand. Everything new to me but every drill sergeant screaming at me about breath and trigger. The issue is I'm changing my sight picture every time. I don't know how to correct it but Now I know. A big thank you from a soldier

[@TacticalRifleman]

Thank you for your service. TR

[@adrianholland6787]

Great instructive video, went out and got my son a M&P 15-22 for Christmas, will have him watch your training videos. 👍🏼🇺🇸

[@cheeseburgerrunner5217]

This is great, so true. Shows people the real reasons behind their group and zero. I have seen all of these before.

[@FedoraSpunk]

Extremely informative and well delivered, your insight is clearly gained through experience and learning, you've more than earned a place for your voice on any platform

[@TacticalRifleman]

Thanks for the kind words. I’m just a regular guy trying to make the world a better place. TR

[@michaelodommediaproduction810]

Applied these tips and some from your pistol video at the German qual range for the army and was the only one that shot expert. Thank you for your wisdom!

[@TacticalRifleman]

That’s awesome. Congratulations. Thanks for watching, TR

[@ThePNWRiderWA]

God points. I find a big issue is the cheek weld. The stock m4 style stock is difficult to create a good consistent cheek weld.

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[@sdvvseezfs3572]

Subject proposal : weapon maintenace/ which ammo for which battle ? Keep up guys , great channel !

[@VictoryOrValhalla14]

sdvvs eezfs if your fighting rifle doesn't use all ammo to include the crappiest steel case then imo get a new rifle, one that will. Goes for my fighting pistol as well. If you find yourself in SHTF, the War of Restoration or North Korean BBQ lol you will be resupplying from whatever you get your hands on.

[@shadowjllj]

sdvvs eezfs. What you really want to ask is ammo for home defense,becase in the battle field I fully agree with WickedSensation.

[@axemurdereriamnot]

If your plan for battle is to find ammo in the field, then your plan is to run out.

[@DaveSmith-cp5kj]

Why even ask this pointless question? Do some basic research and figure it out yourself based on your needs.

[@ukaszbanasiak4787]

OK, you totally convinced me with the experiment considering 3x3 groups. Thanks a lot!

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[@Jazzman-bj9fq]

During my time in basic training my drills had us touch the tip of our noses to the charging handle to ensure that our faces was the same distance away from the sights every time when we shot to help our consistency. I'd say it worked pretty good for me, I qualified Expert first time without any extensive experience shooting a rifle before that time.

[@charlesludwig9173]

As the position gets higher the eye will be at a greater distance from the sight when the shooter gets a proper muscularlly relaxed stock weld.

[@lorrythegod1781]

How hard was shooting in basic?

[@Jazzman-bj9fq]

@@lorrythegod1781 I found it fairly easy and straightforward. Our platoon drill sergeants we're pretty good at explaining it. All i did was listen, do it they way they taught it and it worked, easy peasy.

[@randycollins87]

Really great video Karl. I’m big on proper sight alignment. It’s critical. If a man can’t hit the enemy he’s only a target, not a fighter.

[@TacticalRifleman]

Amen to that. Thanks for watching. Strength & Honor, TR.

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[@youcanthandlethetruth6976]

Depends on what you're shooting. M1A's can easily have flyers and wide shot groups when things aren't properly tightened, when the gas lock isn't properly timed, when the gas plate isn't shimmed, and when the barrel tensioner isn't at the proper tension. So there's a whole lot of factors that go into accurizing your shots. Make sure you go over everything. Any loose component on your firearms that can cause accuracy problems, most likely are causing accuracy problems, because most people don't even pay any attention to them, and in their defense they're not armorers so how would they know. So rule of thumb, when you get a new firearm, get to know it, in and out. Learn what can cause accuracy problems and tackle them immediately. Learn about your twist rates and what length bullets like to be shot out of your barrel's twist rate. THEN you can start worrying about your sights and sight picture and all that jazz.

[@AshGreen359]

Your don't hold your breath to shoot, you just time your shots with your exhale. Peep sights are new for me, this is very helpful.

