Thread: Precision shooting recoil/point of aim

Originally Posted by ZQLewis

First up I have not watched the videos yet but assuming a medium / light rifle and a caliber larger than 7mm.
Rights that's my cover in place.
Just looking at the cover pics on those videos I notice that while some of those rifles have slings in place no one is using them.
Particularly as recoil climbs or rifle weight drops using the sling really helps to control the front end and pulling the rifle in tight to brace the hold.
Like everything consistency in vital. How much down tension and pull back into the shoulder.
Without the front end control the rifle is free to move around a lot more under recoil.
https://www.ballisticstudies.com/Kno...at+Forend.html

In my case I can shoot my 243 crossed arms as it's not a light weight and has a lightish after market trigger. My 358win I have to use the sling with the bipod to stop it climbing over my shoulder. Makes it more technically challenging to shoot.
Z

Thanks for your reply.

Neither of those two videos in my original post using a sling. You can skip most of the video just go to the specific time I mentioned and see what I was asking.

I believe loading the bipod will help on recoil/make the rifle more steady after pull the trigger.

Mark (in the 1st video from at about 10:10) said even in his 338LM, he can control the recoil effectively and the reticle only moves within 2MOA without a sling.