Anyone ever try this?

[0311 Hesco]

I use a rear bag under my chest in order to relieve the tension in my back muscles in a comfort position. Has anyone else done this before? or anything similar? I doubt this takes away from stability but please weigh in if you know something I don't.

 

[WhatsMirage]

Hmmm...never tried it. I've laid on a SAPI plate but that did absolutely nothing for comfort lol. I cannot see a bag under your chest taking away from stability if positioned in a manner as to not make you "teeter" on it. Sounds like a decent idea but only range time will tell. Thanks for the idea! Prone fatigues me in my lower back so maybe a moving blanket folded up might keep the shooter a bit more comfy.

 

[George63]

I do that, much less neck fatigue

 

[RobertB]

I have used a pack or a coat balled up several times to help me out for long times on the gun or if I'm having to use the legs out on the bipod on a long shot. Anything you can do to steady you and the rifle is all good. Your improvising and a lot of LR shooting is just that.

 

[ShtrRdy]

I've tried this and I'm not sure it helped me. I have trouble with some residual motion when I'm in the prone position. I thought I was/am muscling the position. I'm still working on it.

 

[VJJPunisher]

I lay on a liberator wedge

 

[0311 Hesco]

well actually the crappy Winchester bag that I use for my chest ( I got a Midway one now for my rifle) fits kinda like a mini liberator wedge....
but yea I have the same problem in my mid and lower back...crushed vertebrae sucks! it is just wide enough where there is no teetering. I'm am able to relax my back and stay in this position a lot longer.

 

[TOP PREDATOR]

obviously the less you can put your spine in a position it wasn't meant to bend, the more comfortable you'll be. it makes sense to prop / support yourself up a little for comfort, for hunting i use a pack for support.

 

[Greg Langelius *]

Get the rifle low and keep it low. If your body position requires a sharp upward bend in the neck, raise the body by placing a firm pad under the chest. I tried this before I eventually had to pass on prone shooting. It worked to at least some degree. Our Club has a supply of quite firm surplus jeep seat cushion pads, about 16" square and about 2" thick, and that is what I tried. Keeping the support flat and parallel with the ground seems better (to me) than anything with some other configuration. My goal was to put the rifle and body in a better relationship, while avoiding any change in body position beyond relieving the crook in the neck.

Aside from adjusting to uneven ground, extending the bipod legs to shoot longer distances may be wishful thinking. The difference in the bore axis angle from 100yd to 1000yd is on average 30MOA for a rifle configured for LR. When we do the math, that corresponds to exactly 1/2 of one degree; hardly even noticeable, let alone worthy of bipod adjustment.

Greg

 

[Rem7targetactical]

Re: Anyone ever try this?

I use one of these to lay on while shooting prone. I like it cause it deflates and weighs very little, and it's comfy!

 

[sniperdude]

I use one of these to lay on while shooting prone. I like it cause it deflates and weighs very little, and it's comfy!

I think you can also use that with VJJ's liberator wedge

 

[Rem7targetactical]

I think you can also use that with VJJ's liberator wedge

Hmmmm.... That's a combination I hadn't thought about. Will report back with results!

 

[0311 Hesco]

haha...not exactly the weigh-in I was talking about...

 

[wakajawaka]

I use one of these to lay on while shooting prone. I like it cause it deflates and weighs very little, and it's comfy!

Maybe I should start shooting prone...