Swifty Morgan
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Yesterday I was trying to get an ATN X-Sight II working with a .204 Ruger at 100 yards, and I had technical problems, so I got out the .17 HMR and used the short time I had left to fire a few rounds. I used one target to get the rifle sighted in, and then I managed to shoot two 5-round groups at another target before packing up. I do not shoot at the same point of aim all the time. I am cheap, so I pick different places. That way I can use a target longer. This is why the second target has two groups so far apart.
Things went considerably better on the second target, which makes sense, because I was twiddling scope knobs while shooting at the first target, but what you can't see from the photos is that I shot worse on the first target--a lot worse--even when I was not twiddling knobs.
I can't figure out what happened, but there it is.
I have been using a leather rabbit ear rear bag and either a cheap Caldwell front rest or a bipod.
The rabbit ear bag likes to slide on my plastic Home Depot table. Furthermore, it seems like it's impossible to put my shoulder to the butt without pushing the bag around. I have to work to hold it steady. Is this normal? It seems like a bad way to do things, but I don't know how I can get the bag under the butt AND not touch it with my chest.
I have been moving the butt of the gun forward and back to adjust elevation. Not sure if that's kosher. It seems like it would be better to put the very rear of the butt on the bag and leave it there, but that's hard to do.
I like shooting from a rest, but I would prefer not to go full gun nut and use a sled. Is there a better product for stabilizing the rear of a gun, without the problems I'm having?
I have had zero instruction, so I'm winging it.
The front rest is annoying, because the vertical range is small. Sometimes I can't move it enough to get a gun on target without straining. I'm going to look for something else. I like bipods, but sometimes mine is too tall at the lowest height.
Things went considerably better on the second target, which makes sense, because I was twiddling scope knobs while shooting at the first target, but what you can't see from the photos is that I shot worse on the first target--a lot worse--even when I was not twiddling knobs.
I can't figure out what happened, but there it is.
I have been using a leather rabbit ear rear bag and either a cheap Caldwell front rest or a bipod.
The rabbit ear bag likes to slide on my plastic Home Depot table. Furthermore, it seems like it's impossible to put my shoulder to the butt without pushing the bag around. I have to work to hold it steady. Is this normal? It seems like a bad way to do things, but I don't know how I can get the bag under the butt AND not touch it with my chest.
I have been moving the butt of the gun forward and back to adjust elevation. Not sure if that's kosher. It seems like it would be better to put the very rear of the butt on the bag and leave it there, but that's hard to do.
I like shooting from a rest, but I would prefer not to go full gun nut and use a sled. Is there a better product for stabilizing the rear of a gun, without the problems I'm having?
I have had zero instruction, so I'm winging it.
The front rest is annoying, because the vertical range is small. Sometimes I can't move it enough to get a gun on target without straining. I'm going to look for something else. I like bipods, but sometimes mine is too tall at the lowest height.