Rifle Weight and Fundamentals

[DocRDS]

So I've been a cheating lil bitch and shooting 6GT braked and suppressed in a 25 lb race gun.

Today I took my backup rifle in 6.5 Creed--basically a Howa + KRG Bravo--super light more of a hunting rifle and I REALLY had to grip that SOB to get it to shoot well. I know some PRS and F-Class guys do free recoil, and I can see that with these light cartridges. 6.5 Creed is hardly a magnum but I saw a HUGE difference today . So how is free recoil working on this "big" cartridges like a 6.5 PRC and 284 Win. It seems so counter intuitive to what I just experienced. Is it really the rifle weight having that much of an impact?

Otherwise, got some fundamentals practice in and a new load. (Good practice for stepping up to magnums--can't hide from recoil)..took me a bit and I forgot how loud an unsupressed rifle is.

 

[diggler1833]

Shooting free recoil with the larger cartridges usually involves a pretty good front and rear rest setup, otherwise your rifle isn't going to track the same every time and consistency downrange will suffer. Or, you'll have to weight/brake that rifle down to the point where recoil is negligible... easier for a GT, not so much for a PRC.

I definitely get my weight behind my magnums and shoulder them with purpose when I shoot off of stuff like fence posts. It is the best way for me to keep my impacts more predictable and prevent fliers.