A sling is handy for offhand, sitting, kneeling and prone. I only have this photo in prone. Using a sling and shooting glove. !964, by the way.
Quote from: crazyhorse1 on January 19, 2017, 12:10:52 AMA sling is handy for offhand, sitting, kneeling and prone. I only have this photo in prone. Using a sling and shooting glove. !964, by the way.\thanks for sharing the pic.. where was that taken?
very cool.. must feel like 2 lifetimes ago
Quote from: Steelontarget on January 18, 2017, 09:37:07 PMI hate it when people like this hold the rifle incorrectly and still hit targets like this with regularity. And no! I'm not jealous! I just think that there's a right way and a wrong way to hold a rifle. She is still holding the rifle incorrectly. And don't tell me that I hate to admit when I'm wrong Does anyone notice that she's probably counting her steps as she walks backwards from the target?Wrong hold for you maybe.Obviously right for her..Open sights too.Only thing I do differently is keep my left elbow directly under the rifle.I was taught that way when I was 12 yo in 1958 at my Junior Division NRA Club.Also use the thumb-along-the side grip.
I hate it when people like this hold the rifle incorrectly and still hit targets like this with regularity. And no! I'm not jealous! I just think that there's a right way and a wrong way to hold a rifle. She is still holding the rifle incorrectly. And don't tell me that I hate to admit when I'm wrong Does anyone notice that she's probably counting her steps as she walks backwards from the target?
The pre-war (pre-1942) model 70 rifles had the safety on the left side of the rifle. After 1942 they put the safety on the right side of the bolt.He appears to have just moved the safety from the SAFE position to the FIRE position but hadn't moved his thumb back over the top of the stock when the photographer took the picture.So, I don't think it was his technique to keep the thumb to the side of the stock like an air gunner.I've got a model 70 "bull gun" made in 1938 with a 15X Unertl scope similar to the one on the rifle. Even though the bull gun is a little heavier than the USMC model 70 it still kicks enough that I still would like to have a good grip on it with the thumb on top of the stock and not to the side.So again, having shot a scoped model 70 like that one a lot, I don't think his technique would be to leave the thumb to the side of the bolt while taking the shot.Look at the thumb placement in this photo:
I was wondering if I would be able to get back up from that position.