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Re: Shooting from the bench do not work for me.
16/05/08 01:10 AM

I do not own a double, but I have found many two-piece stocked rifles to be finicky off the bench, including lever guns of all sorts and Lee-Enfields. The same applies to many full-length-bedded, one-piece-stocked rifles where any upward or downward pressure on the forestock is transmitted to the barrel.

Beleg, you can "kill two birds with one stone" by doing your shooting from the sitting position on the ground, with elbows rested on knees. This position is very steady and we actually finish-zero our hunting rifles from this position as even a one-piece-stocked, free-floated barrel rifle often hits a different POI when handheld.

It takes practice if you haven't spent time at it, but in every case I've tried, the strange effects of bench-shooting 2-piece-stocked rifles disappears with this method.

If you have no experience with it, start from 25m with a .22 or 15m with a good air rifle. Grip the rifle very firmly with the support hand. Over time you will feel new muscles used and little by little settle comfortable into the position.

I see many fellows on this Forum seem to zero their doubles on a 50m range, and if that is what you want to do you will find this sitting method to be very easy effective to rough and finish zero your rifle at that range. We shoot 50, 100, 150 and 200 meters to check zero all the way out.

I say "two birds" because one of the advantages of the sitting position is that it is field-useful, unlike the bench rest technique that really is a discipline of its own. Many bench shooting skills are not applicable to field shooting unless you do your hunting from a Hochsitz, etc.

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Shooting from the bench do not work for me.	beleg2	15/05/08 05:35 AM
Re: Shooting from the bench do not work for me.	Ripp	15/05/08 08:24 PM
Re: Shooting from the bench do not work for me.	beleg2	15/05/08 11:31 PM
Re: Shooting from the bench do not work for me.	9.3x57	16/05/08 01:10 AM
Re: Shooting from the bench do not work for me.	beleg2	16/05/08 04:31 AM
Re: Shooting from the bench do not work for me.	9.3x57	16/05/08 11:05 AM
Re: Shooting from the bench do not work for me.	beleg2	17/05/08 01:22 AM
Re: Shooting from the bench do not work for me.	DUGABOY1	17/05/08 06:45 AM
Re: Shooting from the bench do not work for me.	Mike_Bailey	17/05/08 07:27 AM
Re: Shooting from the bench do not work for me.	Bill_Cooley	21/05/08 01:05 PM
Re: Shooting from the bench do not work for me.	450_366	21/05/08 05:21 PM
Re: Shooting from the bench do not work for me.	beleg2	21/05/08 10:42 PM
Re: Shooting from the bench do not work for me.	gei	30/05/08 04:03 AM
Bench shooting is working, THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!	beleg2	01/06/08 09:25 AM
Re: Shooting from the bench do not work for me.	Bramble	17/05/08 11:12 AM
Re: Shooting from the bench do not work for me.	DarylS	16/05/08 01:10 AM
Re: Shooting from the bench do not work for me.	JabaliHunter	15/05/08 08:18 PM
Re: Shooting from the bench do not work for me.	Tatume	15/05/08 06:06 AM

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