front rest/rear bag placement

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i have a sincliar gen II front rest with a movable stop. been wondering how to set it. should the forend be placed just an inch or two in front of the bag or should the stop be placed so more of the stock is past the bag. On the rear bag, what is the "correct" placement? Should the bag be placed snug up against the grip or further back so there's less resistance to the recoil? It's a Protektor with rabbit ears. thanks.
 
What sort of stock does your rifle have? As to the rear bag, it should not be so far forward that back of the pistol grip makes contact, either before or during firing. Many times I have seen shooters use stops on rifles that did not deliver their best performance with the front rest that far forward. I would recommend that you remove the stop and test different front bag positions. It may be that you get your best results quite a bit farther back than is possible using the stop without modification.
 
my gun..a new 223 f/tr was not returning to battery at all. was driving me crazy. need to move things around as the article says. thanks
 
DSM said:
Experiment.

This may help to get you started...
http://www.accurateshooter.com/shooting-skills/optimize-your-rifle-position-on-rests/
Click to expand...

This is a very good article. Do a ladder test at each setting of your rests. Plot the vertical versus powder charge, or even better vertical versus muzzle velocity if you have a chronograph. Pick the load and rest setting with the least vertical across several tenths of a grain of powder or tens of feet per second. Note that the optimum settings will most likely be different for each yardage. Joel's Farley rest appears to have an extended stop. You may need to make a similar one for your Sinclair, if you find your rifle shoots best with the forearm farther forward than the current stop allows.

Best of luck,
Keith
 
I found that with my 30br I had to move the stock back in the front bag until only 1/2" was hanging over the front bag in order to get the best recoil tracking possible. A slight increase in the side tension (gotta watch it though because too much will give you vertical as well) helped, too. My gun used to recoil to the point where I would run out of windage after a few shots and have to reset. Now it only moves 1/2-1" at the most...I am shooting free recoil at this time.
You can feel the difference in the amount of recoil, too, as it seems to decrease with improved tracking.
Mike
 
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