What's the best way to hold a pcp gun for best accuracy? Example, do I hold on to it very tight so it won't move when I shoot. Do I press the stock against my shoulder so it doesn't kick back. Or do I hold it very light so when fire it can move/kick freely. Just a thought.
Holding for best accuracy.
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"What's the best way to hold a pcp gun for best accuracy?"
In my opinion, primary concerns are finding a hold that is comfortable and consistently repeatable.
In my opinion, primary concerns are finding a hold that is comfortable and consistently repeatable.
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Pcp does if set to high power. My .25 cal with 60 ft lb kicks a bit. Enough to move to gun.
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I agree, my 25 crown kicks a bit. So does norm’s impact. I have tried loading the bipods. It doesnt like that. So i hold it normal. Not hard not light. Cheek firmly chipmunked onto the stock . Im getting good results that way. Not nearly as sensitive as a springer
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I shoot off bags front and rear. No bi pod.
I have 2 - .25 cal. PCP guns that I do hold tight to the bags and my shoulder. Always seem to get my best groups that way.
I have a .22 cal. that is the opposite though. Only about 1/2 the FPE may have a little to do with it.
I have 2 - .25 cal. PCP guns that I do hold tight to the bags and my shoulder. Always seem to get my best groups that way.
I have a .22 cal. that is the opposite though. Only about 1/2 the FPE may have a little to do with it.
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Welll,sort of depends alot on the trigger by my way of thinking. Real lite triggers,like match triggers on bench rest rifles, you should have as little contact with the rifle as possible.Finger on the trigger and that's all.On the others that take a little to alot more pressure that's not possible without pulling the gun off target and under some situations be unsafe. What-ever way you hold it that is steadiest as the trigger breaks. That's the best advice I got. Now to be longwinded about it and make it more complicated than it has to be. What position are you in when taking the shot? Your going to use the steadiest hold available to you.Sitting,standing,prone,from a bench,cross-stiks,leaning against a tree,,propped on your knee.Resting the forestock on a bag,top of your hand,or a limb or post while shouldering it.How you are dressed,for summer or winter will affect your hold.How tight of a grip and how strongly you pull it into your shoulder and still maintain the most steady sight picture possible. They're all factors.They all affect the 'harmonics of you and the rifle if you will" differently,some slightly,, others more so. Just go shoot and try not to get analysis paralysis,lol
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As I noted in the PCP area...
Being a new guy, I tried a few things to get good groups.
What I found...just "hold" the gun. No squeezing tight, no jammed into the shoulder, no iron fisted grip. JUST enough to overcome gravity..! Just enough to not let the gun fall, and very lightly against your shoulder is what I found to get good groups, with my new .22 cal. Lelya.
Mike
Being a new guy, I tried a few things to get good groups.
What I found...just "hold" the gun. No squeezing tight, no jammed into the shoulder, no iron fisted grip. JUST enough to overcome gravity..! Just enough to not let the gun fall, and very lightly against your shoulder is what I found to get good groups, with my new .22 cal. Lelya.
Mike
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