You're better off ensuring your body is positioned properly and you're holding the rifle correctly. If you get that right, each time you fire a shot, the sights should return to the same aimpoint.
Our qualification shoots in the Australian army involved both deliberate, where we could take as long as we wanted between shots, and rapid, where we had a limited amount of time to fire a sent number of rounds. Once I'd set myself properly, I'd fire the deliberate just as fast as rapid - take too long and your arms get tired and your accuracy will suffer.
As long as you follow the "Principles of Marksmanship", your skill will continue to improve. They are:
1. Position and hold must be firm enough to support the weapon.
2. The rifle must point naturally at the target without any physical effort.
3. Sight alignment and aiming must be correct.
4. The shot must be released and followed through without any disturbance to the position.
Even before you fire the first shot you should "test and adjust". Line up on the target, close your eyes, open your hands so the rifle just sits loose and relaxed in them, then grasp the rifle firmly again, open your eyes and see where the sights are now lining up. Then, move your body around as you think to make the sights line up and repeat until you're happy with the result.
One of the methods of dry firing is simply an extention of the above, with your "shots" marked on paper a few feet away each time you open your eyes (obviously you need a friend to help).
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