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Thank you to all the guys for your service and sharing of this info. heard about you from ( TGC )The Gun Collective .

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Heard about y'all from TGC, awesome videos guys! Keep up the good work!

[@xblizbroke]

Army BRM a little over a decade ago, our DS constantly preached proper sight alignment. Had us spend time in the evening in the barracks dry firing and practicing trigger squeeze and sight alignment. Then again all of our cadre were sappers, SF, rangers, snipers, and one oddball 88M who had been blown up 11 times.

[@TacticalRifleman]

Funny shit. I was supposed to go be a Drill Sergeant. Got out of it by being in Ethiopia when I war broke out. I got extended. Divine Intervention. Thanks for watching, TR

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@@TacticalRifleman unfortunately your gain is a few cycles' loss. At least you're able to educate people through KZbin now. Valuable knowledge and wisdom is always a great thing to spread. Keep on making great videos

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[@MichaelLeopold1]

Thanks for the tips.

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Got your channel from TGC. great videos! !

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TGC news put you on. 👌

[@ron-yv4jx]

Thank You for another great lesson Karl, my eyes are bad these days also, It sucks....

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Here from TGC. Nice channel you guys got here. Subscribed. :) Stay blessed.

[@Dr._Nope]

These are excellent shooting tips! Thanks!

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[@eddiem9115]

Maybe older DS’s preached that, I don’t. Besides sight alignment, I think shot anticipation is the biggest cause for a miss. Good video.

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[@dmperry1974]

Back to the basics, that's what makes an excellent marksman.

[@woodyg768]

Just got an m&p sport 2 , I'll give this a try, I was hitting right and low, I thought, I'll move my rear sight to the left first to get my windage correct then I'll bring my shot up using the front sight. My rear sight ended up almost all the way to the left and my shot's windage on the target did not change,so I figured it was me not doing something right. So , thanks a bunch,I'm gonna focus more on sight picture and see what happens. I never even got around to adjusting elevation,I just got frustrated and didn't want to waste a bunch of ammo until I got a little education on the subject.

[@TacticalRifleman]

Hope this help

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[@ncshpfox]

That last target is what we commonly refer to as rat shit in a dresser drawer. I've also seen guys shooting spread out groups and then realize they were using the large aperture. Flip over to the small one and problem solved. Great video.

[@jockobacumbo623]

Maybe a few examples of good sight alignment throughout the video would help reinforce the instruction. Love your videos, thanks!

[@TacticalRifleman]

Great suggestion!

[@thalo215]

TGC sent me. Great video. I will be trying this method out the next chance I get to go to the range to see if this helps. I know new glasses will help but this will be the first step. And cheaper too.

[@rodrob6285]

...my drill sergeant said... I fucking love this channel.

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Hi, TGC send me over and I'm looking forward to watching all your videos. Gbu

[@kbkesq]

This sounds like an insight you should somehow get the drill sergeants to catch on. Seems it’d make our troops more effective.

[@charlesludwig9173]

Yep, sight alignment, it and trigger control are the principles of shooting. Inconsistent sight alignment produces angular error which increases with distance.

[@bla2220]

I would like to see a video on proper firearm cleaning and maintenance.

[@hawkiconoclast]

How about a video on bore siters … I grew up hunting with a lever action rifle, just built my first AR 15 need to zero it in, wondering if using a bore cider to co witness my iron sights with my red dot is a good idea.

[@Ousmane_Sow]

I will definitely take your advice

[@vneeson9773]

You guys should do a video on the importance of parallax

[@TacticalRifleman]

vance neeson , I'll add a "Parallax" video to our upcoming video shoot

[@Ninjafluff]

I love shooting with iron sights. So much so, that I have a question. How do you feel about flip ups on something like a Remington 700 with the Mod X chassis? If you had a recommendation for some iron sight for long range to put on it, what would that be? Thank You for another great video. I am new to your channel, and so far, I am hooked.

