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<blockquote data-quote="Bart B" data-source="post: 500512" data-attributes="member: 5302"><p>Let someone else shoot it. Us humans are not all that great holding a rifle against our shoulder as it rests atop something on a bench. The more recoil there is, the harder they are to shoot accurate. One's got to be very repeatable in how they shoulder the rifle, hold it and squeeze off a shot.</p><p></p><p>Have them watch you shoot, too. If you're flicking your trigger finger off the trigger the instant your shoot, you're probably moving the rifle while the bullet's going down the barrel. Keep your trigger finger pulled back until the rifle stops moving from recoil.</p><p></p><p>Note that your shooting abilities are added to the rifle and ammo's and their total is what your groups are. In well conducted test some years ago, a 30 caliber rifle that shoots 1/4 inch groups all day long when clamped in a free recoiling machine rest at 100 yards produced groups from 1 to 3 inches at 100 yards when shot by humans holding it at a bench with the rifle fore end resting on a bag. </p><p></p><p>I shoot groups at 100 yards holding my 30 calibers against my shoulder from 1 to 2 inches; they'll shoot under 1/3 inch from a machine rest at that range. Shooting prone slung up properly with the fore end resting on a bag, 100 yard groups are only a tiny bit bigger than what using a machine rest will do. Most folks shoot better from a good prone position.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bart B, post: 500512, member: 5302"] Let someone else shoot it. Us humans are not all that great holding a rifle against our shoulder as it rests atop something on a bench. The more recoil there is, the harder they are to shoot accurate. One's got to be very repeatable in how they shoulder the rifle, hold it and squeeze off a shot. Have them watch you shoot, too. If you're flicking your trigger finger off the trigger the instant your shoot, you're probably moving the rifle while the bullet's going down the barrel. Keep your trigger finger pulled back until the rifle stops moving from recoil. Note that your shooting abilities are added to the rifle and ammo's and their total is what your groups are. In well conducted test some years ago, a 30 caliber rifle that shoots 1/4 inch groups all day long when clamped in a free recoiling machine rest at 100 yards produced groups from 1 to 3 inches at 100 yards when shot by humans holding it at a bench with the rifle fore end resting on a bag. I shoot groups at 100 yards holding my 30 calibers against my shoulder from 1 to 2 inches; they'll shoot under 1/3 inch from a machine rest at that range. Shooting prone slung up properly with the fore end resting on a bag, 100 yard groups are only a tiny bit bigger than what using a machine rest will do. Most folks shoot better from a good prone position. [/QUOTE]
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