Rifle is a Savage MK II 22 cal with stainless bull barrel. Shooting is informal matches at local club at 100 yds. I have a caldwell front rest with the leather protector bag and a protector rear bag. How hard should the rear bag and the front rest bag be ?
I have found it to be so and that is why, on the bench, I always use a rest/bags. I mostly use a BiPod, in the field. …..when bench resting a 22 cal rifle is there any difference in accuracy if you are using a bipod or front rest ?
Is your forend flat or rounded?
Width of your forend?
Probably front rest.
Front and rear bags should not be hard.
What kind of sand are you using?
Is the spacing on the rear bag properly spaced for the bottom of the buttstock?
Is the very bottom of your buttstock flat on the bottom or rounded?
If flat, what is the width of the very bottom of your buttstock?
Yeah, definitely not required for a rimfire.No need to remove swivel studs.
forearm is flat about 2" wide
The sand that came in the rests
bottom of butt stock does not go all the way to the bottom of the bag
bottom of butt stock is round
sling swivels have been removed
Two typical competition forend widths is 2.25" and 3".
Is there a lot or a little slop width wise with your forend and front bag?
Does the bottom of your buttstock ride close to the bottom of the "V" of your ears or halfway down or close to the top of the ears?
Is there a little give in the body of the bag and in the ears of the rear bag or is it real tight/hard?
Same with your front bag. Does it have some give or rock hard or real tight?
Do you squeeze the rear bag or the ears of the rear bag for fine adjustment?
There is very little slop in the front bag and the butt stock sits about half way in the rear bag Both bags are fairly hard
I do squeeze the rear ears to fine tune my sight
It's not an accuracy thing. It's a stability thing. There is no bipod that will ever be as stable as a great, big, bag of sand. Ok, it doesn't need to be a great, big, bag.