a firing position you've never seen before

Miscommunication when the sergeant said to "Hump it".

Someone mentioned it being an arctic warfare rifle, and I suppose in arctic conditions tree stumps and such are not around and that soldier's butt would be the only rest available. I don't think a bipod would be much use in inches of snow either. Having the muzzle of a .338 inches from your ears/head would not be healthy so that would explain the odd position. You know what they say, if it looks stupid but works, it's not stupid!

You want me to do what?

My eyes see the image but my brain doesn't believe that it exists.

Now you know what happens when you violate the range safety rules.

doesn't seem as if it would be all that steady of rest. It would keep the muzzle blast from blowing dirt up and giving away a position.

It would keep the muzzle blast from blowing dirt up

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Not necessarily . . .

When I was in Birmingham last year, I found out about a govt. stop-smoking program in effect that involved upping the price of a pack of cigs to 10 pounds a pack. (A pound was equal to about $2.80US then.) 28 bux for a pack of Marlboro reds, y'all! This picture, I'm sure, has to be evidence of another govt. program to conserve ammunition, see? The bolt on that rifle's open because there's no need for a round in the chamber. That Brit knows that the enemy's gonna die of laughter. No shot necessary.

Only problem I see is how are they gonna prove if the guy on the bottom (jeez) was shot in action? Ya can't make a hole where there already IS one!

Gives a new meaning to "butt pad"...

There are lots of things I want to say here, but if it works as a good rest then by all means use it. I once shot a .30-06 rifle using a friend's shoulder as a rest. Of course I never thought about using his ass as one.

I'm "cracking" up!!!!

This was just... priceless... OMG.

I did something similar with my girlfriend on my birthday a few years ago, it was a fun shooting trip.

Just imagine the R&D that went into this technique.

***Gomer: "Gooollllyy, Sgt Carter. The instructor sure was right about having better shots using this new position! Are you sure you're still OK down there?

***Sgt. Carter: "Shut up Pyle!"

I CANNOT BELIEVE nobody's made a "Hey, while yer down there..." joke yet. Fer crissakes, let's get with the program, people!

stevekl said:

My eyes see the image but my brain doesn't believe that it exists.

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I'd say the guy that's down there doesn't believe it's happening either.

While we did not use this specific position, I've been to a long-range shooting school where shooting off your spotter's body was taught.

http://www.badlandstactical.net

I've shot off my spotter's shoulder before, and have had a rifle fired off my shoulder, too.

The technique allows for shots off rests when no rests are available and in situations when prone just won't work due to terrain features.

I'll admit, it looks downright obscene.

But I've shot from such positions, and even been used as the rifle rest before.

We fired at targets up to 500 yards away like this, and typically started from a standing position, and just dropped down and scrunched together.

It was actually faster than getting all the way down into prone, getting the bipd adjusted, etc.

hillbilly

Uh... Where is the shooter's left hand? And what is it doing?

Hmm... shooting at the "crack" of dawn....

Just goes too show that even a Crack sniper can make a Bum shot or two once in a while.

I was always partial to this target stand. I hear they have a lot of them in China.




or this one

how's that for a crap job! Better pray to the heavens above that he knows how to shoot that pistol.

Why??? You just throw it away and put up a new one.

I can only think, at this time, of John Cleese walking around in a Royal Marines Sargents-Major outfit bellowing on the proper way to defend yourself with or against a banana....


You gotta love the UK.

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