How Do You Shoulder Your Rifle?

[Maverick223]

All the cool kids fire from the hip.

 

[possum]

Wow, good poll. The answer is #3 - I hold them bad boys in as close to the centerline as I can,

+1 me too.

 

[taliv]

i answered 3, but really more like 4 to 4.5

3 is definitely not the "pocket"

 

[Redneck with a 40]

Shooting my remmy 700 sps tactical in .308, I'm pretty much in position two, inside the joint, below the collarbone, where the meat is to absorb the recoil, although its not bad at all in .308.

 

[.38 Special]

i answered 3, but really more like 4 to 4.5

3 is definitely not the "pocket"

Horsefeathers. #4 is the arch of the clavicle. 4.5 would practically be the sternum. I'd pay money to see someone "shoulder" their rifle in that spot.

 

[taliv]

yeah? how much money?

i'll PM you next time I'm in LA. probably late august after camp perry. though, I can't bring any of my ARs into that state. You'll have to supply a suitable carbine.

 

[JImbothefiveth]

When shooting .22s I sometimes shift it. I still haven't settled on one.

 

[.38 Special]

yeah? how much money?

i'll PM you next time I'm in LA. probably late august after camp perry. though, I can't bring any of my ARs into that state. You'll have to supply a suitable carbine.

You can borrow my Rigby. I'll give you $5 for each shot fired from your sternal notch. E.R. bills are your responsibility.

 

[1prcntr]

#2 in the pocket.

 

[Joshua M. Smith]

.38 Special,

Careful there... that's where the stocks of long guns were originally rested, after they discovered that a wide butt stock was better than a tube on a stick.

And, those bad boys were shooting .75 to 1.00 caliber...

Josh <><

 

[.38 Special]

Meh. Most folks who've borrowed that gun give it back after the first shot, and they were firing it from the shoulder, not the throat.

 

[tactikel]

The newest trend for the 5.56 is 3.5 or 4- do not try that with a .30-06! I shoot off 2.

 

[PT1911]

#3 with a shoulder shrug.. makes a nice little pocket for the gun to seat itself in and allows for minimal movement of the gun while shooting... For me anyway...

#2 includes too much actual shoulder... I prefer the butt of the gun be in the separation between the deltoid and pectoral muscle...

 

[Myles]

#1 looks like it would cause serious injury.
#2 is painful if you happen to have a torn rotator cuff. Believe me.
#3 looks right in the pocket to me.

 

[Coronach]

Depends on the rifle, and what I'm wearing. I shoot "shoulder pocket" if I'm shooting a traditionally stocked rifle, or something that actually has recoil. With a collapsible stock I get it as close to centerline as I can.

1 is injury prone and 3 is suspect of right to left movement from recoil in turn not being as accurate.

Not necessarily. If you're wearing a LBV or a plate carrier, you can place a bit of kit to act as a "ridge" to keep the stock from sliding around. I use a Fenix L2P slipped into the furthest-outboard molle loop to keep the stock locked in, and it creates a mounting point that is rock solid when used with a M4-style stock.

I have a real problem with my duty rifle. It is a full-stocked M16, and I have body armor. You can't put the stock centerline, unless you want your cheekweld to be back by the buttplate. You have to seriously chicken-wing it to use the shoulder-pocket/bicep, due to the thickness of the armor. I can't put a collapsible stock on it (don't ask). Using the usual "over the shoulder" techniques used by the .mil guys with the M16A2/A4 is less than ideal, since it's really important to fire as few times as possible and not miss. So, I'm still playing around with the best position.

Mike

 

[Arkel23]

It's a mix between 2 and 3 mostly slid over on 2. If you get what I'm saying.