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Section 6: Rifles Subject: 358W Custom Msg# 970763
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Hi Mark,
I learned the erect shooting position from the bench when I started shooting 375/416. At the range in Fairbanks the seats were just like you described and you were almost laying behind the gun. I use to take my own seat so I could sit erect behind the gun. I remember shooting very many rounds through the 375 at one session almost always gave me a headache. I finally found that a small sand bag between the rifle butt and the shoulder made long sessions at the bench a lot more comfortable. Frank |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: Your early one sounds like the one in the NRA Gunsmithing book! Your later one is really a work of art, though. I've always thought in order to good work you need good tools. In my case, if they are homemade, they aren't pretty, but they are sturdy and they work. Just as a for instance, most benchrests are too short from seat to benchtop. Since I was going to necessarily have a fixed height, I was careful to make the distsance between the two great enough that I could practically sit up straight--it's almost like shooting offhand from the waist up. That really makes it a lot more comfortable to shoot loudenboomers off the bench, as you can get the buttstock in your shoulder pocket rather than practically resting it against the top of your shoulder as some fixed benches force one to do. 
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