What is your "Long Range" Rifle Platform?

[50wt]

And High quality optics

As an anecdote I was able to see .223 hits on a plate at 1200 at 10x. Clarity > power

Nice. Can you share what scope ?

 

[lukewarm_fuzz]

Nice. Can you share what scope ?

Binos. Swaro nl pures.

 

[northny]

Recoil management

Spent a long time working on “ recoil management” trying to spot my misses. Making sure I was square to rifle, and having the right muzzle brake, etc. not blinking, etc. I didn’t improve much until I changed one thing. A lighter recoiling rifle (6.5 cm) in a heavy chassis with a bunch of weight out on end of stock. At 19 pounds all in, suddenly I was a master at “recoil management” with the 6.5

I think I have an extra 12 oz on my .308 pushing 20 lbs

So to me recoil management came down to increasing rifle weight. Taking a 10 to 11 pound varmint rifle, increase weight to 19 lbs and there you go.

Momentum =mass X velocity.

Increase the mass ( weight) and velocity decreases.

 

[Mudflap621]

Spent a long time working on “ recoil management” trying to spot my misses. Making sure I was square to rifle, and having the right muzzle brake, etc. not blinking, etc. I didn’t improve much until I changed one thing. A lighter recoiling rifle (6.5 cm) in a heavy chassis with a bunch of weight out on end of stock. At 19 pounds all in, suddenly I was a master at “recoil management” with the 6.5

I think I have an extra 12 oz on my .308 pushing 20 lbs

So to me recoil management came down to increasing rifle weight. Taking a 10 to 11 pound varmint rifle, increase weight to 19 lbs and there you go.

Momentum =mass X velocity.

Increase the mass ( weight) and velocity decreases.

Weight definitely helps but without good fundamentals it’s still going to be hard to overcome. Weight can also hide a lot of flaws which is good and bad at the same time haha.

My comp guns are right at 23#s and when I go over to a 10# 7 saum I know right away if I got lazy.

 

[50wt]

Mine is

Weight definitely helps but without good fundamentals it’s still going to be hard to overcome. Weight can also hide a lot of flaws which is good and bad at the same time haha.

My comp guns are right at 23#s and when I go over to a 10# 7 saum I know right away if I got lazy.

What caliber are you shooting ?

 

[northny]

Weight definitely helps but without good fundamentals it’s still going to be hard to overcome. Weight can also hide a lot of flaws which is good and bad at the same time haha.

Valid point. You can get lazy on trigger squeeze on a heavy rifle (or other fundamentals)

My practice weapon is an 11-12 lbs .223 with no brake. I shoot it mostly at 200 yards. It shows if I’ve been lazy about using weight instead of fundamentals