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Living in the "tundra" as a couple friends call it, you can't just wait for the perfect day to shoot. They just don't come around that often anyway. Today I ran up to the club to shoot off just a front rest, no lead sled and no rear bag. Nothing but the ol'shoulder. Not as easy as some may think.....
50° and sunny but, when I pulled out the wind meter it indicated 9 to 17.2 mph. The wind was blowing towards the bench, maybe around a -4° from the north. Gusts were frequent, making the sustained wind almost as high as the gusts themselves, yet at time almost pausing.
I tacked the first target at 200yds, walking to it of course, as the road to the targets were still soft. After relaxing and loading up, I made the attempt to get the rifle anchored in my shoulder, where I could keep it steady. I am using a PAST shoulder pad. First couple rounds flew high, which was most likely my shooting form, although I'd rather blame it on a wind gust :lol: After the first two rounds, I may have accidently found a way to get a decent anchor and the remaining 8 rounds ended up respectable. I didn't move the turrets because I'm still hoping for a better day.
After sending those 10 rounds at 200 I walked another target down to 300yds, knowing full well this would be difficult without the sled. I attempted to use the same anchoring method as I was using when shooting 200yds. Three of the rounds went high, still MOA but high. After I thought about it, I may have been pulling the stock into my shoulder to hard, pulling the shots upward. Maybe the wind affected it :lol: Put one in the bull, then one low right that I knew was me when the trigger broke.
Shooting with a front rest ONLY, is certainly a challenge. More shooting coming up........
50° and sunny but, when I pulled out the wind meter it indicated 9 to 17.2 mph. The wind was blowing towards the bench, maybe around a -4° from the north. Gusts were frequent, making the sustained wind almost as high as the gusts themselves, yet at time almost pausing.
I tacked the first target at 200yds, walking to it of course, as the road to the targets were still soft. After relaxing and loading up, I made the attempt to get the rifle anchored in my shoulder, where I could keep it steady. I am using a PAST shoulder pad. First couple rounds flew high, which was most likely my shooting form, although I'd rather blame it on a wind gust :lol: After the first two rounds, I may have accidently found a way to get a decent anchor and the remaining 8 rounds ended up respectable. I didn't move the turrets because I'm still hoping for a better day.
After sending those 10 rounds at 200 I walked another target down to 300yds, knowing full well this would be difficult without the sled. I attempted to use the same anchoring method as I was using when shooting 200yds. Three of the rounds went high, still MOA but high. After I thought about it, I may have been pulling the stock into my shoulder to hard, pulling the shots upward. Maybe the wind affected it :lol: Put one in the bull, then one low right that I knew was me when the trigger broke.
Shooting with a front rest ONLY, is certainly a challenge. More shooting coming up........
