The palm rest, the hooked butt, and the set trigger are things which most definitely make offhand shooting an easier proposition. With the set trigger, with the attendent long lock time, a steady hold and good follow-through is especially important. Some of the targets which were fired by the oldtimers are barely credible.
In a way though, it puts me even more in awe of some of the young shooters with whom I shoot silhouette. I have always been going to try and get one of the kids to shoot a few scores on the 100 yd NRA smallbore target just to see what they would shoot but haven't done it yet. I suspect the best would shoot in the mid-nineties with a decent x count. This is with no palm rest, no shooting coat, an 8 1/2 pound rifle, and a 2 pound trigger. The kids can shoot. GD
Yes....using a scope but blind as a bat with irons because most don't know anything about how to use aperture sights!
