Originally Posted by
bronko22000
I cannot believe that touching the end off the barrel on any object doesn't affect barrel harmonics. That goes against all laws of physics. Any contact with the barrel at any point will affect POI of the bullet to some degree. I wouldn't trust doing this on any shot beyond 50 yards. And I that range I know I can put a bullet in a deer's vitals 10 times out of 10 offhand.
But the reason I believe Ron is practicing shooting offhand is twofold. One is to better himself and the other is to improve his shot chances at game. I've seen some of the pictures of the game he has taken and the terrain he hunts. Not much in the way of natural rests/supports. He has to rely on his own shooting sticks or take an offhand shot. Ron please correct me if I'm wrong.
I don't blame you. I don't believe it either. Until I try it, on the rifle I'm going to use it on. It may be different on the next one. That's why I said try it AT THE RANGE. I didn't believe it either. I just KNEW by nothing more than looking when it occurred to me to LOOK I knew instantly that it made a WORLD of difference in holding those cross hairs or iron sights either one on the target.
When that steel rang at a distance I'd NEVER HIT IT STANDING before I knew I had to try this again, and again, and again... Then I knew I had a useful tool in the field worth putting in my bag of tricks. I've been testing it and using it about a year or so now and this thread is the very first time I've ever shared it. So far so good with every rifle I've used it with. Try it out, see what happens. I'm not asking to BUY it or anything. It's free.
ONE RIFLE I've NOT used this tip with and I would not expect much from is a Handy Rifle. They are VERY picky about that kind of thing and make huge differences even from a bench on where you put the support even on the wood and even worse when people REST the barrel on sand bags or any kind of bench set up.