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Colorado Pete: Get a good forward lean into the rifle when sitting or kneeling. If you don't even a light kicker like a .222 will push you back. Lean well forward with your upper body and if sitting, rest BOTH your elbows just ahead of your knees. This puts your body weight behind the rifle better to resist recoil and lets you 'fall' forward back into position naturally after the recoil pulse ends. Gravity does the work for you since your weight is already biased forward.
Leaning into the rifle is good advice when shooting any position w/sticks. Another trick that helps control recoil is to grasp the sling and sticks in your left hand (right handed shooter) and pull rifle back into shoulder snugly.
Even heavy recoiling DG rifles can be controlled off of sticks using correct position:
Regards,
hm
Colorado Pete: Get a good forward lean into the rifle when sitting or kneeling. If you don't even a light kicker like a .222 will push you back. Lean well forward with your upper body and if sitting, rest BOTH your elbows just ahead of your knees. This puts your body weight behind the rifle better to resist recoil and lets you 'fall' forward back into position naturally after the recoil pulse ends. Gravity does the work for you since your weight is already biased forward.
Leaning into the rifle is good advice when shooting any position w/sticks. Another trick that helps control recoil is to grasp the sling and sticks in your left hand (right handed shooter) and pull rifle back into shoulder snugly.
Even heavy recoiling DG rifles can be controlled off of sticks using correct position:
Regards,
hm