Shooting Rifle Research Paper

Shooting rifle has been a special interest for me during high school. I started participating in High Power Rifle my Freshman year and I have loved it ever since. The object of High Power Rifle matches is to acquire points by shooting rounds into a circular paper target from different distances and positions. The possible scores starting from the middle and going out are X (this counts as a ten, but X count can determine who wins a tie), ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, and miss/zero. The first distance shot from is 200 yards slow fire while standing, this is my least favorite position. It is my goal to practice to the point where I can shoot a 90/100 or higher consistently. To obtain this goal I am going to practice at least 3 hours a week on my standing position. The next position is still at …show more content…
This stage is my favorite, but it also can be very punishing mentally and physically. I have gotten to the point where I have mastered all the fundamentals for the position and I can keep my rifle extremely still, but that will not be enough to consistently attain a 195/200 score that I want. The most important part of this stage is having the same picture through the sights when a shot is being delivered. This seems like an easy thing to do, but it takes every bit of concentration to do this. If I achieve the bare minimum of my goals I will have a 485/500 score, which will mean I will be shooting high master scores. This seems like a ridiculous goal to try to accomplish, but if I put as much effort as I can into it I know I can do it. This is only the beginning of my high power career and I hope that it lasts for the rest of my life. I even hope to have have job that is related to rifles. This is why I hope to become an engineering student at James Madison University. The knowledge I gain at James Madison University could help me design and test rifles at companies such as Springfield Armory or Smith &