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I was talking with a coworker about the new rifle he got and that he can’t wait to go get it sighted in. He made mention that he almost always sights his long guns in from the standing position as opposed to a bench or prone. I don’t begrudge the way people want to do their shooting (provided it’s not unsafe) but since this is generally not the accepted norm I pressed him as to why.
His idea was that since he was mostly going to use it from the standing position it made sense to sight it in that way, the logic behind that he figured was that sighting it in thusly was that he could use his sights to compensate for any flaws in his form which he might not otherwise notice sitting down and that he might not be focusing on fixing when he’s using his rifle for it’s intended purpose (hunting in this case).
I’ve never heard of anyone doing this. Had anyone else?
His idea was that since he was mostly going to use it from the standing position it made sense to sight it in that way, the logic behind that he figured was that sighting it in thusly was that he could use his sights to compensate for any flaws in his form which he might not otherwise notice sitting down and that he might not be focusing on fixing when he’s using his rifle for it’s intended purpose (hunting in this case).
I’ve never heard of anyone doing this. Had anyone else?