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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 1065594" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>As a rule it generally is but as I explained I'm shooting a heavy recoiling lightweight rifle.</p><p></p><p>Because of the limitations I have with my left shoulder I can't rotate my arm out to a regular supported position under the forearm so I have to do what I can.</p><p></p><p>I'm not pushing down on it, just using the weight of my hand and arm on it to help control muzzle rise a little and to help then with keeping the recoil coming straight back into my shoulder.</p><p></p><p>If I had a taller rest what I would do instead is to loop the sling around my arm and under my elbow and brace my hand against the forearm which would help to do the same thing but with this set up I can't.</p><p></p><p>You would not want to put any great downward force on the scope though because that can create stress and cause contact between the end of the forearm and barrel unless you have an extremely stiff stock.</p><p></p><p>The longer you shoot the more you will see that there is no perfect form that works for all situations and all shooters and sometimes we just have to experiment a bit to find what works best for us with a given setup.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 1065594, member: 30902"] As a rule it generally is but as I explained I'm shooting a heavy recoiling lightweight rifle. Because of the limitations I have with my left shoulder I can't rotate my arm out to a regular supported position under the forearm so I have to do what I can. I'm not pushing down on it, just using the weight of my hand and arm on it to help control muzzle rise a little and to help then with keeping the recoil coming straight back into my shoulder. If I had a taller rest what I would do instead is to loop the sling around my arm and under my elbow and brace my hand against the forearm which would help to do the same thing but with this set up I can't. You would not want to put any great downward force on the scope though because that can create stress and cause contact between the end of the forearm and barrel unless you have an extremely stiff stock. The longer you shoot the more you will see that there is no perfect form that works for all situations and all shooters and sometimes we just have to experiment a bit to find what works best for us with a given setup. [/QUOTE]
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