Progres with a 336

RicinYakima

High Steppes of Eastern Washington
i slide my 92's back clear to the receiver and let them free recoil.
if you get it right the barrel will pop straight up, if not? well,,, the left-right tilt will kill you.
Having shot benchrest for about 25 years now, I can only shoot free recoil with a flat forend (preferably two and a half inches or more). Military rifles and round bottom I do better with the right hand lower three finger gently pulling back into the shoulder. It is an art learning to shoot benchrest!
 

RBHarter

West Central AR
Slide actions too .......I must have tried about 20 ways to get a couple to shoot consistent .........whoda thought plain old had to hand was the answer ......
 

fiver

Well-Known Member
most of my rifles i shoot with both hands back wrapped like a pistol.
i started that with the AR type rifles and just never got away from doing it.
can't do that with a lever gun so i pinch the stock with my left hand.
 

Spindrift

Well-Known Member
Lots of good info here, thanks guys!
Will modify my bench technique next time, shooting my Marlin 30/30 carabine. I’ve been getting very variable results (from very good, to somewhat dissapointing), might have to do with me treating it like my bolt guns.
 

Rick H

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Forget where I saw it - RECENTLY - but Andy Larsson (Skinner Sights) just (begrudgingly) wrote a tips and tricks to accurately shooting a lever gun. It was spot on. I wish I could remember where I saw it, but if you are interested, let me know and I can ping Andy and get the article.


I would love to see the Andy Larson's Skinner Sights article.
 

Walks

Well-Known Member
Forty years back I shot a 1/2" group at 50yrds with a New Win Trapper in .30-30. I rested the forearm band on the sandbags. Used Win factory 150gr Power Points.
Biggest shooting fluke I've ever had.
 

Ian

Notorious member
Forty years back I shot a 1/2" group at 50yrds with a New Win Trapper in .30-30. I rested the forearm band on the sandbags. Used Win factory 150gr Power Points.
Biggest shooting fluke I've ever had.

Sometimes our flinch and trigger jerk happen to coincide perfectly for a few consecutive shots.
 

fiver

Well-Known Member
i'd have to hand that one on the wall..LOL
i can generally get 2-2 1/2" 100 yd 5 shot groups if i been shooting the rifle for a little while.
 

oscarflytyer

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Forget where I saw it - RECENTLY - but Andy Larsson (Skinner Sights) just (begrudgingly) wrote a tips and tricks to accurately shooting a lever gun. It was spot on. I wish I could remember where I saw it, but if you are interested, let me know and I can ping Andy and get the article. They can be a trick sometimes. I also have the Rifle Accuracy book and it has a lever gun chapter, and tells how to relieve pressure points in a lever (can provide info if interested). And, as mentioned above, worst case, remove all the front end stuff/single round/hand on bag (not rifle)/cold bbl, and figure out the best load and then go shoot. Once had a 336 35 Rem that would group the first shot/cold bore/time after time/same target - into a 1" group. But if you shot 3 rounds, it would walk them 6" high by the 3rd rnd.

OK - Alibi Fire on this one! It was NOT Andy who wrote the article. It WAS Brian Pearce. Rifle Magazine # 283. "Mostly Long Guns" column. Title was "Levergun Sighting and Shooting." Pgs 12, 14-15, 67.

(what juked me was that it shows Skinner Sights. AND Brian's writing style is very similar to Andy's!)
 

Rockydoc

Well-Known Member
I searched Rifle Magazine back issues online and issue 283 April 2013 didn’t have that article In the contents page.