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Learing to shoot light rifles.
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<blockquote data-quote="greenejc" data-source="post: 2812136" data-attributes="member: 60453"><p>I use a Caldwell shooting bag and a shooting sock filled with rice under the butt. I shoot a Ruger MKII in 30-06 with a thin 22" barrel, a 30-06 in an 03A3, a couple of 300 winmags, two 35 Whelens (very heavy recoil with 250 grain Speers-which I found on Midway Friday as Factory Overruns, and bought 400 of) and I always zero with the rifle resting on the bag and allowing free recoil. I try to set the rest high enough that I am not bending into the rifle, but sitting straight, so recoil is the same as if I were standing. I have no problems getting my rifles to group this way, and my impact point doesn't change when shooting standing or from the bench. The Ruger is around 7.8 lbs with scope, which is as light as I want a medium caliber rifle to be. The Remington CDL is maybe 9lbs with scope in .35 Whelen, and I shoot 225 to 250 grain bullets at 2750 fps and 2675 fps respectively. I finally put a muzzle brake on it about 4 years ago, but I had fired around 1,500 rounds through it before I did. The muzzle brake doesn't make me more accurate, but it does let me shoot more at a given sitting. The .35 is sub-moa. So is the 03a3 and one of the 300's. The Ruger is about 1" at 100 yards, with the cold barrel shot going to the same place every time. I've finally gotten the stainless steel .300 WinMag to go inside 1" this year. The second Whelen is pretty new, and I'm still working on loads for it, but it shows good potential to be sub moa.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greenejc, post: 2812136, member: 60453"] I use a Caldwell shooting bag and a shooting sock filled with rice under the butt. I shoot a Ruger MKII in 30-06 with a thin 22" barrel, a 30-06 in an 03A3, a couple of 300 winmags, two 35 Whelens (very heavy recoil with 250 grain Speers-which I found on Midway Friday as Factory Overruns, and bought 400 of) and I always zero with the rifle resting on the bag and allowing free recoil. I try to set the rest high enough that I am not bending into the rifle, but sitting straight, so recoil is the same as if I were standing. I have no problems getting my rifles to group this way, and my impact point doesn't change when shooting standing or from the bench. The Ruger is around 7.8 lbs with scope, which is as light as I want a medium caliber rifle to be. The Remington CDL is maybe 9lbs with scope in .35 Whelen, and I shoot 225 to 250 grain bullets at 2750 fps and 2675 fps respectively. I finally put a muzzle brake on it about 4 years ago, but I had fired around 1,500 rounds through it before I did. The muzzle brake doesn't make me more accurate, but it does let me shoot more at a given sitting. The .35 is sub-moa. So is the 03a3 and one of the 300's. The Ruger is about 1" at 100 yards, with the cold barrel shot going to the same place every time. I've finally gotten the stainless steel .300 WinMag to go inside 1" this year. The second Whelen is pretty new, and I'm still working on loads for it, but it shows good potential to be sub moa. [/QUOTE]
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