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Crossarm; sandbag front rest at 500 yards with 7mm Mashburn Super. 162 Amax IIRC.. Rifle weighs a shade under 8 pounds.

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270 M70 FW; 300 yards prone, fore end supported in left hand and no rear rest.Seems like I need more support beyond 400 so am likely to use crossarm with rear rest. Bipods are an open question since I use them very little until very recently.

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Crossarm, with a Crown Royal rear beanbag and (this is important for me) the Harris bipod preloaded forward. Have shot many small groups like that.

However I'm pretty sure my prone position is fairly incorrect. Workin' on it, that's the fun of this stuff after all! My 7 WSM Kimber is my bullshit detector. I have to be on my game to shoot that one to its potential.


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It is much harder to shoot heavy recoiling rifles at long range in field positions that the light kickers; that is a certainty.


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It's all in my RIGHT hand, in the case of my Kimber. Not the fore-end/left hand. If my trigger control is good and hand pressure is consistent I shoot small groups. If not I pull flyers to the right.

I don't know the "truth" of whether or not it's better to control the fore-end for everyone. I do know that for myself, I'm best off minimizing my points of contact with the rifle. Grabbing that fore-end adds a whole other point of potential mayhem from ME. Where I've found consistency is in preloading the bipod forward and in right hand position and trigger press and follow-through.


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My hunting shot first choice is prone with a tight sling and my left hand on my back pack.
Below are some groups shot that way a few years apart at our Friday morning 500 yard practice sessions at Phoenix Rod and Gun Club.
7.5 pound M70.


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While the tight sling is preferable, I couldn't use it on this years Coues buck as I could not elevate the muzzle enough after I rotated the butt into my shoulder pocket...


Too close for irons, switching to scope...
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I shot some 100 yard and long range groups yesterday experimenting. I can't really say I have anything definitive from testing. It may be that all rifles are different smile

I shot my light Creedmoor. 100 yard groups varied. I used the tight sling along with a forarm hold with the Stoney Point Rapid Pivot Bipod, and a rear bag. Best was 1/2" and worst was .8"

I then abandoned the sling and just used a tight forearm hold. It shot about the same. I shot a group with this method that was great at 760:


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I also shot my "light" .300 Winchester with the 208. I used a tight sling and the forearm hold as with the Creed. Groups were not good. I then shot a group simply off of the bipod while squeezing the rear bag and it went 1/2".

I dialed the 710 yard target and did the same (bipod with left hand on the rear bag) and shot an awesome group. Just made a big black mark that just kept getting blacker...


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I guess a guy just needs to experiment to see what works.




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