Don't know if this is the appropriate place to ask...but it is rimfire related.
So, I've got a fairly stock Savage 93FVSS (WMR). Have adjusted the trigger down to 2.5lbs, have all screws torqued to spec and installed a Nikon M-223 2-8x scope and Harris bi-pod.
I've got it shooting about 1.4" at 100m (109yds).
I think I could do better but there is one issue that I know is affecting accuracy...my heart, which I can't factor out of the equation ;-)
Specifically, as my heart beats the scope ever so slightly moves.
Not much of course, but a steady beat back and forth...what looks like an inch or so on the target through the scope.
Of course I try and release the trigger at the same point every time, but I know this must be affecting accuracy.
So how do you guys deal with this...are there specific breathing exercises you do. Currently I'm doing the 'three deep breaths, exhale, and when the crosshairs settle squeeze.
I guess I'm asking...is rear-bagging the rifle the only way around this?
Or is 1.4" at 100m okay off a bi-pod and no rear support?
Thanks.
So, I've got a fairly stock Savage 93FVSS (WMR). Have adjusted the trigger down to 2.5lbs, have all screws torqued to spec and installed a Nikon M-223 2-8x scope and Harris bi-pod.
I've got it shooting about 1.4" at 100m (109yds).
I think I could do better but there is one issue that I know is affecting accuracy...my heart, which I can't factor out of the equation ;-)
Specifically, as my heart beats the scope ever so slightly moves.
Not much of course, but a steady beat back and forth...what looks like an inch or so on the target through the scope.
Of course I try and release the trigger at the same point every time, but I know this must be affecting accuracy.
So how do you guys deal with this...are there specific breathing exercises you do. Currently I'm doing the 'three deep breaths, exhale, and when the crosshairs settle squeeze.
I guess I'm asking...is rear-bagging the rifle the only way around this?
Or is 1.4" at 100m okay off a bi-pod and no rear support?
Thanks.