normally people tend to think of precision rifle shooting as prone with bipod or benchrest style, along with traditional 3 position CMP/HP or olympic style. but for more practical shooting, how many of you take advantage of whatever support happens to be around you?
have you fired precision rifles out windows, off walls, or 3gun style barricades, or roof tops, etc?
for purposes of this discussion, we'll consider "precision rifle shooting" as targets not larger than 2-3 MOA
if you practice shooting, do you practice on barricades or props?
here are some videos a couple friends of mine did for some match stages, but they demonstrate the sort of props i have in mind.
the one is mostly shooting out of windows of various heights and then a rooftop... i think the target is 10-12" at 500 yards iirc. (though when we shot off that roof in one match, we shot at a mover)
the other involves shooting off a tire, which provides some support but the challenge is that it is a little wiggly.
then shooting off a wooden spool, where top is curved which is challenging because usually people try to get front (bipod) and rear (bag or butt) support and this is the opposite with middle support but nothing on the front or rear.
then shooting off a low wall (and you can see hte other ports in that barricade that could be used for many challenging positions where the front of the rifle is supported but you have to hold the rear of the gun stable at several different elevations. it could also mean canting the rifle so you can get the stock/barrel through the hole AND still see through the scope
then the last two barricades you can see but that shannon doesn't shoot from in the video involve a rooftop (where you tend to slide down so you not only have to hold the rifle still but hold yourself up) and shooting off a car.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sac5JW2aCAc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZSrWji-nQE
if you were going to shoot these stages, what strategies would you use?
what would you change about your rifle? (fold bipod up? put a bag under the bipod? remove lights/lasers? sling? use shorter or longer magazine? what scope power would you run it on?
have you fired precision rifles out windows, off walls, or 3gun style barricades, or roof tops, etc?
for purposes of this discussion, we'll consider "precision rifle shooting" as targets not larger than 2-3 MOA
if you practice shooting, do you practice on barricades or props?
here are some videos a couple friends of mine did for some match stages, but they demonstrate the sort of props i have in mind.
the one is mostly shooting out of windows of various heights and then a rooftop... i think the target is 10-12" at 500 yards iirc. (though when we shot off that roof in one match, we shot at a mover)
the other involves shooting off a tire, which provides some support but the challenge is that it is a little wiggly.
then shooting off a wooden spool, where top is curved which is challenging because usually people try to get front (bipod) and rear (bag or butt) support and this is the opposite with middle support but nothing on the front or rear.
then shooting off a low wall (and you can see hte other ports in that barricade that could be used for many challenging positions where the front of the rifle is supported but you have to hold the rear of the gun stable at several different elevations. it could also mean canting the rifle so you can get the stock/barrel through the hole AND still see through the scope
then the last two barricades you can see but that shannon doesn't shoot from in the video involve a rooftop (where you tend to slide down so you not only have to hold the rifle still but hold yourself up) and shooting off a car.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sac5JW2aCAc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZSrWji-nQE
if you were going to shoot these stages, what strategies would you use?
what would you change about your rifle? (fold bipod up? put a bag under the bipod? remove lights/lasers? sling? use shorter or longer magazine? what scope power would you run it on?