Thread: Hangawera Sniper Shoot 2014 Article (Unprinted)

Sorry I mean +1 to this quote

Originally Posted by sneeze

Thanks Gillie , I appreciate the time and effort.
I was interested in the compromised position, light weight heavy recoiling riles present a real challenge for me, showing up the flaws in my technique in a big way. At the bench or on a comfy piece of ground Im ok but get out of that comfort zone and things tend to get a bit loose.

Greta read for a newbie

Originally Posted by Gillie

Absolutely compromised position shooting is particularly tricky - and more so with a light weight heavy recoiling rifle. Personally I don't shoot a light weight, heavy recoiling rifle but I would recommend a good brake and then in a compromised position you should be holding onto the rifle (depending on how bad the position was I would be holding the foreend firmly as well). As above I go to great pains to ensure no sideways force on the rifle (this includes good natural point of aim). This is much harder to achieve in a compromised position but is no less important. Side ways force will often cause the point of impact to shift slightly and you will likely not get back on target to see your impact.

Cheers @Gillie It has a good brake which helps with keeping sight picture.Yes holding on is a good idea, I wrote " hold the bloody thing" on the bottom of my load data to help remind me, Iv been spoilt by my smaller rifles and have let some bad habits creep in maybe.
Iv dropped to the 250gr bergers from 300 which seems to give me a little more leeway but I think thats more masking the symptoms. Iv tried holding forend but struggled with consistency especially on different surfaces, though more time spent might help there. Actually more quality time spent out of my comfort zone is probably the obvious course.

@sneeze, your comment about different surfaces - what do you mean by this? Do you mean from concrete, rock, grass, etc. under the bipod?

You can get a varying POI from various shooting positions and most of that comes down to natural point of aim and then to a lesser degree how the rifle recoils and if it recoils consistently with how you are holding it and what/how it is supported.

Have you tired shooting it without the bipod and just using a day back or sand bag and holding the fore end? This won't be quite as steady as using a bipod and rear bag but should remove the inconsistency of the bipod on varying surfaces. I would still recommend you keep the bipod for longer or precision shooting from a good position i.e. uncompromised.



Another video from another medium to long range event. Some good and not so good shooting in this video. Only hit shown though!