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<blockquote data-quote="Pro2A" data-source="post: 1979680" data-attributes="member: 17889"><p>Position building is a critical skill for precision shooting. Every shot opportunity presents unique challenges to building a stable, successful shooting position. Each position brings different body/muscle/structure combinations into the position equation. This takes work, effort and practice. It is about the best return on investment one will make in precision long range shooting. A competent, skilled instructor is worth his weight in accuracy. Watch competent PRS shooters build their positions. They often carry several bags to enhance stability. Bag assortment not really practical in hunting scenarios, but consider what you will have with you on a hunt that can perform the bag's function. Rather than the angled "little green plastic army man" position, get directly behind the rifle's line of recoil for efficient recoil management. An Armageddon Gear Gamechanger bag with ears for the rear bag will seriously stabilize the rifle....also effective for isolating rifle foreend from resting surfaces. Adjust the Gamechanger height as needed with other bag/coat/pack. A stock design that promotes horizontal level consistent recoil is important. I shoot off my pack for front rest allowing the rifle to recoil straight back. Precision benchrest shooters ......really anal precision chasers......commonly allow free recoil. Contrary to bipods, a pack has uniform, consistent coefficient of friction and and response characteristics during recoil......it becomes a dependable, reliable known with practice. Bipods skitter differently on every resting surface.....concrete - smooth/rough......dirt, grass, gravel, etc.....rubber/spiked feet variances. Another thought no one ever mentions in shooting off a bipod with loading is the bipod fore shortens as it it loaded forward.....think the clock hand tip moving off of dead vertical 12 o"clock toward 1,2, 3 o'clock. The vertical dimension from the center of the clock.....bipod resting surface....becomes some amount shorter. During recoil, this dimension is regained moving the barrel upward. Attach a MantaX motion tracking device to your rifle fore end on a pre-loaded bipod and watch the movement in recoil. That is why I prefer shooting off my pack without preload bipod issue. Shooting hand thumb on the trigger finger side of the stock rather than common encircling death grip removes much muscle tension from the equation. Perfectly straight rearward trigger control eliminates sideways movement. Lighter cheek weld with a resilient cheek pad can reduce/isolate the heart beat from the stock. Breaking the trigger between heartbeats is a desirable goal.......it is doable with practice......easier if one "is in shape and not huffing and puffing like the "Little Engine that could" when a field shot presents. Just an old guy's thoughts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pro2A, post: 1979680, member: 17889"] Position building is a critical skill for precision shooting. Every shot opportunity presents unique challenges to building a stable, successful shooting position. Each position brings different body/muscle/structure combinations into the position equation. This takes work, effort and practice. It is about the best return on investment one will make in precision long range shooting. A competent, skilled instructor is worth his weight in accuracy. Watch competent PRS shooters build their positions. They often carry several bags to enhance stability. Bag assortment not really practical in hunting scenarios, but consider what you will have with you on a hunt that can perform the bag's function. Rather than the angled "little green plastic army man" position, get directly behind the rifle's line of recoil for efficient recoil management. An Armageddon Gear Gamechanger bag with ears for the rear bag will seriously stabilize the rifle....also effective for isolating rifle foreend from resting surfaces. Adjust the Gamechanger height as needed with other bag/coat/pack. A stock design that promotes horizontal level consistent recoil is important. I shoot off my pack for front rest allowing the rifle to recoil straight back. Precision benchrest shooters ......really anal precision chasers......commonly allow free recoil. Contrary to bipods, a pack has uniform, consistent coefficient of friction and and response characteristics during recoil......it becomes a dependable, reliable known with practice. Bipods skitter differently on every resting surface.....concrete - smooth/rough......dirt, grass, gravel, etc.....rubber/spiked feet variances. Another thought no one ever mentions in shooting off a bipod with loading is the bipod fore shortens as it it loaded forward.....think the clock hand tip moving off of dead vertical 12 o"clock toward 1,2, 3 o'clock. The vertical dimension from the center of the clock.....bipod resting surface....becomes some amount shorter. During recoil, this dimension is regained moving the barrel upward. Attach a MantaX motion tracking device to your rifle fore end on a pre-loaded bipod and watch the movement in recoil. That is why I prefer shooting off my pack without preload bipod issue. Shooting hand thumb on the trigger finger side of the stock rather than common encircling death grip removes much muscle tension from the equation. Perfectly straight rearward trigger control eliminates sideways movement. Lighter cheek weld with a resilient cheek pad can reduce/isolate the heart beat from the stock. Breaking the trigger between heartbeats is a desirable goal.......it is doable with practice......easier if one "is in shape and not huffing and puffing like the "Little Engine that could" when a field shot presents. Just an old guy's thoughts. [/QUOTE]
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