sungazer wrote:in2anity wrote:sungazer wrote:It is a proven effect. not sure where I could point you to off the top of my head though. A lot of competition shooters also shoot with very little check weld or none at all, so that is not really an issue. Think of a tight rope walker using a long pole for balance. It is the length of the pole that changes the point of momentum that helps steady him. It was shown very often in different ways on the TV show "The science of being stupid".
Huh with all due respect exactly what competition are you talking about here? I ain't no F-class supported shooter, but I grew up shooting fullbore and UIT target these days mainly metallic silhouette, and cheek weld is absolutely paramount in achieving consistent sight alignment.
A lot of Bench Rest guys (depending on class), a lot of F class whether shooting off a rest or bipod F/TR. Have a read over on the oz fclass forum some of the guys or should i say most of the guys over there are the very top F class shooters in Australia currently preparing to go to Canada for the world championships. A quote from over there
"To the point that free recoiling rifle setups can and are being used. There is no forearm grip being used, there is no cheek weld being used, even contact of the
butt with the shoulder is not used. The grip of the rifle by the trigger hand is not always used the trigger is being pulled by a pincer motion of two fingers."
"True. I've ended up shooting FTR totally "Free Recoil" with a specially designed low long stiff rifle using big bullets and a Very light trigger."
Fair enough - I must say that F-class and benchrest realm is a discipline I've had zero experience with. I guess I comes down to what OP's end goal is - but if it's tradiotional fullbore or hunting I still say lowest rings possible is ideal