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Thanks for all the input. I don't want to regulate the rifle off the sled. But I do want to know why some folk claim they are death on stocks. For example, lets say I have a .375 double which has a QD scope. I want to sight the left barrel in off the sled ( then freehand to check). Why should the stock suffer ? maybe hundreds of rounds I could fathom but otherwise the physics make no sense to me. best, Mike

(also why not sight the scope into the middle of both barrel groups at 100 yds ? sorry if I am being an idiot.)

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Mike The reason the stocks get broken is that the side by side double rifle's RIGHT barrel recoils "UP", "BACK",and to the to the "RIGHT", and the LEFT barrel recoils "UP", "BACK", And to the "LEFT"! This torgue to the right, and left places a strain on the weakest part of the stock, the wrist! Besides the rifle will not shoot properly! It will do you no good to zero the rifle from a reast where the rifle touches the rest, because when you shoot it off hand it will not shoot the same. I think you missunderstand what regulation means! First the word REGULATION, is amissnomer because it is not the working up of loads, but is a physical tweeking of the barrels by the maker! The scope should be zeroed the exact same way the iron sights are zeroed! By this I mean once a load is found that shoots to the rifles regulation, the sights, both scope, and irons should be zeroed exactly to the center of a four shot composit group of both barrels. If you load is correct for the rifle, the barrels will shoot side by side, from muzzle to infinity. You will never get a load that will shoot to the regulation of your rifle if you allow the rifle to touch anything other than your hands, face, and shoulder! This is because the rifle depends on the recoil arch to to shoot to the regulation, and it will never shoot properly from a dirrect resting of the rifle on anything! Sorry but that is othe most missunderstood habit of double rifles, and is the grimlin that makes the guy new to double rifles pull all his hair out!

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