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Re: Sandbags Or Gun Vise
[Re: specialk]
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10/15/19 11:00 AM
10/15/19 11:00 AM
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ALMODUX
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Vices and hard surfaces and anything else that keeps a HUNTING rifle from acting like it was fired from a field, shouldered position, zeroes differently and creates different muzzle reactions on firing, during what would be normal follow through. You might fire from a firm rest, or a bipod, or a shooting house window, or a tree trunk, but you’ll generally have something between your forearm and any hard surface, Not much else acts like your shoulder, either. Bags and rests and bipeds don’t interfere with that imitation. Even all sorts of improvised rests and positions don’t. Vises do. Never been able to mimic a vise. LOL
Last edited by ALMODUX; 10/15/19 11:04 AM.
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Re: Sandbags Or Gun Vise
[Re: ALMODUX]
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10/15/19 12:59 PM
10/15/19 12:59 PM
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Vices and hard surfaces and anything else that keeps a HUNTING rifle from acting like it was fired from a field, shouldered position, zeroes differently and creates different muzzle reactions on firing, during what would be normal follow through. You might fire from a firm rest, or a bipod, or a shooting house window, or a tree trunk, but you’ll generally have something between your forearm and any hard surface, Not much else acts like your shoulder, either. Bags and rests and bipeds don’t interfere with that imitation. Even all sorts of improvised rests and positions don’t. Vises do. Never been able to mimic a vise. LOL 😕
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Re: Sandbags Or Gun Vise
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10/15/19 01:09 PM
10/15/19 01:09 PM
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If I want to know how the rifle shoots, I put it in a vice or sled. If I want to know how I shoot then I'll put in on a common rest or pillow / bag / coat. The most accurate gun in the world is only as good as the person with his booger hooker on the trigger.
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Re: Sandbags Or Gun Vise
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10/15/19 02:37 PM
10/15/19 02:37 PM
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If I want to know how the rifle shoots, I put it in a vice or sled. If I want to know how I shoot then I'll put in on a common rest or pillow / bag / coat. The most accurate gun in the world is only as good as the person with his booger hooker on the trigger. To a point , I agree. But when a rifle is stable and cannot move it removes the human element of flinch, among other things.
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Re: Sandbags Or Gun Vise
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10/15/19 02:42 PM
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If I want to know how the rifle shoots, I put it in a vice or sled. If I want to know how I shoot then I'll put in on a common rest or pillow / bag / coat. The most accurate gun in the world is only as good as the person with his booger hooker on the trigger. But when a rifle is stable and cannot move it removes the human element of flinch, among other things. Why use a rest at all then?
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Re: Sandbags Or Gun Vise
[Re: specialk]
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10/15/19 03:17 PM
10/15/19 03:17 PM
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Well, OTOH, if the human element is that unreliable, what the rifle might do without a human is pretty irrelevant, also. If you just want to machine rest something for some testing, knock yourself out, but the point is that POA vs POI shifts will occur between the two, and the vice/machine rest will seldom make it off the bench, to go shoot a rifle. Therefore, it’s a step most can (and likely should) skip out on for a hunting rifle. I’m not even aware of any competitive shooting that allows a vice. I get ‘testing’ on guns, especially for others, but a good bench rest and bags has almost all the capabilities and few of the drawbacks.
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Re: Sandbags Or Gun Vise
[Re: specialk]
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10/15/19 04:34 PM
10/15/19 04:34 PM
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If a rifle WILL shoot in a vice, but WON’T shoot for you, do you still hunt it? Does it matter if it DID shoot in a vice? I do get what you’re getting at, and I promise this is intended as good-natured ribbing. Some folks DO want to know a max potential baseline for a rifle, for specific purposes. I’ve moved on to just shooting and load work up to a max specific range for the rig, and it’s either good enough or it ain’t.....if it ain’t, someone else can be the nut behind that trigger, or drag out their shooting vise, just to see. I do have vices....they’re just for holding the rig while I work on it. Bags and rests are for working on me. Everyone should have their own approach. All nuts are different. LOL
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Re: Sandbags Or Gun Vise
[Re: ALMODUX]
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10/15/19 04:40 PM
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If a rifle WILL shoot in a vice, but WON’T shoot for you, do you still hunt it? Does it matter if it DID shoot in a vice? I do get what you’re getting at, and I promise this is intended as good-natured ribbing. Some folks DO want to know a max potential baseline for a rifle, for specific purposes. I’ve moved on to just shooting and load work up to a max specific range for the rig, and it’s either good enough or it ain’t.....if it ain’t, someone else can be the nut behind that trigger, or drag out their shooting vise, just to see. I do have vices....they’re just for holding the rig while I work on it. Bags and rests are for working on me. Everyone should have their own approach. All nuts are different. LOL Absolutely.
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Re: Sandbags Or Gun Vise
[Re: specialk]
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10/15/19 04:40 PM
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When sighting In Scopes on rifles from scratch I will use a vice. Once I have determined the setup is solid and consistently hitting where it is aimed, from then on it is just bench shooting with a bag or the bench to rest on.
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Re: Sandbags Or Gun Vise
[Re: specialk]
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10/16/19 04:46 PM
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Sandbags....or, in a pinch, a backpack or wadded up jacket/sweatshirt.
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Re: Sandbags Or Gun Vise
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10/16/19 05:06 PM
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I used sand bags only (front and rear) up until about 6 months ago when I purchased a Caldwell Rock BR https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1015040838Wish I’d made the purchase years ago. I now use it in conjunction with a rear squeeze bag and it’s extremely stable and you don’t have to adjust everything every couple of shots like you do when using front sandbags.
You're only as good as your worst shot-
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Re: Sandbags Or Gun Vise
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10/21/19 06:47 PM
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Bull bag or that bug ass caldwell front bag and a squeeze bag in the rear or if I want to get freaky a Farley coax and Seb loaf
Last edited by 1bamashooter; 10/21/19 06:48 PM.
Keep your booger hooker off the bang switch.
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