Thread: Seriously underrated 6.5x47 Lapua

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

Tussock I do believe you have answered your own......query ??? in the last two lines..... for sure you can get away with a hell of a lot with a light recoiling heavy rifle.... try it with something that has a bit of boot and the results could be vastly different....YES there are alot of people out there who can shoot very well off a bipod without forend support BUT you can bet your bottom $$$$ thier rifles were sighted in this way and they have taken a bit of time to get that bipod in as stable a position as possible...not always an option in field conditions...I cant deny that in its place it works...but Im buggered if I can see how with a rushed shot in less than ideal conditions it can..to use your own exzample "left handed on your back twisted around a tree stump" now tell me how you are going to get a bipod rested on flat surface to allow the" return to battery" that we are talking about when saying follow through????

I'm not a beginner. I have owned and shit a few things, many of them hard booting. I don't mind, but I don't like the stock characteristics of this 7mm Rem Mag, I would usually avoid them. I'm going to leave it un-suppressed so I can maintain my ability to shoot uncomfortable things, not create it. Like I said, we will see how I go.

You seem to have missed the part where I said I DONT OWN A BIPOD!

While I actually have a box of them, I don't use them anymore. Getting the tension in the legs even on anything less than a perfect surface is a huge pain in the arse.

I also said that in the "left handed on your back twisted around a tree stump" I would expect the "return to battery". I said I would expect to make the shot, if I did all the other bits right.

What I am talking about is natural point of aim. I want the cross hairs to rest naturally on the target, while my body is completely relaxed and the only muscles with any tension at all are working the trigger.

As I understand it, you are trying to physically control the movement of the rifle under recoil. I would have liked to know if @Tentman intended to stop the 1/16" muzzle flip before the projectile left the barrel. If so, the laws of physics say he can't stop it completely. So can he reduce it. My question is, can he reduce it by exactly the same amount every time?

Guiding the rifle back to its starting point is one thing. Physically controlling the rifle to prevent it from moving to some degree is another.

How do you do this with no tension to be found anywhere in your body?