[@TacticalRifleman]

The problem with flip-ups on a scoped rifle (such as a R700) is that the ocular lens (rear of the scope) sits right where you need that rear sight to be. So, back up sights on a scoped rifle need to be removable or off-set. If you are going to just run Iron Sights, then go with some good Palmer Sights. Google M-24 SWS Iron Sights, and you'll see what I used to run on a 700. I hate to favor one brand or another. My thing is to buy quality sights that are micro adjustable. Hope this helps and thanks for watching. Strength & Honor, TR

[@clintonwalsh2264]

Ninjafluff will find the video but a fellow shot a buffalo target using open iron sights out to 2500yards.

[@josephbradford3435]

Thank's for an other great instructive video, it's so true, the basics really matter !

[@irishdefense77]

How about a video on edc essentials for concealed carry.Flashlights,blowout kits,how many spare magazines,etc.

[@oliverallen5324]

irishdefense77 I'm pretty sure he's done one. If I can find it soon, I'll edit with a link.

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[@vigneshdurai1705]

Pls...tell me about 300 yard rifle shooting tips...i m shooting with 5.56mm ammo...

[@cjbotts]

Wish I had this guy with me this morning. Took new rifle to range to try to zero buis and red dot. Hoped to have irons zeroed in 10 rounds and use the remaining 90 for red dot then fun. Took almost 50 to get irons dialed in 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@ajamico]

Worked on Magul MBUS pro zero today. New AR and new to rifle shooting. Went to 50 yards and did ok... I guess for a noob. Went to 100 yards... hit the paper once out of 10 rounds on iron sights. It sucks to suck so much. Sigh....

[@alexkasimir9931]

That was better instruction than my DI.

[@zeegh5867]

Can you show us how to actually do it in real life pov view. Thank you for the video it was very helpful

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Liked it so much I subscribed.

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[@johnneill5960]

On point with this .

[@harryhenderson334]

Superb teacher you are!" Thank you!"

[@TacticalRifleman]

Thanks for watching, TR

[@sirarnie9837]

When I was in Basic Training, I could barely qualify as a Marksman. Which is the lowest rifle qualification. I didn't find out until I finished basic, that my problem was that I am cross dominant. Meaning I am right handed, but my left eye is dominant. Luckily, I found out that I am ambidextrous, and can shoot fine left handed. I always shot Expert after I switched. Don't know how my Drill Sergeants missed doing the simple eye dominance test with me. So if you are having issues with zeroing do the eye dominance test. There are plenty of videos to watch about it.

[@TacticalRifleman]

Amen

[@doliv1745]

Great review.. I’ve leaned something today.. thanks !!

[@TacticalRifleman]

Daryl, glad we could help. We have a lot of other great videos out there, that you can find in our video archive. TR

[@californiagonecountry7057]

Excellent tutorial! Thanks for the help

[@TacticalRifleman]

You are welcome

[@AMike75]

Love this video

[@brianlong2079]

Great video, very useful informative.

[@DAVIDRAMIREZ-rg5qc]

So much good info… thx!

[@TacticalRifleman]

Glad it was helpful!

[@karlwilson7031]

awesome video helps alot

[@jkresz9606]

Thank you for your informative videos.

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I'm from TGC.... I'm here to help.

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You are helping me

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Came from TGC

[@brendaproffitt1011]

Great video and incredible information on this too...I do greatly appreciate it too...Thank you so much

[@stoxx_roxx]

Great video

[@bjdenil]

Sight allignment is much easier with other sites, but I have also been shooting those since bb guns at age 8... In my opinion there is no getting around the need to practice site allignment on an AR. None.

[@Qagpt]

You just read my mind. It's not about trigger, or breathing. I have trouble maintaining the site picture.

[@0570965]

Isn't there a trick to range estimate with the front sight?

[@jameelenilljr5608]

How far these shots were taken from

[@ninjak79]

Awesome video!

[@applelbird5900]

If the headplacement changes but still can put front sight post in middle the circle, does it matter? In another words, does the head need to be on the same location every time? TIA!!

