Thread: Tikka t3 ss or Sako a7

Originally Posted by Gillie

heh heh heh nothing wrong with some open debate James I'll have to agree to disagree with you on the felt recoil thing. I have seen more than a few guys not keen to get on the trigger after a smack in the face. Their fingers just sit real softly on the trigger and they tend to jerk it, even on animals... I have seen guys close their eyes when they pull the trigger! Looks funny as when they realise you put a dummy round in and not a live one! I have more than a few guys who rely on their gunsmith to sight their rifle in. I shouldn't laugh though, i am going through this flinch thing at the moment with a 375H&H i am learning to shoot at the moment. Doesn't help that it has brushed my eye brow a couple of times on the range!

Yep, totally agree with you with regards to the physics behind a suppressor "catching" / slowing the acceleration of the gas. "Catching" was a very simplistic (and technically wrong!) term for me to use. I should have said "catches and slows down". Hope you have fun duck shooting!

Cheers Gillie, it was all good- small numbers of birds, but some more challenging shots. Got to stretch it out a bit more than when they're coming in thick and fast.

-A question for you now Gillie, re. the accidental "wearing" of a scope eyepiece (Apologies to HFWaikato for us slightly highjacking his post, but it's related):
The few times I've witnessed people "scoping" themselves it has seemed to be due to them taking steep uphill/downhill shots on animals, and ending up crowding the scope due to rushing/the awkward angle. (in these cases I'd seen the guys fire quite a lot on the flat without any issues, so I'm presuming the steep angle is the changed factor). Luckily I've never managed to do it myself. But I was bloody scared about a month ago firing a 416 Rigby for the first time- man did it boot, I was waiting for the smack in the eyebrow the whole time, but luckily it had a scope with long eye relief. That brings me to my questions for you:
1) Is it common for people to "wear" their scopes on steep uphill/downhill shots?
2) Do you think inadequate eye-relief on scopes is sometimes a problem?
3) How often is it just a case of bog-standard poor shooting form?

Cheers