BoydAllen
Gold $$ Contributor
How are you guys addressing your rifles? Holding them? How much of a hold?
I have a friend that shoots Benchrest (1-200 yd.) and he was having a problem with fliers . I told him that based on what he was telling me, that his bags were too hard. As a temporary measure he tried a soft rear bag, and since he didn't have anything but heavy sand, he filled it with sawdust case cleaning medium. It worked, he shot small groups. A few days later he went to a match, and on the first day had the same problem, using his original harder bags. After the first day, he changed to a front bag that was of the inexpensive unreinforced Cordura variety, softer than what he had been using. The problem went away, and on the second day he took sixth place. I see it all the time, fellows misunderstand the complexity of the issues, ignore important issues if favor of concentrating on the load. Good luck with that. It's kind of like trying to fix your high speed mixture by fiddling with your idle stop.
I have a friend that shoots Benchrest (1-200 yd.) and he was having a problem with fliers . I told him that based on what he was telling me, that his bags were too hard. As a temporary measure he tried a soft rear bag, and since he didn't have anything but heavy sand, he filled it with sawdust case cleaning medium. It worked, he shot small groups. A few days later he went to a match, and on the first day had the same problem, using his original harder bags. After the first day, he changed to a front bag that was of the inexpensive unreinforced Cordura variety, softer than what he had been using. The problem went away, and on the second day he took sixth place. I see it all the time, fellows misunderstand the complexity of the issues, ignore important issues if favor of concentrating on the load. Good luck with that. It's kind of like trying to fix your high speed mixture by fiddling with your idle stop.