How to shoot a Contender Accurately?

[ronsatspokane]

Yes. Very good barrels. One of my MGM's is a 20 Vartarg- sweet shooter!

I agree. I have one of their .22 long rifle barrels for the Encore. That barrel shoots better than any other rimfire I have. Not bad for 50 yards given the wind that day.

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[best defense]

I took a Contender shooting yesterday and tried to shoot 38 Special reloads accurately at 50 yards. I have a 2-7x Redfield rifle scope on it at 7x. My plan was to shoot this to get accuracy results of the ammo in question while getting velocities using a magnetospeed chronograph. The accuracy was disappointing. VERY disappointing. I think it was in my technique. I have a cheapo plastic Caldwell “Pistoleer” pistol rest and I’m sure that was not helping. The remedial technique I came up with was to add a folded towel to the plastic rest then hold the gun on top of the “Vee” with my right hand while holding the scope with my left hand and resting the left arm on the towel draped over the “vee”. Kinda hard to describe... I’m not sure this will work and am open to other suggestions on how to shoot these contenders better?

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I have a couple of T/C contenders they are not my most accurate firearms.