f-open rig recoils right(I'm lefty)

[kzin]

Savage f-class 6br
bald eagle rest protektor slick front bag
slick protektor 1" gap rear bag

Shooting 'free' nothing touching the rifle but the trigger fingertip.

Hitting the 10 or x ring but coming to rest well right. Like halfway to the next target.

What can cause this? Eyeballing the setup looks like it should be impossible.

Can something being off level cause it?



thanks

 

[rardoin]

Try changing the angle of the rear bag relative to the rifle long axis. Keep adjusting the angle while drawing the stock back and forth into the front rest stop until it tracks dead nuts. If you can't get it to track this way you may have curvature in the stock.

 

[MFR]

It may be the torque generated by the bullet is trying to rotate the rifle in the opposite direction. This will move the rear bag slightly.

 

[memilanuk]

If you're shooting prone, rotate your body the direction that the gun is moving i.e. if the gun is recoiling right, move your legs and hips to the right. Keep moving in increments until the gun tracks straight.

 

[swd]

Maybe some curve to the bottom of the rear bag causing some unstability or tighten up the front bag within the legal limits.

 

[Alex Wheeler]

If you're shooting prone, rotate your body the direction that the gun is moving i.e. if the gun is recoiling right, move your legs and hips to the right. Keep moving in increments until the gun tracks straight.

Bingo!
Even in Benchrest this is the case. The rifle is deflecting off your shoulder. If the stock is straight it will track no matter how twisted the bags are, and bag setup cant fix a stock thats not straight. Rubber pad grab your shoulder, try some smooth tape on the pad.

 

[dcali]

It's almost all position - the recoil flows from the butt plate, through you, and into the ground - and force follows the stiffest path available. Since your body is a big part of that chain, you have a great ability to influence the resistance to recoil just by shifting or realigning your position - milanuk's post above is a great way to put it.

 

[kzin]

Ah-hah!

I was about to post 'no,no, I'm talking about f-open free recoil' and I thought about it and reread the posts and decided I'm an idiot. I'm not touching the rifle initially but it is coming back and giving my shoulder a very noticeable whack.

My hard-held ftr 223 jumps right also. My 22s don't seem to move at all, even relative to the recoil force difference. This may be the time when I need to add some volume of center-fire practice. I've been practicing entirely with 22s except for cf matches.

Thanks a lot, all.
Probably saved me a lot of wondering why I can't get the bags straight.
I also need to do the sliding check of tracking just to verify straightness though.

 

[Alex Wheeler]

If you slide the gun back in the bags and it comes off the X but returns to the X when slide back, the stock is not straight (like most). Returning to the X proves your bag setup, staying on the X proves the stock.