[@TacticalRifleman]

The Pupil of the eye must be centered behind the aligned sights. So, you CAN technically move your head (eye) closer or further away. However, any deviation of the head left, right, up, or down; and the pupil would no longer be centered behind the aligned sights. Hope that makes sense to you. Thanks for watching, TR.

[@brianparker9924]

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[@irishdefense77]

Thank you!

[@spitfire27028]

yes ty. i find that my sight alignment moves a lot aiming down sights. i try to stay still however i still get inconsistency. ill work on it. ruger 1022 EAB M1 upgrade, Techsight 200just learning to be a proper and efficient shooter

[@TacticalRifleman]

Keep practicing. I started on a 1022 Thanks for watching. TR

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TGC says hello.

[@chefevanscott]

No idea who tsc is, but video ideas? I've been really interested in a lead mitigation system. Can't afford to run green ammo much and would like to know what kind of steps and practices can help me reduce or eliminate the lead from entering my system during practice. Thanks for the super high quality content!

[@TacticalRifleman]

What system are you talking about?( water system or blood system?) If you are worried about the ground water under your range; just use earth berms and don't shoot steel targets. Berms catch the solid slugs within, and the rain runs down the outside of the berm. Very very little chance of lead getting in ground water. However, if you shoot steel targets, the lead bullets disintegrate and the micro lead particles are absorbed into the soil. If you are worried about it getting into your bloodstream, shoot with the wind behind you. Everyone worries about the lead absorbing through their hands when touching targets, but the real threat is from breathing in the dust. Lung membranes are very permeable and absorb dust and gases very well. At our CQB school, they often test the instructors blood for lead, and have found those with the highest levels were the ones that worked in the shoot houses. That is because the FlashBang grenades stir all the dust up off the floors. So, stay away from the dust and smoke and you should be fine. Hope this helps. Thanks for watching. Strength & Honor, TR.

[@chefevanscott]

Thank you, yeah concerned about lead getting into my system through breathing it in, and cleaning weapon etc. decided to wear a flight suit over clothes when shooting so I don't bring it into the vehicle or home to the kids. Want to wear a respirator but don't want to look like a weirdo at the range. Thanks for the tips!

[@dansanders7707]

Excellent video! So your suggested fix is to have joes focus on sight alignment, but how does that translate to a more tactical situation, ie reflexive fire? Is it just muscle memory (vision memory?)

[@dansanders7707]

I guess I kind of got an answer from reading the description.

[@joelapplin88]

At what range were they shooting

[@ToddDavey]

Thanks for the broad spectrum of info on your channel, it's awesome resource. Selfishly, I'd be interested in a video about effects of parallax in 1-4x variables.

[@TacticalRifleman]

Hans, not selfish at all, as Parallax is a common problem for many shooter. I have added "Parallax" to our list for our upcoming video shoot. Please look for it in the near future. Thanks for watching. Strength & Honor, TR

[@charlesludwig9173]

While coaching an SDM student on Range 66 at 600 meter firing line, Ft. Bragg, I positioned my eye behind student’s ACOG to get a feel for how much parallax could be mustered in order to see how important consistent sight alignment would be for all of the shooters I was coaching. This exercise produced 3 MOA of error so I instructed my student group to maintain sight alignment/stock weld for their entire string of fire. Seems other coaches did not mention how critical maintenance of sight alignment was and thus my group won and we received challenge coins. At any rate the 3MOA error at 600 meters is about 18 inches and thus such error would certainly lead to misplaced shots off the E type target. Now in all fairness no one would ever position their eye as off center of ACOG eyepiece as I did but discovering the great parallax error with dramatic eyeball misplacement did inspire recognition to make sight alignment perfect.

[@kakamoraislander9540]

Talking about sight alignment, looking through rear sight (circle) do you need to see just the front post (stick) centered or need also to use the sides of the front post- centered?

[@TacticalRifleman]

Just the tip of the front sight post. Some rifle sights do no have side-wings or hoods. Always go with just the tip centered in the rear sight.

[@creepy847]

great video!

[@renatnosajev5971]

👍 Well done