Shooting prone

[Geezer]

Were you shooting a springer?

They tend to shoot high and to the side prone.

Basically, springers need, as you know, a loose hold, and prone tends to be a strong hold. Takes real effort to loosen it up. Counter-instinctual.

RF/CF this doesn't really apply. Though I have found that they shoot to a slightly different POI between prone (with a tight sling) and kneeling or offhand.

PCP I have no idea. Never owned one.

[baldinio]

I don't know about rolling down hills, but I find these days once I get into the prone position it takes a couple of hours and a stout crane to get me vertical again in all seriousness I've never been fond of shooting from the prone position, much prefer to sit with my back to a tree.

Atvb

Chris

[Lagomorpheus]

I remember when I was younger and shooting prone was the preferred method for rabbiting. Lie behind a small bunch of nettles, wait for Bugs to make an appearance and break a hat in his bottom!

I gave it a go yesterday, there was a lovely south facing slope with a warren by a cornish hedge. A small patch of gorse barely 30 yards away proving just the right amount of cover.
I assumed the position, raised the gun to check site lines and rolled all the way down the hill!?

Where am I going wrong?

Are we to read this as ' bust a cap in his a*se'? You ain't down wiv de kids, blud!

I think next time you should make sure that your legs are spread a bit to brace against rolling.

[Captain Bongo]

Is one's belly somewhat rounder than of yesteryear

Combined with the short legs, you may have found the problem.......

[TonyL]

I don't know about rolling down hills, but I find these days once I get into the prone position it takes a couple of hours and a stout crane to get me vertical again in all seriousness I've never been fond of shooting from the prone position, much prefer to sit with my back to a tree.

Atvb

Chris

Yep, you and me too, Chris.

As you say, I was never particularly fond of shooting prone, even when younger. I did at a .22 rimmy club when I was a teenager. And also in my early 20s at a club we went to. FT on Summer evenings and 20 yards indoors on the rimfire range. But never that keen and particularly awkward (for me, at least) with a springer and trying to keep your holds consistent.

Also, when hunting, on the pasture land I shot over, when the grass was longer, shooting from prone was virtually impossible anyway.

Dodgy neck, back, shoulders and arms these days would see me not even attempting this.


Although I can see the patented TBT "support stick" coming in handy.

[flyingfish]

I think it should be TBT chocs. Strategically located to prevent unwanted roll

Pete

[Blackbaronfish]

To shoot prone you would raise one knee to take the weight of your chest. The other leg should be at an angle to the body to give a stable platform.
Nick you went wrong when you opened a pack of chocolate digestives,and attempting to dunk them in a flask of tea

BBF