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The Basics, Starting Out
Rifle length, weight, forgiveness. What is an easy to shoot hunting setup?
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<blockquote data-quote="BrentM" data-source="post: 2581131" data-attributes="member: 61747"><p>My .005 cents is strength has little to do with shooting well. It's technique, training, and rifle balance. Strength, more importantly, endurance, is what is needed for humping mountains all day every day and how much weight you can pack. Bench press has nothing to do with packing a heavy load/rifle. Being young, fit, and strong is clearly a bonus but what does it matter for a well handling and balanced rifle? IMHO not much. I packed a 16 lb rifle, then 13, and now 9ish. The 9 lb rifle is by far my favorite rig due to the balance of the entire system. It is not the rifle I take to a PRS match tho. I would take it to a NRL or vortex extreme style match however. When thinking about archery a longer bow with a long brace is easier to shoot then a short a to a and brace. It's the small human errors that compound the issue. For a rifle, a longer barrel has little to do with accuracy and more to do additional speed. Speed will extend the terminal effectiveness of the rifle but it does not extend the shooters capability necessarily. If you are a 600-700 yard shooter then a 1500 yard rifle is gaining you nothing for example. I've gone from 28" barrels to down to a 18" due to running a suppressor. Effectively my barrel is 26" due to the can but speed is based on the 18. This is my choice and preference and I have no desire to hunt non-suppressed but if I did, 20-24" barrels seem to have a nice sweet spot for handling. Rifles in the 8-10 lb range seem to have the right blend of balance and feel. Something you may want to do is handle several rifles in different configurations and see what feels right to you. I built the rifle that suits me after spending several years building rifles that worked ok. Now, I am ultra confident when I settle in behind my rifle because it fits me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BrentM, post: 2581131, member: 61747"] My .005 cents is strength has little to do with shooting well. It's technique, training, and rifle balance. Strength, more importantly, endurance, is what is needed for humping mountains all day every day and how much weight you can pack. Bench press has nothing to do with packing a heavy load/rifle. Being young, fit, and strong is clearly a bonus but what does it matter for a well handling and balanced rifle? IMHO not much. I packed a 16 lb rifle, then 13, and now 9ish. The 9 lb rifle is by far my favorite rig due to the balance of the entire system. It is not the rifle I take to a PRS match tho. I would take it to a NRL or vortex extreme style match however. When thinking about archery a longer bow with a long brace is easier to shoot then a short a to a and brace. It's the small human errors that compound the issue. For a rifle, a longer barrel has little to do with accuracy and more to do additional speed. Speed will extend the terminal effectiveness of the rifle but it does not extend the shooters capability necessarily. If you are a 600-700 yard shooter then a 1500 yard rifle is gaining you nothing for example. I've gone from 28" barrels to down to a 18" due to running a suppressor. Effectively my barrel is 26" due to the can but speed is based on the 18. This is my choice and preference and I have no desire to hunt non-suppressed but if I did, 20-24" barrels seem to have a nice sweet spot for handling. Rifles in the 8-10 lb range seem to have the right blend of balance and feel. Something you may want to do is handle several rifles in different configurations and see what feels right to you. I built the rifle that suits me after spending several years building rifles that worked ok. Now, I am ultra confident when I settle in behind my rifle because it fits me. [/QUOTE]
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