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<blockquote data-quote="Teri Anne" data-source="post: 2884100" data-attributes="member: 118816"><p>There is no real way to practice for a shooting situation that happens quickly and under unknown conditions in the field. One of the big things that I have found over the years is that whens shooting with a scoped rifle that the eye relief is different from each and every position. While the actual eye relief stays the same, your position dictates where your eye will rest dependent upon your cheek weld. This means that parallax comes into play during shooting in different positions. You will have to adjust your cheek or eye position to get a clear view without parallax influencing the shot. This takes time and many choose just to center the cross hairs and press the trigger without the proper alignment, which causes the bullet to go places it was never intended to go. I have all of my rifles set up for shooting on a bench. The eye/cheek position is optimized in this position. When I am out in the field I try as much as possible to get into a bench rest position, either prone with the rifle resting on a backpack or other handy device. I also practice shooting from a braced position using a tree or other object to help steady the rifle for the shot. I don't use shooting sticks, bipods or other gadgets that I have to carry along. I have watched hunting buddies who swear by these gadgets attempt to get the sticks, tripods or bipods set up for a shot only to watch the animal disappear while fumbling around with their shooting aids. </p><p></p><p>Here are a couple of videos that really do a good job of explaining parallax:</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]qJGi8BxnZlY[/MEDIA]</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]UF5DOci4O_c[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Another item that affects shooting is keeping the rifle oriented vertically. Next time you are at the range get into a bench rest or other position, I like the bench rest but braced against a solid object like a vertical support used on covered ranges. While looking through the scope slightly cant the rifle a bit left and right and watch what happens when the rifle varies from the vertical position. You will see your point of impact move drastically from where you think that the bullet will hit. This is especially important to those of us who shoot tactical scopes where we adjust the elevation for the range being shot. Any variation from vertical will not only cause the change in elevation you just programmed in, but it will also affect windage. It doesn't take much to end up with a clean miss on what was perceived to be a perfect shot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Teri Anne, post: 2884100, member: 118816"] There is no real way to practice for a shooting situation that happens quickly and under unknown conditions in the field. One of the big things that I have found over the years is that whens shooting with a scoped rifle that the eye relief is different from each and every position. While the actual eye relief stays the same, your position dictates where your eye will rest dependent upon your cheek weld. This means that parallax comes into play during shooting in different positions. You will have to adjust your cheek or eye position to get a clear view without parallax influencing the shot. This takes time and many choose just to center the cross hairs and press the trigger without the proper alignment, which causes the bullet to go places it was never intended to go. I have all of my rifles set up for shooting on a bench. The eye/cheek position is optimized in this position. When I am out in the field I try as much as possible to get into a bench rest position, either prone with the rifle resting on a backpack or other handy device. I also practice shooting from a braced position using a tree or other object to help steady the rifle for the shot. I don't use shooting sticks, bipods or other gadgets that I have to carry along. I have watched hunting buddies who swear by these gadgets attempt to get the sticks, tripods or bipods set up for a shot only to watch the animal disappear while fumbling around with their shooting aids. Here are a couple of videos that really do a good job of explaining parallax: [MEDIA=youtube]qJGi8BxnZlY[/MEDIA] [MEDIA=youtube]UF5DOci4O_c[/MEDIA] Another item that affects shooting is keeping the rifle oriented vertically. Next time you are at the range get into a bench rest or other position, I like the bench rest but braced against a solid object like a vertical support used on covered ranges. While looking through the scope slightly cant the rifle a bit left and right and watch what happens when the rifle varies from the vertical position. You will see your point of impact move drastically from where you think that the bullet will hit. This is especially important to those of us who shoot tactical scopes where we adjust the elevation for the range being shot. Any variation from vertical will not only cause the change in elevation you just programmed in, but it will also affect windage. It doesn't take much to end up with a clean miss on what was perceived to be a perfect shot. [/QUOTE]
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