AR technique

[Drvred]

What is the proper technique, as far as cheek weld on an AR.
I think I discovered yesterday, that if I barely touch the stock with my cheek the groups get better.
I don't have a problem getting consistent hits out to 500, just can't shoot groups.
That being said, I have no problem shooting 1/2-3/4 groups with my Creedmoor.
In case it is the trigger, I just ordered a Gieselle National Match trigger to see if that helps.

 

[Precision Underground]

My guess would be it has less to do with the actual cheek weld and more to do with the pressure on the stock moving the gun as you break the shot. If you are planted hard on the stock it is easy to throw the shot as, and just after you pull the trigger. Meaning whatever is holding the stock up, usually a rear bag, is allowing the stock to move during the shot because there is so much pressure on it to begin with.

With a gas gun my cheek applies just enough pressure to hold the stock firm in the bag but not so much that it has a tendency to sink more as the shot breaks.

 

[Steel head]

I was just yesterday comparing shooting my 260 bolt gun to a friends 6.5 ar10.

My rifle was set up to make it far easier to get consistent points of contact.
Trigger
Bipod
Grip
Butt pad
Cheek rest

My gun is like laying on luxurious king size mattress while the AR was like trying to lay down on a short lumpy sofa.

Then there’s the extra monkey motion to deal with.


To get consistent shots with the AR at distance I had to really ensure I had good preload on the bipod, about the same cheek riser pressure(kinda just resting my head on it), what ever I could do to get a proper trigger finger placement and angle and more grip pull back than I normally run with my bolt actions.
I also REALLY paid attention to a good follow through.

I’d like to try an AR set up like I want it to feel.
I shot an M14 in a JAE chassis once.
That was a glorious fit for me only hampered by a crappy bipod.

So far in my experience I find 6.5/308 class semi automatic rifles to be harder to shoot well than even big magnums like 338 Norma and lapua.
I shoot those pretty well.

Once again I like to say I’ve yet to shoot any Large frame Semi that I could get a good feeling position on and look forward to trying one that does.

 

[Precision Underground]

I was just yesterday comparing shooting my 260 bolt gun to a friends 6.5 ar10.

My rifle was set up to make it far easier to get consistent points of contact.
Trigger
Bipod
Grip
Butt pad
Cheek rest

My gun is like laying on luxurious king size mattress while the AR was like trying to lay down on a short lumpy sofa.

Then there’s the extra monkey motion to deal with.


To get consistent shots with the AR at distance I had to really ensure I had good preload on the bipod, about the same cheek riser pressure(kinda just resting my head on it), what ever I could do to get a proper trigger finger placement and angle and more grip pull back than I normally run with my bolt actions.
I also REALLY paid attention to a good follow through.

I’d like to try an AR set up like I want it to feel.
I shot an M14 in a JAE chassis once.
That was a glorious fit for me only hampered by a crappy bipod.

So far in my experience I find 6.5/308 class semi automatic rifles to be harder to shoot well than even big magnums like 338 Norma and lapua.
I shoot those pretty well.

Once again I like to say I’ve yet to shoot any Large frame Semi that I could get a good feeling position on and look forward to trying one that does.

That is 100% related to the stock IMO. I have the Luth AR MBA 3 and my AR is the most comfortable gun I have. It took some modification of LOP and some fiddling with the adjustments but once I got it fitting me it’s a dream to shoot.

And yes, follow through is the name of the game with a gas gun.

 

[Steel head]

That is 100% related to the stock IMO. I have the Luth AR MBA 3 and my AR is the most comfortable gun I have. It took some modification of LOP and some fiddling with the adjustments but once I got it fitting me it’s a dream to shoot.

And yes, follow through is the name of the game with a gas gun.

That’s why I mentioned the fit.
Between the stock and grip things were compromised and I just made do.

This fall I’m looking forward to shooting the JAE stocked M14 more with my bipod on it.

It fits me very well but we struggled with the bipod last outing but now I can resolve that issue.