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  1. bluesteel

    Training Courses Training for a new shooter in CA?

    Thanks cowtown44. Shot Mike an email to check. Djskit, definitely looking forward to that one. Just wanted to see if there was anything else between now and then.
  2. bluesteel

    New shooter needs some help from a bench

    Yea, I've had a few people recommend I go out there. Need to find someone from the East Bay I can carpool with. :)
  3. bluesteel

    New shooter needs some help from a bench

    Thanks for the detailed response. You addressed quite a few things I was unclear about. I understand the 6.5 Creedmoor is a little lighter on the recoil, but I don't know by how much. Should any of this change to handle a heavier-recoiling 308?
  4. bluesteel

    New shooter needs some help from a bench

    Sometimes I use a bipod but this session I had a large sandbag up front and medium sized bag in the rear. Bags were adjusted such that I could get my point of aim right be lightly squeezing/releasing the rear bag. Nothing too forced. Movement from my breathing seems to be related to how...
  5. bluesteel

    New shooter needs some help from a bench

    I was experimenting with a few different aspects of my body position today while shooting from a bench. I was able to improve my group size quite a bit (which I'm happy with), but I'm sort of questioning what was working for me. Wanted to throw a few things out there to make sure I'm not...
  6. bluesteel

    Playing with seating depth

    I'm shooting a Remington 700 AAC-SD in .308, with an AICS chassis. I've been loading to a 2.860" OAL to make sure they fit the magazine and will feed properly. With the stock Remington, the throat's pretty long so the only way I can get anywhere near the lands would be to single-feed. I tried...
  7. bluesteel

    Training Courses Training for a new shooter in CA?

    I'm a fairly new shooter in the Bay Area, CA looking for some hands-on training. I can't make it out to the Rifles Only class next month, and wanted to see if anyone had some other recommendations.