I don't have a good mount on my Satern Spartan Grendel for bipod, so I've been using a "bench rest" set up (poor man style).
My shots have a tendency to jump right. After the shot, my scope has jumped right (mainly) so I'm pretty sure it is something I'm doing or the setup I have. I've attached photos of the bench setup. Bags are leather.
Today I was taking 5 shot groups before reloading the 4 round hunting mag. I didn't reposition other than fine tuning aimpoint within the 5 shot groups. A couple of 5 shot groups were tight, and it felt "right" (gun recoiling back, no left or right jump of the scope). But repositioning after this grouping would result in the jumps to the right again. I was shooting both factory and handloads. The handloads have tighter SD and ES than the factory rounds.
I'm considering getting a decent front rest, but don't want to spend $500 for a high end benchrest mount (any suggestions?). Leaning towards leather/cordura combo bags (cordura for less resistance?).
I've also bought a book by Tony Boyer on Rifle Accuracy. While mainly geared towards benchrest bolt actions, I figured there has to be some techniques that would apply.
Here are some suggestions he makes if impacts are "jumping right":
1. "palming" with right hand when squeezing trigger
2. Leaning cheek onto stock while sighting and then letting off at shot (I think I may be doing this)
3. Leaning into rear bag during setup and then letting off at shot (not sure if I'm doing this or not...I am squeezing rear bag for elevation control and pulling stock into my shoulder during sighting.
Some indications for impacts jumping left:
1. Leaning cheek into stock at shot (I have a few of these I believe).
Not sure if my equipment is contributing to the errors above...any suggestions would be welcome.
My current game plan is to get a front rest and different rear bags and hit the range at 50 yds with .22 LR for practice, but the recoil would be missing...
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My shots have a tendency to jump right. After the shot, my scope has jumped right (mainly) so I'm pretty sure it is something I'm doing or the setup I have. I've attached photos of the bench setup. Bags are leather.
Today I was taking 5 shot groups before reloading the 4 round hunting mag. I didn't reposition other than fine tuning aimpoint within the 5 shot groups. A couple of 5 shot groups were tight, and it felt "right" (gun recoiling back, no left or right jump of the scope). But repositioning after this grouping would result in the jumps to the right again. I was shooting both factory and handloads. The handloads have tighter SD and ES than the factory rounds.
I'm considering getting a decent front rest, but don't want to spend $500 for a high end benchrest mount (any suggestions?). Leaning towards leather/cordura combo bags (cordura for less resistance?).
I've also bought a book by Tony Boyer on Rifle Accuracy. While mainly geared towards benchrest bolt actions, I figured there has to be some techniques that would apply.
Here are some suggestions he makes if impacts are "jumping right":
1. "palming" with right hand when squeezing trigger
2. Leaning cheek onto stock while sighting and then letting off at shot (I think I may be doing this)
3. Leaning into rear bag during setup and then letting off at shot (not sure if I'm doing this or not...I am squeezing rear bag for elevation control and pulling stock into my shoulder during sighting.
Some indications for impacts jumping left:
1. Leaning cheek into stock at shot (I have a few of these I believe).
Not sure if my equipment is contributing to the errors above...any suggestions would be welcome.
My current game plan is to get a front rest and different rear bags and hit the range at 50 yds with .22 LR for practice, but the recoil would be missing...
photo2.JPG
photo1.jpgphoto3.JPGphoto4.jpg
129SST_8208XBR_1.jpg
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