Advice needed.
After shooting that Service Rifle Match this weekend and doing prone on the snaps and rapids at 300 and 500 yards, I feel I need to make some adjustments to my humble rifle to make it work better for these relays.
When in this position I am only allowed to rest one part of the rifle on the ground. In this case, I am resting on a 20 round mag. The height was enough to make contact on my shoulder, but not enough. I need to prop it up with pads to find the magic spot. Probably solved I thought, to my solution was added another problem. It seemed during the rapid, I was pulling the mag tight toward myself to anticipate the monster 308 recoil, the bullet failed to feed from the mag twice. I lost time and lost the shot after 30 secs. This is a problem.
Unlike the C7, the pull of the left hand is on metal that surrounds the mag and not the mag itself. I need to solve if I want to improve on reliability and time. The solution I think that might work, this why I am casting to question to the knowledgeable mind of CGNer, is putting a forward grip to rest on the ground instead of my mag. A harris bipod would have been cool but it's against the rules. Remember, one part only allowed to touch.
Does this make sense? Where can I get a rail set to screw under the fore end? Advice?
Tön45
After shooting that Service Rifle Match this weekend and doing prone on the snaps and rapids at 300 and 500 yards, I feel I need to make some adjustments to my humble rifle to make it work better for these relays.
When in this position I am only allowed to rest one part of the rifle on the ground. In this case, I am resting on a 20 round mag. The height was enough to make contact on my shoulder, but not enough. I need to prop it up with pads to find the magic spot. Probably solved I thought, to my solution was added another problem. It seemed during the rapid, I was pulling the mag tight toward myself to anticipate the monster 308 recoil, the bullet failed to feed from the mag twice. I lost time and lost the shot after 30 secs. This is a problem.
Unlike the C7, the pull of the left hand is on metal that surrounds the mag and not the mag itself. I need to solve if I want to improve on reliability and time. The solution I think that might work, this why I am casting to question to the knowledgeable mind of CGNer, is putting a forward grip to rest on the ground instead of my mag. A harris bipod would have been cool but it's against the rules. Remember, one part only allowed to touch.
Does this make sense? Where can I get a rail set to screw under the fore end? Advice?
Tön45
BTW, there are 30 round M14 magazines around. Also, you may be able to fabricate an extention to the magazine to make it the same length as a 30-round AR15/M16 magazine.
