Modified prone

[Reflux]

Hey all,

The 100-300 yd area at my range has poured concrete benches with the circular cutouts, I cannot for the life of me get square behind the rifle. I would ideally like to shoot prone but the topography of the range leaves me staring at the first berm unable to see past.

I see some mention of shooting modified prone in a situation like this, but after spending the morning searching I can’t get a good visual of what exactly this would look like. From what I can gather I should set up to the rear of the bench and lean over it? Or am I way off base here?

thanks everyone, sorry if it’s incredibly obvious

 

[Jack Master]

Sounds like you are going the right direction.
Joel on Precision Rifle Network does this position in his videos a lot. Here is an example

Video Here - Positional Point Of Impact Shift - Jump to 2:40 to see this position.

@Cjwise5

 

[Reflux]

Thank you

 

[Cjwise5]

dang benches are built bas-ackwards.

 

[Steel head]

I do the same.

 

[Racer88]

The new range near me uses the silly benches, too. The local range where I could shoot prone is now closed to the public forever, unfortunately. If I square up at the aft end of the bench, it's not wide enough for my elbows to rest. Even this guy's elbow is hanging off the edge a bit.

 

[Cjwise5]

@Racer88 this guy is me, and this bench is one with the cut-outs. So it's kinda tough to square up in the center of the bench. You're not wrong though, I wish it was a bit wider.

 

[Snuby642]

So would a bench " topper " be a party foul?

A clamp on situation or just slip over and extend the bench top.

I know another thing to drag.

 

[Reflux]

I could set a small nuclear device off at this range and no one would bat an eye, the bench topper is a good idea I’m going to look into that

 

[Snuby642]

I was thinking for cheap a thick piece of plywood with some 2x2 borders underneath, a pad at the back to push your chest in tight and a little border strip for keeping brass from rolling off.

Figure where you want to put a strip to load your bipod on.

Have not been much of a bipod bench guy but with a stop to load up on that may change.

 

[Racer88]

So would a bench " topper " be a party foul?

A clamp on situation or just slip over and extend the bench top.

I know another thing to drag.

Yeah... I'm already bringing quite a bit of gear to the range (use a wheeled cart). While it's a great idea, I'm thinking the last thing I feel like adding to the stuff I'm dragging to the range firing line is LUMBER.

 

[308pirate]

I could set a small nuclear device off at this range and no one would bat an eye,

Maybe you should, you know to rearrange the landscape so you can go prone and see the targets

 

[Reflux]

Hmmm