Went out this morning and had an issue that consistently kept bothering me. Somehow I must have developed this, or started noticing it today. This is with a 308 bolt gun, in the desert/dirt with a Harris bipod.
When I get behind the rifle (prone), I have the standard hold of rifle stock in the groove of your shoulder, elbows bent with no adverse weight on them, elbows across from each other, wrist parallel to rifle, 'lower' prone (not craning up), bringing the rifle to my head, proper cheek weld, check NPOA and adjust as needed, recheck, breathe.....slight adjustments with rear bag, slight rearward pressure on stock with right hand...breathe, squeeze trigger and keep the trigger pulled through follow-through while keeping the target in the scope.
Easy enough right?
My problem that I noticed is that while the first shot all of this is in order, as soon as the recoil pulses and when though I am following through with no flinch, pulling my hand off the trigger, pulling my head up, etc - the rifle feels MUCH less secure in my shoulder right after the recoil. It's kind of like it snuck forward a fraction of an inch; I can still feel it touching my shoulder but now instead of my upper body weight slightly being against it, it just feels like its there but with no pressure from my shoulder.
This has me then fixing it, moving up a bit and having to rebuild part of my position (I don't take my head of the stock) and then cycling the bolt. What gives??
When I get behind the rifle (prone), I have the standard hold of rifle stock in the groove of your shoulder, elbows bent with no adverse weight on them, elbows across from each other, wrist parallel to rifle, 'lower' prone (not craning up), bringing the rifle to my head, proper cheek weld, check NPOA and adjust as needed, recheck, breathe.....slight adjustments with rear bag, slight rearward pressure on stock with right hand...breathe, squeeze trigger and keep the trigger pulled through follow-through while keeping the target in the scope.
Easy enough right?
My problem that I noticed is that while the first shot all of this is in order, as soon as the recoil pulses and when though I am following through with no flinch, pulling my hand off the trigger, pulling my head up, etc - the rifle feels MUCH less secure in my shoulder right after the recoil. It's kind of like it snuck forward a fraction of an inch; I can still feel it touching my shoulder but now instead of my upper body weight slightly being against it, it just feels like its there but with no pressure from my shoulder.
This has me then fixing it, moving up a bit and having to rebuild part of my position (I don't take my head of the stock) and then cycling the bolt. What gives??
