I understand that part.. But what others seem to be suggesting is that the shooter needs to be able to prevent (dampen?) the recoil by holding the weapon firmly, and by doing so, you can somehow stop the weapon from moving that small distance that throws the shot off.

I just find that hard to believe. Not saying I'm right or wrong about it, but it just doesn't seem to make sense from everything I know about energy and motion.. And while my experience is centered around machinery that doesn't deal with any human interaction, I'm fairly certain a living person can't come even close to the accuracy and repeatability of a machine.

When I sight in my guns, I also use a bench rest or at least a bi-pod... As I did with the shotguns too.. its not like I'm standing upright holding the weapon. When I look through the scope, I can not discern any motion of the cross hairs on the target at 50 yards. Can't say that's true at 200 though..

And I can't imagine that a bit of shooting form error would result in a six to eight inch error at just 50 yards when I can shoot two hundred with a .308 with no issues.

It doesn't make sense, which takes me back to thinking its the gun or the ammo..