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Specialty Handgun Hunting
Spotting hits - is it even possible
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<blockquote data-quote="Len Backus" data-source="post: 128284" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>I am planning a 6.5 WSM project on an XP action. I am pondering component choices that may enable me to spot hits on game while hunting. Recoil is a factor and can be reduced by using a heavier barrel. But the video of Dan's XP in 7 WSM shows so much upward flip of the barrel...and downward flip of the scope's ocular lens...that I wonder if my goal is achieveable at any weight.</p><p></p><p>Here is a link to a video showing the muzzle flip of Dan's gun.</p><p></p><p> <a href="http://photos.imageevent.com/17encore/danb/dansstuff/100_0286.mov" target="_blank">Dan's XP recoil video</a> </p><p></p><p>You can play the video back in slow motion by dragging the play button back and forth at the exact moment of ignition.</p><p></p><p>Now, here is a picture of my borrowed (yotefever) XP with rear grip stock. Dan's has a center grip. Mechanical engineering school is a very distant memory for me...but wouldn't a rear grip result in less muzzle flip? And almost regardless, in Dan's video there is so much downward flip of the scope that I wonder how you'd ever get enough recoil reduction through a heavier barrel to result in the ability to spot hits.</p><p></p><p> <img src="http://fototime.com/CCDD539A0EB8640/standard.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>PS: I'll be using a rifle scope, so reducing recoil is important also for the reason that I'd like to not worry about injuring myself. I have little experience with an LER scope but it seems you'd be better able to spot hits with a rifle scope than with an LER scope. Any comments on that?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Len Backus, post: 128284, member: 1"] I am planning a 6.5 WSM project on an XP action. I am pondering component choices that may enable me to spot hits on game while hunting. Recoil is a factor and can be reduced by using a heavier barrel. But the video of Dan's XP in 7 WSM shows so much upward flip of the barrel...and downward flip of the scope's ocular lens...that I wonder if my goal is achieveable at any weight. Here is a link to a video showing the muzzle flip of Dan's gun. [url="http://photos.imageevent.com/17encore/danb/dansstuff/100_0286.mov"]Dan's XP recoil video[/url] You can play the video back in slow motion by dragging the play button back and forth at the exact moment of ignition. Now, here is a picture of my borrowed (yotefever) XP with rear grip stock. Dan's has a center grip. Mechanical engineering school is a very distant memory for me...but wouldn't a rear grip result in less muzzle flip? And almost regardless, in Dan's video there is so much downward flip of the scope that I wonder how you'd ever get enough recoil reduction through a heavier barrel to result in the ability to spot hits. [img]http://fototime.com/CCDD539A0EB8640/standard.jpg[/img] PS: I'll be using a rifle scope, so reducing recoil is important also for the reason that I'd like to not worry about injuring myself. I have little experience with an LER scope but it seems you'd be better able to spot hits with a rifle scope than with an LER scope. Any comments on that? [/QUOTE]
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