The poor mans bi-pod
I remember the days when I was learning how to shoot and always tried to put each round in the same hole at 100yds regardless of which type of rifle I was shooting. My novice approach to shooting exposed my nieve goals of trying to make an SKS rifle a tack driver. Instead of compensating my aiming for eveyr hit, I should have just aimed the center X and tried to get withing 4 inches and then call it a day. Each rifle is capable of shooting a certain group, but sometimes we do exceed a rifles potential and it’s time to move on to something better.
I’ve seen guys throw bipods on rifles and shoot no better than I did when I just shoved my folded rifle cases up and used them for stability. One of those inexpensive Uncle Mikes case will give you several inches of rise and if you get in a good firing position, keep your barrel off the fabric, you should be able to get as stable as a bi-pod. Bi-pods will help reduce your wobble, but they still don’t mean rock steady balance if your firing position isn’t good.
The organized gun owner is the guy that shows up at the range and never says, “aw frack” I forgot fill in the blank. Some people may think that carrying their sight in tools is pointless if the gun is already sighted in. I’m sure some of you reading this chuckled when they read that, but the reality is the serious shooter knows that even though he’s tightened everything down, stuff comes loose. If it’s got a screw in it, it will come loose unless regular checkups are peformed. I read a good write up by Pat Rogers where he suggested marking the tops of everything that needs locking down with a market of some sort. Probable the best advice I’d pass on to friends.
Soft cases are usually made of nylon and many of the assault cases are designed similiarly. Assault rifle cases are very practical because they hold and organize your magazines. I highly recommend marking the case for a specific rifle just so you don’t get your semi-autos gun magazines mixed up. If you don’t need something like an assault rifle case, then and easy think to do is just a zip up soft case or gun sock. You may want to look into a range bag which can hold staplers or even handguns and magazines as well as ammo.
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