Re: Breathing
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: dkealty</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
What is better for precision rifle shooting breathing through the nose or mouth?
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I think whichever comes natural to you will probably work out best. I've found myself doing either, depending on how congested I am at any given time, and environmental conditions can have something to do with that. As long as you keep a consistent shooting position on the rifle, I don't imagine there would be much difference either way.
A lot more discussion seems to have gone into the idea of when to break the shot in the breathing cycle. For me, I typically break my shots just after I exhale, before I inhale again (the "respiratory pause" as I've heard it called). I've heard other ideas argued on that subject, but I do what seems to work best for me.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: david3420</div><div class="ubbcode-body">sorry i read on the web to much but i read on the 50bmg you should keep your mouth closed because percussion could damage your hearing through the little tubes that connect your ears to your throat is this B S? </div></div>
I call BS on that. The .50 BMG is undoubtedly a powerful cartridge, but is surrounded in as much mystique and fairy tales as any gun I've ever heard of. The .50 BMG never seemed all that loud to me, nor did the recoil from these rifles ever seem oppressive. I've seen children and small women shoot them (my honey is only 105lbs, and she's shot them). I will say that it isn't pleasant standing next to someone shooting a .50 BMG, thanks to the 'exhaust' from the giant muzzle brake. But, I can't picture damaging the sinus canal by having your mouth open.
Don't get me wrong, there is some percussion off of the .50 BMG, but I don't find it to be a painful or oppressive percussion, save for standing too close to the muzzle brake.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Grizzdude</div><div class="ubbcode-body">If your mouth is closed your going to feel the percussion, keep your mouth open to feel less percussion although you may get a mouthful of grass and dirt after firing. This is really not needed for the 50, it's more to keep alert if a flash bang is about to blow near you. It's not about the hearing, it's about not getting dazed by the percussion. </div></div>
Flash bangs are definitely more oppressive than a .50 BMG, though like you said, I still don't think they'd damage your sinuses if you had your mouth open when one went off.