Re: rear bag or mono pod ???
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Graham</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Northern50</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Graham</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Was anyone going to mention that a rear bag is used for shooting; and a monopod is not? </div></div>Oh thanks for informing me. I guess I was doing it all wrong the last four matches I've shot with the .50 cal at 1000 yards in Nebraska.. I guess a second and a third place didn't happen since I used a monopod shot off the ground every year.</div></div>.50s are not shot like light and medium rifles, and that's a clue to why the difference in technique could work well in your case, but of course you already know that since you are - by your own assessment - a rock star.
Note: It is important not to get caught-up in one's own achievements. One's place in any competition depends mostly on... You guessed it... The competition.
And review: I'm not sying it can't be done; what I'm saying is that this is not the intended use of a monopod. </div></div>
Please, explain how the .50 is such a different mythical beast than a standard rifle? Besides weighing 48 pounds, a rifle is still a rifle, you still put your shoulder to the stock and look down the scope.
I'm not saying I'm a "rockstar", more like an idiot behind the trigger. And for the record shooting with world record .50 cal shooters seems to be pretty stiff competition. Just saying.
But when someone says monopods are not for shooting, I begin to question where your statement has any credibility from?
Could you please explain how, and why mono pods aren't for shooting? I'm sure there are others here who would like to be enlightened, I am one of them.