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<blockquote data-quote="memtb" data-source="post: 2209522" data-attributes="member: 75451"><p>I don't know if this will be of any help or something you may already be doing, but......</p><p></p><p>Many years ago, 1990 to be exact, I was trying to work up loads for my new, fairly lightweight (9 pounds all-up) .375 AI. The best I could get was about 1 1/4 to 1 1/2" 3 shot groups, and was getting beat-up pretty bad at the bench. I concluded, this was all it would do.</p><p></p><p>A friend of mine wanted to try shooting it, and he promptly shot a 3/4" group! Angry and with hurt feelings, I wanted to know what he was doing. Through conversation I found that he was shooting it just the opposite from me. He was scared of it, and had a near "death grip" on it. I on the other hand, was trying to have very light contact, much like shooting a low recoil varmint rifle.....as "not" to introduce any torque or pressures on the rifle. So.....I tried his method. My groups immediately shrunk to the same as his.....and, it was much more pleasant to shoot. Basically, I was letting it get a "running start" before fully contacting my shoulder......which wasn't very much fun! </p><p></p><p> This may not help any.....but then! memtb</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="memtb, post: 2209522, member: 75451"] I don’t know if this will be of any help or something you may already be doing, but...... Many years ago, 1990 to be exact, I was trying to work up loads for my new, fairly lightweight (9 pounds all-up) .375 AI. The best I could get was about 1 1/4 to 1 1/2” 3 shot groups, and was getting beat-up pretty bad at the bench. I concluded, this was all it would do. A friend of mine wanted to try shooting it, and he promptly shot a 3/4” group! Angry and with hurt feelings, I wanted to know what he was doing. Through conversation I found that he was shooting it just the opposite from me. He was scared of it, and had a near “death grip” on it. I on the other hand, was trying to have very light contact, much like shooting a low recoil varmint rifle.....as “not” to introduce any torque or pressures on the rifle. So.....I tried his method. My groups immediately shrunk to the same as his.....and, it was much more pleasant to shoot. Basically, I was letting it get a “running start” before fully contacting my shoulder......which wasn’t very much fun! This may not help any.....but then! memtb [/QUOTE]
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