2nd time I got my rifle out

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Today me and a buddy went to the range so I took the hunting rifle and the 260 that Sean had built. I must say I am still getting use to the low recoil ( I have a flinch) and the trigger but I shot best group I ever have with a center fire today. This 3 shot (yes only 3) group was the best group I have ever shot and it was repeated. I only had factory REM corelock 140 gr as I haven't yet started to reload. The group is .598 if that's the correct way to measure it ?

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I haven't dont dry fire practiced....I find I have to tell myself its same as my 22 and shooting off the bipod I stay loose I don't grip the gun (use to be a big problem) I just hold it snug...I think dryfire pratace would help if i had snap caps though. For me I find its trigger time thats needed and becoming used to the gun and how it feels
 
looks liek it shoots as good as a pile of rotton potatos, ill save u the stress and take it off your hands, ill even pay for shipping :)

post up some details on the rifle! im sure some of us are curious
 
Justin H said:
I haven't dont dry fire practiced....I find I have to tell myself its same as my 22 and shooting off the bipod I stay loose I don't grip the gun (use to be a big problem) I just hold it snug...I think dryfire pratace would help if i had snap caps though. For me I find its trigger time thats needed and becoming used to the gun and how it feels
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Flinches can be a result of pain induced when firing, which normally comes from an incorrect hold of the rifle. If the rifle is hurting you you should look at how you are holding it.
 
ultimate_monkey said:
looks liek it shoots as good as a pile of rotton potatos, ill save u the stress and take it off your hands, ill even pay for shipping :)

post up some details on the rifle! im sure some of us are curious
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The gun is a Savage package gun that he put a shilen select match and chambered for 260 rem. The stock is a HS precision and timney trigger....the bolt has a custom tactical bolt handle that Sean had done. I have topped the gun with a bushnell 3200 4-12 X40 untill I can put a better one on.

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Longshot said:
Flinches can be a result of pain induced when firing, which normally comes from an incorrect hold of the rifle. If the rifle is hurting you you should look at how you are holding it.
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most of my flinch became about shooting my grandfathers 308 at young age and then I shyed away from rilfes. recoil dont bother me as I shoot magnum 10ga loads all fall duck hunting some times over 1000 rounds. Its just a fear of rilfes that was brought on as a kid but this 260 is making them disappear slowly and I agree its how you hold makes huge difference. thanks for all the advice it helps a newbe like myslef in the accuracy game

Justin
 
Slapping the trigger on a shotgun and squeezing the trigger on a rifle are way different. Dry firing is trigger time. Get some snap caps and spent 15 minutes a day dry firing. Your flinch will be gone in a week. They say that practice make perfect. I believe that only perfect practice make perfect.
 
"Look into my eyes, not around my eyes,only into my eyes,not around them, only in them. Your under!"
Are you an adult? I'm going to sound like a bit of a #### here and that is truly not my intention. If you were scared of rifles as a kid, are you still a kid? If you hold it properly it can't hurt you. You have nothing to fear. What happened when you were a kid is no longer valid for you today. Part of mental marksmanship is getting through things in shooting that make us think negative thoughts whilst squeezing that trigger. You are (I'm hoping) a full grown adult that controls the firearm. It doesn't control you. If you concentrate solly on marksmanship principles there is no room for a flinch. Man up and stop blaming what happened to you when you were a kid. Your not a kid anymore.

"3,2,1...your back in the room."
 
Yup i agree with maynard that shooting a shotgun won`t help with you trigger pull on a rifle. Just keep practicing with the 260, if you reload you can load down a bit till you control the flinch. Kind of like ###, practice makes you better.:D Swmbo has a different opinion but we been married a long time.
 
Longshot said:
"Look into my eyes, not around my eyes,only into my eyes,not around them, only in them. Your under!"
Are you an adult? I'm going to sound like a bit of a #### here and that is truly not my intention. If you were scared of rifles as a kid, are you still a kid? If you hold it properly it can't hurt you. You have nothing to fear. What happened when you were a kid is no longer valid for you today. Part of mental marksmanship is getting through things in shooting that make us think negative thoughts whilst squeezing that trigger. You are (I'm hoping) a full grown adult that controls the firearm. It doesn't control you. If you concentrate solly on marksmanship principles there is no room for a flinch. Man up and stop blaming what happened to you when you were a kid. Your not a kid anymore.

"3,2,1...your back in the room."
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I am 26 and know what you mean its a mental game...I never shot rifles sence i was a kid so I didnt grow out of it (mindset) but I can say now I have no issue with my 260...I just gotta remember to shoot it like my 22 ( I shoot competitive at local club) and doing this has tought me how to proper hold and shoot.

and BTW don't start a shooting school giving advice like this LOL
 
savage.3006 said:
WOW harsh ^^^^^
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No, not at all. Blunt, maybe, but fair and true.
An entire chapter of the 1945 Canadian Army manual on shooting, "Shoot To Live", deals with how to hold the rifle properly, so that it doesn't hurt you. Btw, you can download and print that manual, and many others, by clicking on the links in the stickies in the Milsurp forum.
 
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