Let me start by saying I'm very new to this, don't know squat and willing to learn. I've watched all of Lowlight's video's and have been working on my fundamentals of marksmanship for a couple months now.
My issue is: while shooting a .308 semi-auto prone off a front bipod and rear bag, I line up to the rifle with what I think is proper alignment, load the bipod, focus on trigger control and follow through. During recoil, my natural point of aim is shifting right and it's hard to stay on target with the scope during follow through. After a 5 shot string, I either need to move my body or the rifle to get proper alignment again.
It's the worst on concrete, only slightly better with the shooting pad under the bipod, tolerable but still not good on dirt/grass. I can control it to a large degree by what I think is "overloading" the bipod and putting a lot of forward pressure on the rifle through my shoulder and into the bipod. I'm afraid I'm going to develop a bad habit of overloading the bipod to fix another bad habit with body position or other bad habit already developed.
So,
Is this normal for a semi-auto .308 and something I just need to live with?
Does this indicate I might not be squared up behind the rifle properly, either slanted right or left behind the rifle (I shoot left-handed)?
I'm doing something goofy with my trigger hand during recoil? I'm only putting slight pressure backward with my free fingers and trying to maintain 90 degrees on the trigger finger.
Something else I'm doing wrong? My groups are decent (for me at least), so I think my fundamentals aren't too drastically off, but might need some tweaking.
My issue is: while shooting a .308 semi-auto prone off a front bipod and rear bag, I line up to the rifle with what I think is proper alignment, load the bipod, focus on trigger control and follow through. During recoil, my natural point of aim is shifting right and it's hard to stay on target with the scope during follow through. After a 5 shot string, I either need to move my body or the rifle to get proper alignment again.
It's the worst on concrete, only slightly better with the shooting pad under the bipod, tolerable but still not good on dirt/grass. I can control it to a large degree by what I think is "overloading" the bipod and putting a lot of forward pressure on the rifle through my shoulder and into the bipod. I'm afraid I'm going to develop a bad habit of overloading the bipod to fix another bad habit with body position or other bad habit already developed.
So,
Is this normal for a semi-auto .308 and something I just need to live with?
Does this indicate I might not be squared up behind the rifle properly, either slanted right or left behind the rifle (I shoot left-handed)?
I'm doing something goofy with my trigger hand during recoil? I'm only putting slight pressure backward with my free fingers and trying to maintain 90 degrees on the trigger finger.
Something else I'm doing wrong? My groups are decent (for me at least), so I think my fundamentals aren't too drastically off, but might need some tweaking.
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