What is your favorite setup for accurate shooting from a bench? Front rest and rear bag? Front bipod and rear bag? Do you load the bipod by pressing into it with your shoulder? Or do you apply rearward pressure on the gun in some manner? Or, do you shoot allowing free recoil?
Accurate shooting from a bench
- Thread starter Grizzlypeg
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I just shoot off a front and rear bag off the bench. I dont try to apply too much pressure anywhere as it seems to make me shake/notice heartbeats more. Sometimes i rest my left hand on top of the scope. Whatever feels comfortable at the time. Usually just nestled nicely into my shoulder.
- Location
- Nova Scotia
Its one of those things that you gotta test on your own.
Some guns like free recoil, some don't. Some like a firm grip, some like a soft grip. Some shoot better off a rest than bipod.
Some guns like free recoil, some don't. Some like a firm grip, some like a soft grip. Some shoot better off a rest than bipod.
Consider what it takes to make consistent shots repeatably and it will work
As long as what ever inputs you have to the rifle are the same each time, it can't get better
the ultimate benchrest setup has virtually no inputs aside from trigger pull
if you want to grip the scope and use 1lb of effort one time and 3lbs of effort the next time, the input will show up
jmho
As long as what ever inputs you have to the rifle are the same each time, it can't get better
the ultimate benchrest setup has virtually no inputs aside from trigger pull
if you want to grip the scope and use 1lb of effort one time and 3lbs of effort the next time, the input will show up
jmho
- Location
- Nova Scotia
Though if you are using a bipod. Throw down a piece of carpet.
I find I am putting a lot of energy into sorting out the shoulder pressure applied. If I get it right, the gun shoots a ragged hole. But if I get it wrong, one shot goes up, another down. I keep thinking that there has to be a simpler solution to getting consistent, without requiring so much mental effort.
The problem you describe is a common one when shooting a rifle meant to be held. Most competitive rimfire benchrest shooters use free recoil to avoid the inconsistencies that may be introduced by a person holding the rifle.
Unfortunately not all rifles are suited for effective free recoil use. For example a rifle that's relatively lightweight is less suitable than a heavier one. The stock design is a related factor. Free recoil works well when the rifle stock is free to move backward freely with each shot. This may mean that sporter style stocks -- which have some degree of butt stock cast off -- are less suited to free recoil. Another consideration is that a front rest rather than a bipod is better for free recoil.
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- Okanagan Valley B.C.
Hey Keller gun is okay , I'm too unstable...
- Location
- Nova Scotia
I either use a mpod or a caldweld deluxe front rest. And a rabbit ear rear bag.
I have recently been doing some reading about "loading" the front bipod. One person mentioned that doing so can further reduce minute movements from the tiny bit of .22 movement; which should result in a quicker target recovery; possibly even tightening up groups a bit more. Time will tell. I use an adjustable bag rider on a small rear squeeze bag. I have a heavier bipod on the rifle now, but no photos presently; here was the setup as of the last range trip:
