Originally Posted By: ohihunter2014Originally Posted By: DAAAlong with what Ackleyman said...
A lot of personal preference involved. But, also some objective factors to consider.
Stock shape/design. A monte carlo, for instance, can get some funky tracking happening with rabbit ears. Bad ju-ju for groups. Where a classic design would not have this issue. But bunny ears are going to be a lot more forgiving, in general, for pure group shooting.
For reasons related to the above, generally speaking, a bunny ear is going to be easier to get good groups with at the range. Generally. There are definitely exceptions.
Flip side... In the field, shooting colony varmints off a table. I always would rather have rabbit ears, no matter what kind of stock design. Even with bench rest stocks designed to ride bunny ear bags. I'd rather use rabbit ears. The rabbit ears allow orders of magnitude more flexibility in elevation via squeezing. When you don't know where your next shot is going to happen and it could be at a steep angle either high or low, rabbit ears are the ONLY way to fly.
So, again, there is a lot of personal preference involved, but at the same time, stock design interaction with the bag absolutely will have an influence on group size - you'll have an easier time getting smaller groups with bunny ears, all else being equal. Since they mostly won't make contact with embellishments like monte carlos. But you'll have a much easier time getting a good sight picture at random angles in the field with rabbit ears, all else being equal.
Along similar lines... I like my bunny ear "group shooting" bags to be very full and very, very heavy (I use a mixture of #9 lead shot and heavy sand). With ultra rigid flat bottoms. But I like my field/colony varmint shooting rabbit ear bags to be much lighter and way more "squeezable" so I have them filled with plain old sand and I even like the bottoms to be flexible. In that application, it's not about shooting groups, it's about getting rock steady on a specific point in space.
- DAA
What makes the bunny ears better for group shooting? I am either putting a Boyds classic or Boyds thumbhole stock on it.
Originally Posted By: DAAStock shape/design. A monte carlo, for instance, can get some funky tracking happening with rabbit ears. Bad ju-ju for groups. Where a classic design would not have this issue. But bunny ears are going to be a lot more forgiving, in general, for pure group shooting.
...stock design interaction with the bag absolutely will have an influence on group size - you'll have an easier time getting smaller groups with bunny ears, all else being equal. Since they mostly won't make contact with embellishments like monte carlos.
- DAA