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    BiPod shooting sticks

    I use a few things as the shoulders aren't good, so I adapt one thing I have is the Bi pod shooting sticks, they can take a bit of adapting.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kotuku View Post
    i have aseen the shoulder stance used whilst attending an army shoot by TF troops in practise for freyberg trophy.the gunner was an ex chopper shooter and wait for it it was a Bren .
    they took out the target just before directing staff reamed both out for the antic! the other with modern troopies -well the stance when i first saw it left me speechless -FFS what would ya mates say -"'oh look newtons 3rd law of gravity in action -its a blowjob either way!"
    wonder how the kneeler felt when this was circulated.OUCH
    I've seen this photo before, and I have to admit, the poor guy does not look happy that his jaxie is being used as a rifle rest. I wonder if he lost a bet.
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    Quote Originally Posted by northdude View Post
    Also doubles as bush wife

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    Quote Originally Posted by dannyb View Post
    Also doubles as bush wife
    Do you and northdude have some kind of mutual agreement?
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    Quote Originally Posted by 300wsm for life View Post
    Do people no longer practise the art of free standing shots without rests?
    I remember reading the old deer cullers books, think it may have been someone like Phillip Holden, they said always use the best rest you could get. Prone over anything, sitting or resting on something and then as an absolute last resort, standing. Solid advice I’ve always used in the bush, why risk screwing up the shot standing when you had the option to rest on something


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    Quote Originally Posted by NZAlpine View Post
    I remember reading the old deer cullers books, think it may have been someone like Phillip Holden, they said always use the best rest you could get. Prone over anything, sitting or resting on something and then as an absolute last resort, standing. Solid advice I’ve always used in the bush, why risk screwing up the shot standing when you had the option to rest on something


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    Why is standing the position of last resort ? It is the position most game is shot from and the position that should be practiced most. What about standing and using a tree as a rest. Done correctly, which for a right hander means shooting off the right side of the tree with the back of the left wrist forced into the tree with pressure from the right leg locking it all together. Just as good as prone.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dannyb View Post
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    The frame in your pack makes for a decent rest.The longest shots I have pulled off have been off a pack or a pack frame.

    Learn your trigger control and sight picture from a rest,then prone,then prone with a sling,sitting with a sling.sitting,kneeling and finally standing.But the time you can shoot well standing you will have the most of it.
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    I use this selfmade shooting stick.
    Fully adjustable even on uneven slopes,- just push or pull one leg in or out.
    Weighs only 250grams and is approx,80cm long and
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    Or you can stay within 300 yards and keep life a lot simpler.

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    norsk you are spot on with that one.....my K2 Hunter frame has helped me take a few longer shots....shot a heap off my knees when in wallaby country,most shots are across gully so it suits the best.
    pretty good standing at 50 yards or less...but will take a rest whenever I can,had a few ballsups over the years because I didnt do so.
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