Chris Sajnog reveals the seventh characteristic of a skilled marksman.
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Follow Through Shooting: The 7th Habit of Effective Shooters

Follow through shooting 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, shooters assume it’s the least important. However, neglecting the follow-through can negate all the steps you previously…

Chris looking at the sight alignment of the gun
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Sight Alignment – The Third Habit of Highly Effective Shooting

S. alignment and proper sight picture are the basic tools in the shooter toolbox. Marksmanship is measured in many ways, but most agree, if you aren’t hitting your target, you are doing it wrong. If you aren’t interested in hitting your target, all right, it’s been nice knowing you.  For the rest of you, let’s…

Chris Sajnog and the Fifth Habit of Highly Effective Shooters
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Breathing While Shooting: The Fifth Habit of Highly Effective Shooters

Now before I get attacked by my long-range brethren over the breathing when shooting issue, there are times when this technique should be used and that is when taking long-range shots. What is long range? That’s a topic for a later discussion, but for now let’s define it as any range that is nearing the…

Chris doing the pistol shooting stance
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Pistol Shooting Stance – The First Habit of Highly Effective Shooters

When introducing proper shooting stance, one of the things I teach my students is to have as many things pointing at the target as possible. This includes your toes, hips, shoulders and thumbs.  Proper shooting stance is a full body targeting maneuver. In a perfect world, on a flat range with no one shooting back…

Chris aim a gun with both eyes open
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Learn To Shoot A Pistol With Both Eyes Open And Eye Dominance

What does that mean in English? Eye dominance and having a dominant eye, and using eye dominant shooting are normal. Most everyone is either right eye dominant or left eye dominant which just means your brain’s preferred eye for processing visual information is right or left. With both eyes open work together to bring you…

Chris Sajnog instructs on the fundamental principles of marksmanship.
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7 Fundamentals of Marksmanship: Virtuosity of Firearms Training

Hello, everyone! This post delves into the 7 fundamentals of marksmanship and the virtuosity of firearms training, demonstrating how these principles can elevate your shooting skills. As a Navy SEAL, I learned that there is no such thing as good enough, and as a SEAL Sniper, I learned close enough is enough to get someone…

Chris Sajnog teaches to improve your accuracy when shooting
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Improve Shooting Accuracy with One Simple Technique

“Hello everyone! In this post, I’ll show you a straightforward method to enhance your shooting accuracy. Let’s begin and improve shooting accuracy!“ Use Your Sights! It may sound too simple; too easy to be true! Can it really be? Yes, boys and girls, with our patented new shooting technique you too can hit targets with…

Chris Sajnog teaches fundamentals to improve shooting
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Firearm Fundamentals for Continuous Shooting Improvement

Hello everyone! In this post, I’ll discuss firearm fundamentals and how they can be applied to enhance your shooting skills over time. Let’s go ahead and get started. When I’m at the range, I don’t just focus on my own firing point or lane (unless I’m actively shooting of course). I’m the type of person…

Chris Sajnog talks about what constant feedback is.
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New Rules of Marksmanship — Constant Feedback [VIDEO]

There’s only one way to do that — Constant feedback. Check out this video to learn what it is and how you can have someone watching you, even if you’re alone. (Sad face) Click Play… Key Takeaways… Do not learn a new technique without a way to get feedback. Once you learn a technique, you…

Chris Sajnog talks about deliberate practice
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The New Rules of Marksmanship — Deliberate Practice [VIDEO]

How you become an expert shooter has more to do with how you practice than with merely performing a skill a large number of times. If it just took “putting in the time,” we would all be typing 1,000 words a minute by now, but we all just continue to peck away at the keys…