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Tobnr,

As the fellow who was the subject of the article you linked to suggested, a lot of .22 trigger time helps. So does precision air rifle time, and if you have ten meters (32 feet, 10") in your basement you can practice with one at home. The secret is both kinds of gun have relatively long barrel times and don't tend to suffer greatly from recoil moments or barrel vibration with the relatively light forces involved. That means any lateral deviation or vibration (your horizontal stringing, for example) has more time to act on the projectile before it clears the muzzle. That quickly exposes hold and trigger errors and the long barrel time forces you to maintain good hold follow-through in order to group tightly. It seems to me it is the lack of follow-through (really hold-through the shot) that is the most common source of error for the vast majority of shooters trying to improve either with rifles or handguns. The air rifle has the advantage that you can watch the sight position for any movement before during and after the shot, giving you visual feedback about your hold-through.