because of my neck injuries, shooting prone is never easy.
So which leg is straight? i shoot lefty to complicate things more.
So which leg is straight? i shoot lefty to complicate things more.
which leg is straight for prone
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Both. Though if you have injuries, you just have to do what you have to do.
If you need to bring one of them up, do whichever is more comfortable. Just make sure you’re straight behind the rifle.
While both straight is proper, if you have an injury which makes it extremely uncomfortable, you’ll miss more shots doing it properly than you would being improper, but comfortable.
If you need to bring one of them up, do whichever is more comfortable. Just make sure you’re straight behind the rifle.
While both straight is proper, if you have an injury which makes it extremely uncomfortable, you’ll miss more shots doing it properly than you would being improper, but comfortable.
You need to find what works for you, especially if you have injuries. Try different positions and find what works for you.
Keep the middle leg straight and you should be able to hit anything.
This is the only real answer here.
For the record “the old way” of pulling the leg up..yeah, that’s actually the NEW way. State of the art, even now.
It is not always best, but it CAN elevate the descending aorta and diaphragm a little bit, thereby helping reduce pulse.
But then again, in my earlier wisdom, I had this argument with Dick Whiting (Retired Director of the CMP, multi-time National Champ, etc. ) about how “Army guy” straight leg prone wasn’t as capable of high end precision, in a sling prone.
Well, the first time I broke 1/2 Minute with irons was during an experiment that Mr. Whiting basically dared me into completing.
That little conversation ended up modifying my approach to Prone, which is now a bit of a hybrid.
So BOTH positions can work.
Don't do a google search, you will go crazy reading about this. There's one where you are laying 90 degrees from the barrel.
The best I can say is YMMV.
I shoot with both laid out about 30 degrees and as flat as possible.
The best I can say is YMMV.
I shoot with both laid out about 30 degrees and as flat as possible.
If you can square up behind the rifle and both legs in a V great, if you have to pull one up to roll your diaphragm off the ground it would be your left leg for a left handed shooter. Ultimately do what ever is comfortable for you and make it work.
It depends on unsupported versus supported prone (i.e. do you have a bipod, bag block, or other front support). For supported prone, the baseline position is spine parallel to bore axis, rifle perpendicular to shoulder (so it doesn't slide to one side under recoil), legs straight in a V, toes out, and heels down.
And then from there you adjust that position to what works best for your body's capability.
The best way to learn the right position is with a good instructor.
And then from there you adjust that position to what works best for your body's capability.
The best way to learn the right position is with a good instructor.
An instructor who tell you there's one right way is not a good instructor. The position instructors start with is good for most people and a good starting position for most of the rest. A good instructor will look at the student's capabilities and help develop an effective position.
Most everyone takes a step back when learning something new.
And most abandon before getting the proper results. 1 step back and 2 steps forward is better than no steps either way.
Yes, I agree. It takes time to remove bad habits and make new techniques work properly. I'm not saying to stay in a rut and not accept new ideas, training, techniques. Everyone should continue to learn and be open to instruction.
There have been times in the past, where an instructor has told me that my way of doing something was wrong and they couldn't even figure out how I was able to do what I was doing. They would make be do repetitions the right way. When filmed or watching, it looked like I was like the text book, but my results went down. I stuck with it and tried, but it was always a struggle to maintain the same results. I've gone back to doing some things just naturally how they feel best and my results are better than when I do them the "text book" way.
Everyone is different though... what works for me, may not work for you. Get instruction... start with the fundamentals. Then make things work for you.
That sounds like a bad instructor. I took Frank and Marc's APRC recently and one of their initial critiques was that I had my rifle and body too low to the ground. They suggested a much higher prone position (their baseline), which I tried with an open mind. But my shooting hand and arm started feeling numb, because of the interface between my rifle and shoulder, so Frank worked with me to find the best prone position for my body. And the next day I won a coffee mug trophy for having the smallest five shot group in ten seconds at 300 yards, so apparently it worked.
That's why Frank and Marc are great instructors, and I'd recommend their classes to anybody interested in precision rifle training.
That's why Frank and Marc are great instructors, and I'd recommend their classes to anybody interested in precision rifle training.
