Omnivore
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skb I cant speak for anyone elses use for a sled, but I think your comment on this somewhat misses the point although I agree with what you're saying.
I use my sled for sighting in and used to use it to test loads when re-loading. As far as shooting in the field goes, yeah..... The use of bipods, sticks etc, never really ocurred to me as growing up and learning to shoot we used standing, prone, and kneel. Besides we couldnt use them in comps anyway even if they did exist for hunting rifles in the 70's 80's. It doesn't take very long to get good at any of those methods without "hardware" support. I'm not sure when all the bipod stuff got popular, must have been in the late 90's early 2000's.
I will say anyone that likes to shoot a lot and switches scopes around, and test different load should own a sled of some sort if they like know the true accuracy of what they are shooting. Then you can take it off the sled and actually use it in the field know where its supposed to go, and adjust your freehand shots with that knowledge. The downside is if you setup the rifle right, all you can blame is yourself when you miss :-D
I use my sled for sighting in and used to use it to test loads when re-loading. As far as shooting in the field goes, yeah..... The use of bipods, sticks etc, never really ocurred to me as growing up and learning to shoot we used standing, prone, and kneel. Besides we couldnt use them in comps anyway even if they did exist for hunting rifles in the 70's 80's. It doesn't take very long to get good at any of those methods without "hardware" support. I'm not sure when all the bipod stuff got popular, must have been in the late 90's early 2000's.
I will say anyone that likes to shoot a lot and switches scopes around, and test different load should own a sled of some sort if they like know the true accuracy of what they are shooting. Then you can take it off the sled and actually use it in the field know where its supposed to go, and adjust your freehand shots with that knowledge. The downside is if you setup the rifle right, all you can blame is yourself when you miss :-D