Originally Posted by
WillB
Yep this is where the rubber hits the road for me. Uphill shots prone are difficult to set up. To get a cheek weld I need to get the rifle up high, like with day bag on end - which is unstable, and if the day bag is not very full, undoable. So you end up with the buttstock on the ground and the neck in an uncomfortable position and the eye hovering behind the scope with little or no contact with the comb. Just have to “make it work” which is actually possible though. At the range I’m reasonably confident out to 300 with that, and working on 500. It’s just about knowing the rifle, knowing your body, finding a way, not letting the perfect be the enemy of the good! An adjustable comb would certainly help in those circumstances but I’m starting to think that the best solution is just lots of practice, rather than having more weight, and yet another thing to fiddle with - range finder, dial, parallax... comb height.... aahg, it’s moved behind a bush. Plus of course other shooting positions - off the knees etc. It does seem to me that a rifle stock must perforce be a compromise between the different requirements of different field positions.