Airgun: RAW BM500x 30cal
Rest: front rest, I'll leave the name out of this for the time being... Rear rest of a ProtektorModel http://protektormodel.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=291
Scope: Sightron SSIII 10-50x60 at 50x
Shooting in a 75y BR competition.
I have taken the approach of using as little human contact on the rifle as possible. Keep the gun level, in the same position on the rests for each and every shot. Now the 30cal has some recoil, there is a "stop" on the front rest, so fire and push the rifle forward until it hits the stop.
So I'm in the "sight in" phase pre competition and I notice something. Pull the trigger, the gun "jumps". The crosshairs are on top of the shot (POI), but not where they were when I pulled the trigger (POA). Over and over I see this happening. Most of the time the "jump" is to the right and down, sometimes though it'll be right and up or left and down. When this happen and the pellet isn't a flyer, the shot lands exactly where the crosshairs end up resting.
Okay I think, maybe I need to hold this guns recoil. So I try various grips, pushes, adding shoulder, etc, etc. Bottom line is the "jump" is reduced but the effect is the same. Unless its a flyer pellet, where ever the crossharis end up stopping is where the POI is.
I suspect the front rest is goofy. But I also wonder about the very hard rear bag.
So those with good front rests, does your gun "jump" around on the rest?
Rest: front rest, I'll leave the name out of this for the time being... Rear rest of a ProtektorModel http://protektormodel.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=291
Scope: Sightron SSIII 10-50x60 at 50x
Shooting in a 75y BR competition.
I have taken the approach of using as little human contact on the rifle as possible. Keep the gun level, in the same position on the rests for each and every shot. Now the 30cal has some recoil, there is a "stop" on the front rest, so fire and push the rifle forward until it hits the stop.
So I'm in the "sight in" phase pre competition and I notice something. Pull the trigger, the gun "jumps". The crosshairs are on top of the shot (POI), but not where they were when I pulled the trigger (POA). Over and over I see this happening. Most of the time the "jump" is to the right and down, sometimes though it'll be right and up or left and down. When this happen and the pellet isn't a flyer, the shot lands exactly where the crosshairs end up resting.
Okay I think, maybe I need to hold this guns recoil. So I try various grips, pushes, adding shoulder, etc, etc. Bottom line is the "jump" is reduced but the effect is the same. Unless its a flyer pellet, where ever the crossharis end up stopping is where the POI is.
I suspect the front rest is goofy. But I also wonder about the very hard rear bag.
So those with good front rests, does your gun "jump" around on the rest?