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I see many post about how accurate a new gun is. Very seldom has the shooter determined this in any way. Most of the time the post says...First trip with my new XYZ gun and it shoots low and left/low/high/right/all over the place/etc.
This tells everyone this shooter cannot shoot their new gun accurately. Sometimes they say how they shoot all their other guns in nice tight groups. Which tells everyone this shooter cannot shoot their new gun accurately. Sometimes they tell us they pulled out their other gun and it shot perfectly which tells everyone this shooter cannot shoot their new gun accurately.
Very, very seldom does the post say, I put the gun in a pistol rest, or bench rested it, and it wasn't accurate. This tells us a few things one, a lot of shooters have no idea how valuable resting a gun can be in determining their ability or lack thereof. It makes me wonder (and I believe it to be the case) that when a shooter does rest the pistol they find out the gun is very accurate and they don't make such a post which explains why we never see the same post with the words "when I rested the gun"
A cheap ($25) pistol rest will do the job https://www.amazon.com/Caldwell-Pis...F8&qid=1492271589&sr=8-1&keywords=pistol+rest
And even a range bag on the bench in front of you at the range can suffice.
If you like shooting, plan on getting a new gun, or sight, every now and again it's worth the few dollars. Any new gun or new sight on a gun, I bring the rest with me to the range and check for accuracy, which always confirms, the gun is accurate and me...well...not so much.
The most important part in all of this IMHO, is that it forces me to find the problem in my technique and work to be better, and not blame the gun. In the end I shoot better, and improvement si a good goal with any activity like this.
This tells everyone this shooter cannot shoot their new gun accurately. Sometimes they say how they shoot all their other guns in nice tight groups. Which tells everyone this shooter cannot shoot their new gun accurately. Sometimes they tell us they pulled out their other gun and it shot perfectly which tells everyone this shooter cannot shoot their new gun accurately.
Very, very seldom does the post say, I put the gun in a pistol rest, or bench rested it, and it wasn't accurate. This tells us a few things one, a lot of shooters have no idea how valuable resting a gun can be in determining their ability or lack thereof. It makes me wonder (and I believe it to be the case) that when a shooter does rest the pistol they find out the gun is very accurate and they don't make such a post which explains why we never see the same post with the words "when I rested the gun"
A cheap ($25) pistol rest will do the job https://www.amazon.com/Caldwell-Pis...F8&qid=1492271589&sr=8-1&keywords=pistol+rest
And even a range bag on the bench in front of you at the range can suffice.
If you like shooting, plan on getting a new gun, or sight, every now and again it's worth the few dollars. Any new gun or new sight on a gun, I bring the rest with me to the range and check for accuracy, which always confirms, the gun is accurate and me...well...not so much.
The most important part in all of this IMHO, is that it forces me to find the problem in my technique and work to be better, and not blame the gun. In the end I shoot better, and improvement si a good goal with any activity like this.
