Another warm season is upon us, and yet again at the local ranges most of the rifle shooters are sitting at the benches firing from rests.
I understand that there is a niche sport of bench rest shooting, and I understand the need to use a rest to sight in, but why do so many American rifle shooters seem unable or unwilling to fire from any stance?
Is this something others have been noting? If anything it seems to be getting worse around here, not better. This in spite of the much larger influx of vets and active duty military. There are a few younger guys using modern techniques and single point slings with AR's, but actually not that many. Why would you get a tricked-out AR and shoot it from a bench after sighting in?
What's gone wrong? What can be done to fix it? I have half a mind to print out some cards with the stances on them and start passing them around. If you can't shoot in the stances, IMHO, you really can't shoot. And stance shooting requires constant practice to keep in form.