So perhaps a guy can figure out how to tame an ultralight gun at the bench. A hunter typically does bench sessions to properly sight in a rifle and to find loads that shoot well out of the rifle. Melvin sells a rear rest called a "bench tamer". I have one but have not tried it. Others have suggested different teqniques for grouping an ultralight at the bench.Is it not likely that all of these accommodations to tame an ultralight at the bench will be unavailable in the field and the rifle will revert to being effectively less accurate than a heavier rifle?
Correct that you won't have all those aids in the field to tame the light weight rifle.But once you have a good shooting load, "you" become the biggest factor.It won't be the rifle that reverts to being less accurate....it's the shooter.
Finding a good grouping load is just the beginning of the process.
A hunter needs to get off the sandbags, stop worrying about groups, and focus on cold barrel "hits" from field positions.
There isn't any trick to shooting light weight rifles,if they are built correctly. Like someone else said above, shoot the rifle as if you are hunting with it....it ain't all about groups.
