Quote Originally Posted by Damned 69 View Post
I have attempted to shoot unaided with my rifles (99,30,smk19 and meteor mk2) with much embarrassment - lucky to hit 3'' target at 20yds. The easiest is with the old meteor, just seems balanced and grew up with it, hitting cans over decades. Is it just my old age or are some of you younger lads practising holding iron girders. I appreciate I am rather old (well into my 60s) but I am jealously envious of some of the accuracy you lads can achieve at tremendous distances, that I know I couldn't even when I was much younger or now bench rested - well done.
Are you holding the rifle with too tight a grip? Any of those rifles should produce better results so I'd suggest you look at how you are holding the rifle, how your breathing control is, and whether you have a good trigger release and pull.
hth
Jim ( aged 76!)
ps What do you mean by unaided....use of a carer?