Shooting Technique With Dan Lowe
BY Herschel Smith
4 years, 7 months ago
We used a typical scoped service rifle you will find on the line at a high power match today. Its core is a 1:7 inch-twist Krieger barrel set up by White Oak Precision. The gun has a Geissele service rifle trigger group, a Nightforce Comp SR-1 scope sitting on a Keystone Armory cantilever mount. The handguard is a Geissele Mark 7 with 1/2 rod lead weights in each side and rubber coverings. The rear is a Magpul Gen1 with a Stealth Ballistics weight in the pocket. The sling is a Doc Jones service rifle sling, similar ones are available from Eric Hollis. Finally, the ammunition is 77-grain Sierra MatchKings over a moderate charge of Varget, seated to magazine length.
Well, that’s an expensive gun.
The shooting stance certainly isn’t tactical or for CQB, but it’s nice to see an emphasis on precision long range shooting without being prone or from benchrest.
On May 8, 2020 at 7:33 am, X said:
A LOT of good, thoughtful information for the service rifle competitor there. However, service rifle offhand position is not useful in the field except for maybe hunting; you are not going to stand there for up to a minute taking an offhand shot at an enemy firing back. And service rifle offhand is neither “long range” nor “precision” — it’s fired at 200 yards into a 12″ target. If you can shoot into 6 inches, you’ll clean it.
However I agree with Herschel’s advice to GET OFF THE BENCH. The great advantage of service rifle competition is to learn sitting and prone rapid fire from field positions, using only your sling for support. (Ironically, the key to “rapid” fire is to SLOW DOWN and pace your shots every 4 -5 seconds). Of particular value is the 600 yard slow prone stage; to clean it you’ll need to shoot into about a ten inch circle.
On May 8, 2020 at 10:14 am, 41mag said:
“We used a typical mortgage payment x3 service rifle”
FTFY