As someone who spend most of his time shooting either off a bench setup or bipods when hunting I've not really spent much time off a pack. I had a quick ad hoc shooting session today to get a couple rifles back on paper after swapping some scopes around and all I had in the car to use was an old pillow which I jammed into my pack. Probably not ideal as it was fairly fluffy and not really something inherent to accuracy but it got me thinking about technique when not using a rest or bipod where you can consistently load up the rifle. Even more so I played with my hold on the rifle to see how much difference it made between what was basically free recoil and pulling the rifle into my shoulder somewhat and it did make some difference to POI.
Got me wondering if I was to spend some time practicing this and the techniques involved and whats better or worse in such a scenario. I didn't have my slings with me today either to try working them like you would shooting freehand or kneeling so that's something I'm yet to try or experience.
anyone got any insight into shooting off a pack? do you do anything different to a bipod? anything you've noticed? anything you've got wrong? anything you've found that's worth focusing on? Obviously something firmer than an old pillow would be better but when that's all you've got that's all you've got.
Got me wondering if I was to spend some time practicing this and the techniques involved and whats better or worse in such a scenario. I didn't have my slings with me today either to try working them like you would shooting freehand or kneeling so that's something I'm yet to try or experience.
anyone got any insight into shooting off a pack? do you do anything different to a bipod? anything you've noticed? anything you've got wrong? anything you've found that's worth focusing on? Obviously something firmer than an old pillow would be better but when that's all you've got that's all you've got.
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