Do you use an elbow rest?
Coming from a PB hunting background, I was taught (right handed) to keep my left elbow vertical, below the forestock and my right elbow horizontal to form a pad of muscle to place the butt against as a recoil absorber. Airguns have no applicable recoil but I still shoot like that.
Again, out of habit/training, I shoot the way I normally stand - straight - without leaning over the rifle or canting my head. (Yeah, my scopes are mounted further back than most people's).
Seems that a lot of people use a low shooting bench and sprawl over the bench, hugging the rifle. Can't see that as being comfortable or consistent. Hey, whatever works eh!
I've setup my shooting bench high enough that I can sit straight up with the rifle on the rests and use an elbow support. I find that sitting up straight reduces body contact with the rifle to shoulder, cheek, off hand and trigger and minimizes the affect of breathing and heart beat on the sight picture.
I find that sitting up straight with left elbow on the bench and right elbow braced horizontally (per my off hand style of shooting) elevated on my support (log) I'm very steady and my position is repeatable.
I bench shoot alone so I'm just curious what others do.
Cheers!
Coming from a PB hunting background, I was taught (right handed) to keep my left elbow vertical, below the forestock and my right elbow horizontal to form a pad of muscle to place the butt against as a recoil absorber. Airguns have no applicable recoil but I still shoot like that.
Again, out of habit/training, I shoot the way I normally stand - straight - without leaning over the rifle or canting my head. (Yeah, my scopes are mounted further back than most people's).
Seems that a lot of people use a low shooting bench and sprawl over the bench, hugging the rifle. Can't see that as being comfortable or consistent. Hey, whatever works eh!
I've setup my shooting bench high enough that I can sit straight up with the rifle on the rests and use an elbow support. I find that sitting up straight reduces body contact with the rifle to shoulder, cheek, off hand and trigger and minimizes the affect of breathing and heart beat on the sight picture.
I find that sitting up straight with left elbow on the bench and right elbow braced horizontally (per my off hand style of shooting) elevated on my support (log) I'm very steady and my position is repeatable.
I bench shoot alone so I'm just curious what others do.
Cheers!