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Offline Hawken

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When I'm working.....
« on: April 28, 2016, 01:18:54 AM »
up a load and seeing what a rifle can do....this is where I shoot from:

SB1 by Rick Mulhern, on Flickr

Untitled by Rick Mulhern, on Flickr

 :sleep  :toast
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Re: When I'm working.....
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2016, 02:41:48 PM »
Nifty...
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Offline Lonewolfe20

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Re: When I'm working.....
« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2016, 09:57:09 PM »
I like that. I'm trying to build something similar out of 4x4 and deck planking
I have a son who shoots south paw so I have to make it ambidextrous
thanks for the idea
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Offline Uncle Russ

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Re: When I'm working.....
« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2016, 12:58:31 AM »
Nice!  :lt th
I sometimes use an old folding leg table I made years ago, but for the past few years our local range has nice double-sided tables that only require a towel or old blanket thrown over them to protect the gun.

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Offline Eric Krewson

Re: When I'm working.....
« Reply #4 on: April 29, 2016, 09:25:20 AM »
I go a lot simpler, a fold up sawhorse and a few sandbags.

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Re: When I'm working.....
« Reply #5 on: April 29, 2016, 09:30:25 AM »
Quote from: "Eric Krewson"
I go a lot simpler, a fold up sawhorse and a few sandbags.


I don't use a rear bag; I shoot off the shoulder. :USA

Nice looking rifle BTW!! :toast
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Re: When I'm working.....
« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2016, 09:43:51 AM »
Cool
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Offline Hawken

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Re: When I'm working.....
« Reply #7 on: May 28, 2016, 11:33:17 AM »
One of the things I've noticed about some people shooting from a bench is that the rifle is put on the bench but the shooter's body is 'backed off' away from the bench; sort of hanging in the air! IMO that is not the way to being most stable! I move my chest up against the rear of the bench, I have both arms down on the bench resting on a shooting mat so I don't rub the skin off my elbows and my forward hand grasps the forearm while resting atop a rolled up shooting mat! I don't like the commercial type rest! In this manner for load testing the shooting platform is akin to shooting the rifle in a vise!!

This is not an unusual group I get using this method shooting the 50 Hawken flinter at 100 yards:

Hawken Flintlock Rifle by Rick Mulhern, on Flickr
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Offline clevefails

Re: When I'm working.....
« Reply #8 on: May 31, 2016, 04:08:34 PM »
Nice shooting,what part of the country are you in?
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Re: When I'm working.....
« Reply #9 on: May 31, 2016, 04:16:29 PM »
Quote from: "clevefails"
Nice shooting,what part of the country are you in?

Northeast Louisiana :salute
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