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<blockquote data-quote="Ridgerunner665" data-source="post: 995637" data-attributes="member: 12660"><p>I understand, and expected you'd feel that way...but it was the best advice I could give <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> .....admittedly biased from my dislike of light rifles.</p><p></p><p>As for the downward pressure...its OK on the scope, I do this with my wife's 270 (M70 Featherweight) when shooting from the bench at the range...but stay off the barrel, doesn't take much of any kind of pressure on a barrel to really mess things up...especially on a pencil barrel....be wary of fore end flex in the stock (touching the barrel)</p><p></p><p>I don't find holding the rifle down necessary from prone, but then...I'm pretty uncomfortable shooting from a bench anyway...never saw a bench that fit me yet I guess.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Your rifle seems to be an accurate one so you should be able to come up with some sort of solution...Good luck on the goat hunt!!!</p><p></p><p>EDIT: I use shooting sticks myself...and can hold my own using them as long as I can sit down...less cantankerous than a bipod, for me anyway...will get prone if I can though...I shoot better prone with my pack for a front rest than using any other method, probably because I grew up shooting that way almost exclusively...1/2 empty sacks of feed are as good as it gets for a rifle rest, but too heavy to carry, lol.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ridgerunner665, post: 995637, member: 12660"] I understand, and expected you'd feel that way...but it was the best advice I could give :) .....admittedly biased from my dislike of light rifles. As for the downward pressure...its OK on the scope, I do this with my wife's 270 (M70 Featherweight) when shooting from the bench at the range...but stay off the barrel, doesn't take much of any kind of pressure on a barrel to really mess things up...especially on a pencil barrel....be wary of fore end flex in the stock (touching the barrel) I don't find holding the rifle down necessary from prone, but then...I'm pretty uncomfortable shooting from a bench anyway...never saw a bench that fit me yet I guess. Your rifle seems to be an accurate one so you should be able to come up with some sort of solution...Good luck on the goat hunt!!! EDIT: I use shooting sticks myself...and can hold my own using them as long as I can sit down...less cantankerous than a bipod, for me anyway...will get prone if I can though...I shoot better prone with my pack for a front rest than using any other method, probably because I grew up shooting that way almost exclusively...1/2 empty sacks of feed are as good as it gets for a rifle rest, but too heavy to carry, lol. [/QUOTE]
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