Originally Posted by
SecondChance
Now it makes it real interesting. If you are able to fire these groups with your 308 at "a couple hundred yards", then you should have the working knowledge of how to properly hold a weapon for sight in purposes. I know that of us who shoot BenchRest, this method is slightly incorrect, but same animal. Give it a try and see what happens.
I'm no weapons specialist by any measure.. But I can shoot straight... Air Force gave me the marksmanship award for a perfect score on the range. I've never found it difficult to "point and shoot".. Aim, hold breath, apply continuous pressure to the trigger...
If it gets any more complicated than that, (humidity, temperature, wind, etc etc), then I'm lost at that point... Although I can compensate for gravity drop as needed.
I just would have never thought that firing a shotgun would be any different than firing a regular rifle.. I've never even heard anyone mention this fact so I find that a bit odd..
I'm going to take your advice next time I shoot but I am still finding it hard to believe that anything a human does differently from a regular rifle to a shotgun could possibly make any difference.. The chain of events happen so fast that I just can't imagine human technique having an influence that is significantly different between a shotgun and a rifle. But as I said, I'm no expert on the subject.