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<blockquote data-quote="thomasbangs" data-source="post: 1448721" data-attributes="member: 49922"><p>Prone shooting should be a riflemans most accurate shooting position short of shooting from the bench. I was taught to shoot prone from a tight sling with laying at a 45 degree angle, toes out, and heels down. This worked fine while shooting smallbore and I had no problems and could shoot very well, however when I started shooting high power with the M-1 Garand my prone scores cost me some matches, especially prone rapid. The recoil from a 30-06 would move my right elbow and I was constantly readjusting to get back on target. This is not conducive to good scores. At that time a older gentleman who had shot for the military and was a veteran Camp Perry shooter was watching me shoot in a John Garand Match. He observed how I was laying and after the match he showed me how to keep my entire body inline with the rifle (stock) and let my entire body absorb the recoil instead of just my right shoulder. My scores in both rapid prone and prone slow fire went up not only with the Garand but with the AR-15 in service rifle competition. This being said I do believe in field situations and hunting conditions a person has to experiment, find a comfortable position and find out the best position for him or her.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="thomasbangs, post: 1448721, member: 49922"] Prone shooting should be a riflemans most accurate shooting position short of shooting from the bench. I was taught to shoot prone from a tight sling with laying at a 45 degree angle, toes out, and heels down. This worked fine while shooting smallbore and I had no problems and could shoot very well, however when I started shooting high power with the M-1 Garand my prone scores cost me some matches, especially prone rapid. The recoil from a 30-06 would move my right elbow and I was constantly readjusting to get back on target. This is not conducive to good scores. At that time a older gentleman who had shot for the military and was a veteran Camp Perry shooter was watching me shoot in a John Garand Match. He observed how I was laying and after the match he showed me how to keep my entire body inline with the rifle (stock) and let my entire body absorb the recoil instead of just my right shoulder. My scores in both rapid prone and prone slow fire went up not only with the Garand but with the AR-15 in service rifle competition. This being said I do believe in field situations and hunting conditions a person has to experiment, find a comfortable position and find out the best position for him or her. [/QUOTE]
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