What shooting angle is used by rifle shooters?

Answer 1

This question sounds like you mean "what position..." do they use; such as the sitting position, kneeling position, prone, and standing position (also referred to as the "off-hand" position). 19th and early 20th riflemen almost always shot with the "off-hand" position; which most military men called the "standing position." The standing position is the least stable, the most difficult form of shooting, but is the most challenging to master; the standing position is also the best form to master because that is the firing position that most hunters & military men will often have to fire from when engaged in the hunt or combat...as war and hunting is quick and unexpected. During war or hunting, the prey (or enemy) will seldom let the rifleman get into a comfortable prone, sitting, kneeling, or other form of supported (resting) position; instead it will often be, the "quick or the dead" (meaning caught off guard and shooting while standing on his own two feet-standing position). The sitting, kneeling, prone positions can also be modified into nearly endless other positions such as crossed legged positions using rifle support methods (sandbags, crossed sticks, etc.). Sitting at the bench as evolved into "bench shooting", a growing and popular shooting position, there's even rifle clubs that are called "Bench Shooters." If the question really refers to "angle" then that means MOA (Minute of Angle). Without getting into the mathematics of the term "angle", it simply means getting a 3 round group into a one inch circle at 100 yards. A 3 round group in a two inch circle at 200 yards would be a 2" MOA. These basics were pioneered by riflemen using iron sights and hunting and fighting (war) on foot. Today's shooters use rifle scopes/laser range finders and ATVs (ATVs-All Terrain Vehicles which allow them to utilize rested positions acquired from NOT being exhausted/fatiqued/or tired from carrying a rifle and walking over hills, rough terrain, or long distances).