New to high powered rifles - shoulder pain
#42
I read the initial thread and respond the the originator.
I don't claim to be an expert but I've been in this game a long long time to help a new shooter out.
#43
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Allegan, MI
Posts: 8,019
I agree. And I made my suggestion because I've seen way too many shooters hunched over on the bench and complaining recoil. And being that it was his 4th shot and not the other 3 the solution was clearly not the rifle but his shooting form.
I read the initial thread and respond the the originator.
I don't claim to be an expert but I've been in this game a long long time to help a new shooter out.
I read the initial thread and respond the the originator.
I don't claim to be an expert but I've been in this game a long long time to help a new shooter out.
#44
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Allegan, MI
Posts: 8,019
#45
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: So Cal
Posts: 55
I've been shooting my rifle with no problem since I got feedback on form on this forum. The problem was, I was placing the butt on the WRONG part of the shoulder when sitting on the bench. All I did was to bring the rifle up while standing, then sit at the bench. I did this a few times, and now my muscles "remember" exactly where to place the rifle when sitting on the bench without having to stand first.
Eye relief is good, the rifle has a recoil pad on the butt, and there is no pain from recoil. Thanks all for the helpful tips!. I am 100% in a 4 inch radius accurate on 60 yards off hand with my rifle. I always look at the target, then bring the rifle up. So I am sure that if I stay in this short range when I see my first deer, I will get it (unless the nerves get me first). I wouldn't try to shoot a deer farther than 50 yards for now, and that is a rare occasion in VT anyway...
Eye relief is good, the rifle has a recoil pad on the butt, and there is no pain from recoil. Thanks all for the helpful tips!. I am 100% in a 4 inch radius accurate on 60 yards off hand with my rifle. I always look at the target, then bring the rifle up. So I am sure that if I stay in this short range when I see my first deer, I will get it (unless the nerves get me first). I wouldn't try to shoot a deer farther than 50 yards for now, and that is a rare occasion in VT anyway...
#48
TG the pad would have just been for shooting OFF THE BENCH. I guess I should have been more clear. But the slip on pad was only to be used if he WAS NOT shooting off the bench as upright as possible.
I use a slip on Limb Saver pad when shooting my big boys to verify zero and then send a few more down range without it. It saves the shoulder and IMO better than using a lead sled.
Nothing I said would degrade his shooting. Heck for that matter he could slip a cushion under his shirt when shooting off the bench. What is all boiled down to was his form
I use a slip on Limb Saver pad when shooting my big boys to verify zero and then send a few more down range without it. It saves the shoulder and IMO better than using a lead sled.
Nothing I said would degrade his shooting. Heck for that matter he could slip a cushion under his shirt when shooting off the bench. What is all boiled down to was his form
#49
I usually anticipate the shot. I squint my eyes, grit my teeth, clench my butt cheeks and jerk the trigger really hard while flinching like one of Michael Vick's pit bulls. I never notice the recoil this way.
#50
They may sound funny but that is the way my idiot cousin shoots. But he is a total A-hole anyway so I don't even try to tell him.