Thread: Seriously underrated 6.5x47 Lapua

Originally Posted by Flyblown

Most people these days shoot prone/bipod with the non-trigger hand tucked in under the buttstock. And all power to them. I learnt to shoot prone a long time ago with no bipod, supporting the air rifle or .22 with my left hand, then the same with centrefires. And no amount of anything can get me to change that now, irrespective of what kind of rest is up front.

Interestingly my wife who is army trained, also controls the forend with her left hand, for exactly the same reason, most of the training was done without a forend rest, especially with the R4. Now she tells me this evening that when using the 7.62 R1 (FN-FAL) with the bipod, the taught position was still left hand on the rifle forend, which obviously is at odds with the US Military for example.

Just a simple case of old habits die very hard, when the old habit doesn't appear to hinder you in anyway then why change?

Not wrapping through the sling and locking the rifle in, just feels plain weird to me, and you shoot just as well as the guys that have bipods and rear rests. And you can transfer the same hold to kneeling, sitting and standing. Maybe I'm just a control freak.