bdgackle
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I was at the range the other day, and I ran into some issues firing an AR from prone. Was hoping someone on here might have some pointers on technique to help me out.
The gun in question is an LR-308 with 20 round pmags. (Equipment is probably irrelevant, I bring it up to give a rough size / weight context). I was attempting to fire from an unsupported prone position (ie only my left arm to support the rifle). What I found is that the forward bottom corner of the magazine made contact with the inside of my left forearm. To avoid this, I had to angle my forearm so much that I was using muscle instead of bone to support the rifle - which sort of defeats the purpose of this exercise. I am about 6'3", and fairly long limbed, but I could not seem to find a way around that magazine. I would imagine that an AR-15 with a 30 round mag would present similar difficulty (yes, I know the 20/30 round thing is a mall ninja cliche, but this isn't a troll, I promise). I have had reasonable success using this shooting position with more traditionally stocked rifles in the past.
Obviously, I could get a bipod, or a sand bag and solve the problem. I could also locate a non protruding magazine (I assume they have 5 rounders out there). I am hoping, though, that there might be some trick to make this work with the equipment described.
I am not preparing for any specific competition, just having fun at the range, so I don't have any technique or rule restraints. I would just like to learn to shoot this rifle from a variety of field positions with a full size mag in it - and that includes those positions used when external support isn't available.
The gun in question is an LR-308 with 20 round pmags. (Equipment is probably irrelevant, I bring it up to give a rough size / weight context). I was attempting to fire from an unsupported prone position (ie only my left arm to support the rifle). What I found is that the forward bottom corner of the magazine made contact with the inside of my left forearm. To avoid this, I had to angle my forearm so much that I was using muscle instead of bone to support the rifle - which sort of defeats the purpose of this exercise. I am about 6'3", and fairly long limbed, but I could not seem to find a way around that magazine. I would imagine that an AR-15 with a 30 round mag would present similar difficulty (yes, I know the 20/30 round thing is a mall ninja cliche, but this isn't a troll, I promise). I have had reasonable success using this shooting position with more traditionally stocked rifles in the past.
Obviously, I could get a bipod, or a sand bag and solve the problem. I could also locate a non protruding magazine (I assume they have 5 rounders out there). I am hoping, though, that there might be some trick to make this work with the equipment described.
I am not preparing for any specific competition, just having fun at the range, so I don't have any technique or rule restraints. I would just like to learn to shoot this rifle from a variety of field positions with a full size mag in it - and that includes those positions used when external support isn't available.
