Don Fischer
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Was reading in the long range shooting thread and got me to thinking, sorry! When I get a new rifle I generally re-bed it in liquid steel. I believe liquid steel or even epoxy make's a much better fit than any machine can make. But also know the best made and best adjusted rifle out there is no better than the person shooting it. These days it seem's the become proficient all ya might need is a bi-pod, don't think so but then never used one.
While in the service stationed in Europe I worked the base firing range and taught shooting. The service taught me to shoot first though. One of the things you can't do qualifying with rifle is mount a bi-pod. So to shoot well technique must be learned. The one huge draw back most often found was guy's hadn't a clue there was stress in their body that made their shooting worse. Easiest place to see it is in prone position then sitting and then kneeling. Hard to see off hand! laying in prone position we'd have the shooter's line the sight's up on the aiming point and then have them close their eye's and relax. Really relax in in a few seconds have them re-open their eye's and see where they were aiming. Most shooter's would find that the sight's had drifted to one side or another of the aiming point. It's cause by tension in the lower back. To correct it if your off the the left side, move your whole body a bit to the left, think that's what it was, that was back in the late 1960's I was doing that.. Doing that lessens the tension in the small of the back and when the tension is gone, you re-open your eyes and the aiming point hasn't moved. Do the same thing in sitting and kneeling to clear the tension from your body. You don't do that and your actually fighting that tension and it will ruin your ability to group shots. In each position your entire body turns into a shooting platform. Prone is most accurate because most the platform is on the ground. Next is sitting, very stable but a good part of the platform has been raised from the ground. Then kneeling as you now have even less platform on the ground. raise the platform up and it's similar to raising anything up. the higher something get's the harder it becomes to stabilize it. You use a bi-pod I strongly suspect the best position to shoot from is prone and worst is kneeling or off hand it you have a bi-pod to shoot off hand from. The base keeps moving up the becomes less steady. Steady the base and shooting improves's.Really show well off hand. Hold your elbows away from your body and shoot. Next move your elbows into your body and shoot again, shooting improves Last, move your whole body to some kind of solid support and once again the shooting improves. In each cash from prone on, all your actually doing is lessening the base, your body, and very important, you relieve the stress in your lower back, steadying up the base. You really want to be better at long range shooting it has more to do with your technique than your equipment.
While in the service stationed in Europe I worked the base firing range and taught shooting. The service taught me to shoot first though. One of the things you can't do qualifying with rifle is mount a bi-pod. So to shoot well technique must be learned. The one huge draw back most often found was guy's hadn't a clue there was stress in their body that made their shooting worse. Easiest place to see it is in prone position then sitting and then kneeling. Hard to see off hand! laying in prone position we'd have the shooter's line the sight's up on the aiming point and then have them close their eye's and relax. Really relax in in a few seconds have them re-open their eye's and see where they were aiming. Most shooter's would find that the sight's had drifted to one side or another of the aiming point. It's cause by tension in the lower back. To correct it if your off the the left side, move your whole body a bit to the left, think that's what it was, that was back in the late 1960's I was doing that.. Doing that lessens the tension in the small of the back and when the tension is gone, you re-open your eyes and the aiming point hasn't moved. Do the same thing in sitting and kneeling to clear the tension from your body. You don't do that and your actually fighting that tension and it will ruin your ability to group shots. In each position your entire body turns into a shooting platform. Prone is most accurate because most the platform is on the ground. Next is sitting, very stable but a good part of the platform has been raised from the ground. Then kneeling as you now have even less platform on the ground. raise the platform up and it's similar to raising anything up. the higher something get's the harder it becomes to stabilize it. You use a bi-pod I strongly suspect the best position to shoot from is prone and worst is kneeling or off hand it you have a bi-pod to shoot off hand from. The base keeps moving up the becomes less steady. Steady the base and shooting improves's.Really show well off hand. Hold your elbows away from your body and shoot. Next move your elbows into your body and shoot again, shooting improves Last, move your whole body to some kind of solid support and once again the shooting improves. In each cash from prone on, all your actually doing is lessening the base, your body, and very important, you relieve the stress in your lower back, steadying up the base. You really want to be better at long range shooting it has more to do with your technique than your equipment.