08-10-2018, 01:47 PM
IMHO... again this is Me, I think people get hung up way too much on bench shooting one hole into the other on paper.
I see gents punching paper and measuring holes then when it comes time to do the real thing whether combat, critter hunting, or in competitions; They can't seem to get it right or fold from outside pressures....
Practice how you plan to shoot by doing it the way you shoot.
I hunt and I am multiple tour Combat Vet - now DOD instructor so, I don't spend a lot of time on the bench.
I do my load developments that way but, that's about it.
I hunt from ground, from blinds, from tripods and bipods so I practice from all of them.
I like the free recoil theory but, I always have my shoulder into my weapon.. more of a happy medium (not too stiff- not loose).
Most rifles act differently sliding back and forth in a slick leather bag on a flat wood sturdy bench than they do off gravel or rocks on a bipod.... or locked into a tripod.
Again Practice each one so you know how the rifle reacts is key in my mind.
I see gents punching paper and measuring holes then when it comes time to do the real thing whether combat, critter hunting, or in competitions; They can't seem to get it right or fold from outside pressures....
Practice how you plan to shoot by doing it the way you shoot.
I hunt and I am multiple tour Combat Vet - now DOD instructor so, I don't spend a lot of time on the bench.
I do my load developments that way but, that's about it.
I hunt from ground, from blinds, from tripods and bipods so I practice from all of them.
I like the free recoil theory but, I always have my shoulder into my weapon.. more of a happy medium (not too stiff- not loose).
Most rifles act differently sliding back and forth in a slick leather bag on a flat wood sturdy bench than they do off gravel or rocks on a bipod.... or locked into a tripod.
Again Practice each one so you know how the rifle reacts is key in my mind.
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