Machineguntony
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Ok fellas, help out a bolt gun noob.
I’m very good at shooting machine guns. That’s my main discipline.
I just started getting into bolt action shooting.
How the heck does one stay on target, to get .5 MOA at 100 yards? One would think that just the shooters’ natural heart beat would cause a slight movement in the cross hairs, and thus a shift in the POI. Thus, just the act of leaning against the rifle and pulling the trigger should be enough to change the POI ever so slightly.
Best I can get is like 1.5 MOA. I can ding steel at 750 yards all day long.
To get something like sub MOA, do you rest the gun in a shooting sled and just have minimal contact with the rifle? Do you also use a light trigger so that the squeeze of the trigger doesn’t move the gun?
I’m using a 308 cal Remington 700 SPS tactical with a Rugged Silencer and a Vortex 24x scope. Unless I’m not contacting the gun, the crosshairs always move, if even a little. Everything is stock, except the silencer. I’m shooting off a Caldwell bean bag.
I’m very good at shooting machine guns. That’s my main discipline.
I just started getting into bolt action shooting.
How the heck does one stay on target, to get .5 MOA at 100 yards? One would think that just the shooters’ natural heart beat would cause a slight movement in the cross hairs, and thus a shift in the POI. Thus, just the act of leaning against the rifle and pulling the trigger should be enough to change the POI ever so slightly.
Best I can get is like 1.5 MOA. I can ding steel at 750 yards all day long.
To get something like sub MOA, do you rest the gun in a shooting sled and just have minimal contact with the rifle? Do you also use a light trigger so that the squeeze of the trigger doesn’t move the gun?
I’m using a 308 cal Remington 700 SPS tactical with a Rugged Silencer and a Vortex 24x scope. Unless I’m not contacting the gun, the crosshairs always move, if even a little. Everything is stock, except the silencer. I’m shooting off a Caldwell bean bag.