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Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
Grouping at 200 yards
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<blockquote data-quote="3sixbits" data-source="post: 69675" data-attributes="member: 3661"><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p>When all this grouping is calculated, would this be from a bench rest? I'm trying to see how it should be from a real on the field situation. Like lying down, sitting on the ground, leaning on an atv or snowmobile etc. Note that these situations would always be target practice. I also know that they couldn't be as precise as a benchrest either cause of stability. </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ] What works good for me is using an old wood sled, drag it out to where you shoot and use this for a platform to set up a shooting bench on. you can make a good table from a 6' foot folding office table. For a rest try sand bags or what have you. the only thing you need is a shooting stool you can make from scrap wood. A target frame with a cardboard backer can be made from scrap. Are you on the tundra where you live? If so, what ever the target frame you build will have to be stout to take the wind! Once you know the rifle is preforming to the level that makes you happy, then you know it will preform at whatever rest you have to use in the field for hunting. Of course what will make a difference is if you have to shoot from a sling as the forearm pressure might make a change. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="3sixbits, post: 69675, member: 3661"] [ QUOTE ] When all this grouping is calculated, would this be from a bench rest? I'm trying to see how it should be from a real on the field situation. Like lying down, sitting on the ground, leaning on an atv or snowmobile etc. Note that these situations would always be target practice. I also know that they couldn't be as precise as a benchrest either cause of stability. [/ QUOTE ] What works good for me is using an old wood sled, drag it out to where you shoot and use this for a platform to set up a shooting bench on. you can make a good table from a 6' foot folding office table. For a rest try sand bags or what have you. the only thing you need is a shooting stool you can make from scrap wood. A target frame with a cardboard backer can be made from scrap. Are you on the tundra where you live? If so, what ever the target frame you build will have to be stout to take the wind! Once you know the rifle is preforming to the level that makes you happy, then you know it will preform at whatever rest you have to use in the field for hunting. Of course what will make a difference is if you have to shoot from a sling as the forearm pressure might make a change. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]
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