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The Basics, Starting Out
Problem shooting too low while prone today at the range.
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<blockquote data-quote="tinman13kup" data-source="post: 538396" data-attributes="member: 36220"><p>I learned the hard way about head position on a heavy recoil gun. Mine was during turkey season, using a mossberg 835 and 3-1/2" shells in #4. I had a scope on the gun during deer season and only changed out the barrel, leaving the scope on. I had no luck calling a bird in and had to get to work, and on my way out I had to walk through a big cinder area. I looked up and a tom was 50yds away strutting. Being in the open, I crouched down and tried to not look like a human with a gun, keeping my head low, almost like I was hunched over the gun. The bird was slowly strutting toward me and my decision was to shoot at 35yds or whenever it saw me. That happened at 45 yds. I let a shot go and remember seeing the bird tumble, right before I did. That scope gave me 5 stitches over my eye, and nearly gave a girl in the gas station a heart attack when I stopped to check out the damage. </p><p> It sounds like you were in the same position as me, hunched over the gun and looking out the top of your eye. Perhaps not sitting at a straight line behind the gun might help. Lay at a bigger angle so your head is in a more upright position and you are looking more through the middle of your vision. </p><p></p><p>As for the drop, did you adjust the eyepiece at all? I've had a few cheap scopes that I thought were ok until I adjusted the eyepiece and could watch the crosshairs moving in a circle. I got a little chuckle out of it, as it WAS a cheap scope, and you almost would be more surprised if it didn't have "issues"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tinman13kup, post: 538396, member: 36220"] I learned the hard way about head position on a heavy recoil gun. Mine was during turkey season, using a mossberg 835 and 3-1/2" shells in #4. I had a scope on the gun during deer season and only changed out the barrel, leaving the scope on. I had no luck calling a bird in and had to get to work, and on my way out I had to walk through a big cinder area. I looked up and a tom was 50yds away strutting. Being in the open, I crouched down and tried to not look like a human with a gun, keeping my head low, almost like I was hunched over the gun. The bird was slowly strutting toward me and my decision was to shoot at 35yds or whenever it saw me. That happened at 45 yds. I let a shot go and remember seeing the bird tumble, right before I did. That scope gave me 5 stitches over my eye, and nearly gave a girl in the gas station a heart attack when I stopped to check out the damage. It sounds like you were in the same position as me, hunched over the gun and looking out the top of your eye. Perhaps not sitting at a straight line behind the gun might help. Lay at a bigger angle so your head is in a more upright position and you are looking more through the middle of your vision. As for the drop, did you adjust the eyepiece at all? I've had a few cheap scopes that I thought were ok until I adjusted the eyepiece and could watch the crosshairs moving in a circle. I got a little chuckle out of it, as it WAS a cheap scope, and you almost would be more surprised if it didn't have "issues" [/QUOTE]
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