Thread: New Tikka .308 zeroing issues

Originally Posted by 257weatherby

@JohnDuxbury , I was taught to and have been using sling wrap and hold the fore end for about 40yrs, off hand and over a pack or without, over sandbags, leaning on corners ect ect, you reckon everything I've shot's coming back to get me?, I reckon not. Weather I actually agree with Nathen Foster or not, fact is, his whole life is about shooting based knowledge, am curious, what are your credentials to "peer review" him?, particularly so dismissively?

I agree, Nathan is all about hunting and field work. What Nathan emphasizes is to 'be consistent'. More than 50% of the animals I have taken have been offhand shots, so I have to hold the forend. Supported shots can be any kind of rest so again I hold the forend. For target stuff John D is likely correct, for example the Houston Warehouse shooters found that having the rifle untouched by human hand except the trigger, produced the best groups, but that free recoil stuff wont work for hunting .