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<blockquote data-quote="Bravo 4" data-source="post: 1335630" data-attributes="member: 8873"><p>270Weatherby,</p><p> Good info being given to you about equipment. Things that aid in recoil management are gonna help: rifle weight, mild cartridge shooting lighter bullets, good brake...plus lowering the magnification on the scope to increase field of view was a nice touch. </p><p>But I believe shooting technique is the number one thing for spotting your own impacts. Another thing is distance to target and recoil recovery time vs bullet time of flight. </p><p>If you were to tell me that you planned on shooting a 13 pound .338 Lapua prone with a bipod, I would tell you spotting impacts past 400 is easy. However, drop that down to an 8 pound 6.5-284 kneeling over shooting sticks and I will tell you that you better bring your "A Game" if you intend to spot impacts at all (especially on game as the intended target makes a difference in spotting impacts).</p><p>You will know when everything is just right when you can not only spot impacts but read your own trace and follow the bullet onto target, especially at moderate ranges.</p><p>Also; my opinion is that the vias type brakes are just good enough to say they do anything. There are so many better designs out there to help with recoil. And be careful shooting them prone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bravo 4, post: 1335630, member: 8873"] 270Weatherby, Good info being given to you about equipment. Things that aid in recoil management are gonna help: rifle weight, mild cartridge shooting lighter bullets, good brake...plus lowering the magnification on the scope to increase field of view was a nice touch. But I believe shooting technique is the number one thing for spotting your own impacts. Another thing is distance to target and recoil recovery time vs bullet time of flight. If you were to tell me that you planned on shooting a 13 pound .338 Lapua prone with a bipod, I would tell you spotting impacts past 400 is easy. However, drop that down to an 8 pound 6.5-284 kneeling over shooting sticks and I will tell you that you better bring your "A Game" if you intend to spot impacts at all (especially on game as the intended target makes a difference in spotting impacts). You will know when everything is just right when you can not only spot impacts but read your own trace and follow the bullet onto target, especially at moderate ranges. Also; my opinion is that the vias type brakes are just good enough to say they do anything. There are so many better designs out there to help with recoil. And be careful shooting them prone. [/QUOTE]
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