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Through a little trial and error, I found that raising up the comb might just help, even just a little, with long range accuracy. With the weather, there's no range time, so the next best thing is to practice one's shooting form for something to do.
With an important shoot this coming year that can only be shot prone, learning to do that, something never done before, is a learning experience. A couple things I discovered. Without my PAST recoil pad, I would have to move the scope slightly forward for proper eye relief. With the pad, I still get acceptable eye relief. While getting down and up to the rifle, it just seemed as though I was having to arch my back and neck WAY TO MUCH. It was actually discomforting. Paying a little more attention, I noticed it most likely had to do with the comb not being high enough. Sure enough, I found a piece of foam and placed it into position and it helped, big time.
I found another better piece of foam, one that I could cut pieces from that I could get a proper height with. Once I determined the height, I also checked it off the bench, which worked out really well. Next was what to use to keep the foam in place. I've seen many rifle's with raised combs, where the shooter just used black tape. Just didn't appeal to use black electrical tape. So another though came to mind about using athletic self-adhesive stretch tape. A trip to town to one of the athletic stores and I found 3" black. After returning home and a few trial locations, I finally had it wrapped. IMO it looks much better than using black electrical tape. Now if it helps..........
With an important shoot this coming year that can only be shot prone, learning to do that, something never done before, is a learning experience. A couple things I discovered. Without my PAST recoil pad, I would have to move the scope slightly forward for proper eye relief. With the pad, I still get acceptable eye relief. While getting down and up to the rifle, it just seemed as though I was having to arch my back and neck WAY TO MUCH. It was actually discomforting. Paying a little more attention, I noticed it most likely had to do with the comb not being high enough. Sure enough, I found a piece of foam and placed it into position and it helped, big time.
I found another better piece of foam, one that I could cut pieces from that I could get a proper height with. Once I determined the height, I also checked it off the bench, which worked out really well. Next was what to use to keep the foam in place. I've seen many rifle's with raised combs, where the shooter just used black tape. Just didn't appeal to use black electrical tape. So another though came to mind about using athletic self-adhesive stretch tape. A trip to town to one of the athletic stores and I found 3" black. After returning home and a few trial locations, I finally had it wrapped. IMO it looks much better than using black electrical tape. Now if it helps..........
