{"id":11584,"date":"2015-04-26T16:17:20","date_gmt":"2015-04-26T16:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/?p=11584"},"modified":"2015-04-26T16:17:20","modified_gmt":"2015-04-26T16:17:20","slug":"running-your-rifle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/running-your-rifle\/","title":{"rendered":"Running Your Rifle"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RYR-1<\/a><\/p>\n

Getting a hit is everyone’s goal when they pull their rifle’s trigger. Sometimes we miss and sometimes the things we shoot need shot again. Learning how to run your rifle and how to keep it mounted on your shoulder while you do so will increase your odds of getting that second hit. You don’t pull a semi-auto rifle down from your shoulder to let the action cycle and you should not do it with a lever-action, bolt or pump-action rifle either.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Getting a hit is everyone’s goal when they pull their rifle’s trigger. Sometimes we miss and sometimes the things we shoot need shot again. Learning how to run your rifle and how to keep it mounted on your shoulder while you do so will increase your odds of getting that second hit. You don’t pull a semi-auto rifle down from your shoulder …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[2441,2440,111,2439],"class_list":["post-11584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-follow-through-when-shooting","tag-follow-up-shots","tag-gunsite-academy","tag-rifle-shooting-basics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5hujZ-30Q","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12879,"url":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/rifle-shooter-interface\/","url_meta":{"origin":11584,"position":0},"title":"Rifle \/ Shooter Interface","author":"gunwriter","date":"January 13, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The interaction between a human and a firearm is most assuredly dependent on the interface of the two. 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