Gurkha squat.. Experiences, tips??
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Gurkha's are the only people who squat. It's common all over Asia. Used to be in North America too but it was called 'hunkering down'. How useful it'd be for shooting would depend on one's knees(and back, etc). Mine would explode. Be a horrible sight. Most certainly would not be stable in any way.
I don't know; it was called that by the person that reminded me of the squatting position. Figured it might have been called that in the CF. I find that the elbows hooked over the knees really stiffened up the wobble. Much more stable than any other unsupported position I've tried. I've been doing a lot of stair climbing with firefighting gear on lately and that seemed to be loosening up my hips and legs.
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- south central Alberta
south of the border I've heard the squatting position called Marine corps prone
The squatting position is useful while trying to take a "tactical dump" or if you find yourself "short taken" in bear country, but only if you are carrying a mountain rifle.
Kneeling is much more common in Service rifle competition......unless you are actually a Gurkha.
Kneeling is much more common in Service rifle competition......unless you are actually a Gurkha.
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maple_leaf_eh
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"Rice paddy prone".
FWIW, if the precision shooters thought there was a way to get a more accurate position, they'd have adopted it. Biomechanically, I can't see how balancing on two ankles can be very stable. Spreading the load across a knee (or two) and bent feet is much more stable. Even more so, get your arse on terra firma , two feet out in front and put both elbows on them.
In my whitetail experience, many were shot standing with the elbows out. Others have been shot from either a sitting or kneeling position. Stable to get control of my breathing, weight of the rifle on bones not muscles, and high enough to see over the snow or tall grass. One was taken at 350yds too with a 300 WM.
FWIW, if the precision shooters thought there was a way to get a more accurate position, they'd have adopted it. Biomechanically, I can't see how balancing on two ankles can be very stable. Spreading the load across a knee (or two) and bent feet is much more stable. Even more so, get your arse on terra firma , two feet out in front and put both elbows on them.
In my whitetail experience, many were shot standing with the elbows out. Others have been shot from either a sitting or kneeling position. Stable to get control of my breathing, weight of the rifle on bones not muscles, and high enough to see over the snow or tall grass. One was taken at 350yds too with a 300 WM.
Okay, so we're talking about the generic squatting position.
It's useful for certain applications: If you can't or don't want to put your knee or azz on the ground (like if you're standing in a creek).
It's also a reasonable compromise position that's steadier and makes yourself less of a target than standing, while being quicker to get out of than one knee down (for most people).
It's useful for certain applications: If you can't or don't want to put your knee or azz on the ground (like if you're standing in a creek).
It's also a reasonable compromise position that's steadier and makes yourself less of a target than standing, while being quicker to get out of than one knee down (for most people).
