Prone position muscles vs. bones

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He's "cheating" but you have to look closely to see what's going on. He's resting the magazine on the ground and using it as sort of a "monopod".
You're EXACTLY RIGHT...he IS cheating. Monopoding DOES NOT allow your body to "learn" the right position for prone, and is counterproductive. Anybody I catch "monopoding" on my line will be chastised and encouraged to do prone the "right" way...like kraigwy's pics. Only thing I don't like is his "support leg"...he's digging his toe in. We like the foot laying flat (some folks can't do that though).

Ben
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Based on who the shooter is and what he is doing I suspect he knows he is cheating and doing it pretty well and quickly. That a USAMU action shooter doing three gun and I'm pretty sure it is Daniel Horner who I shot with before he got the Army haircut. I'm guessing he will hit what he is trying to hit. In 3 gun a sling would be a disaster and monopodding is not illegal. Whatever works, the fastest. Hey! Kinda like life!
 
Lot of good, and classic, advice. The prone position is considered by many/most to be the most stable.
My advice flies in the face of what most of the experts teach.
I say, do what works for you.
Reason I say that is because I just cannot shoot from the prone. I can't breath, my neck won't crank up high enough to get a comfortable position or see the sights and my elbows roll around like they have ball bearings in them. For me, the prone is the worst position possible.
I used to like the sitting position with cross-sticks (bi-pod) and/or locking my arms inside my knees. Both are easier and more natural. And I can breath.
 
Reason I say that is because I just cannot shoot from the prone. I can't breath, my neck won't crank up high enough to get a comfortable position or see the sights and my elbows roll around like they have ball bearings in them. For me, the prone is the worst position possible.
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This is why a good coach in invaluable. There are people with disabilities out there and there are coaches who are good working with disabilities.

My wife broke her back when she came off a colt in 1999. In 2003 she was activated and sent to the ME. Before any reservest were deployed they had to qualify. Because of her back she couldn't get into the prone position. (She didnt tell me about it before, she always shot offhand).

I went with her to Benning while she processed for deployment. My intention was either to go to the range to work with her (being a retired officer I could have pulled it off) or contact the AMU for someone to help her. Turns out the infantry school had good coaches so neither of the above two options were needed. They not only got her a prone postition she was comfortable with, but they were able to get her to shoot "expert".

Not to "toot" my horn but I have a gift for getting people into good positions they otherwise don't think they can do.
 
Not to "toot" my horn but I have a gift for getting people into good positions they otherwise don't think they can do.
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If this weren't a firearm forum, I would think that meant something else...:D:D

I agree with Kraigwy, having a coach to teach you proper technique is invaluable...
 
Thanks for the suggestions. I don't have any real disabilities. The problem described has been with me always. In my 20s I couldn't do prone properly and nothing has changed except my stomach has gone from flat to round. I still can't do prone in my 70s.
 
Reading this thread I'm having flashbacks to many boring hours spent around that stupid barrel with the dots on it at Camp Pendleton in the late 80's. Getting my xxit jumped because I was in the wrong position initially.
 
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