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THANK-YOU, Jason! I have flagged your post and will read it tomorrow! (Just got back from an e-mountain bike ride, so too tired to focus tonight!). Jim G edit: I recovered from the bike ride and read your writeup.It is VERY helpful. I especially like the "marked rope" idea. I have also bought...

Al, your comment on length of pull is a good one. I am indeed only 5'7" in height. But, until I can find a local Benchrester to critique my shooting position ergonomics, I am unable to investigate and make adjsutments. In addition, right now, our local range is closed due to the extreme fire...

I just found the Ratigan book at Sinclair (Brownells) and ordered it. Thank-you for the referall to it. Jim G

Tony Boyer is one of the most well known Benchrest shooter champions of all time.I have now read most of the book he published back in 2010. It is, despite its 11 year age, fantastic, largely because it covers fundamentals, not fads, and covers ALL the fundamentals. I read it not because I want...

Vera: I went t the range yesterday and tried applying some of the advice you gave. It made a difference! I was testing 4 different BTO measurement loads, 12 rounds of each, so I was doing only 3-shot groups, so that fatigue would not start to over-influence the accuracy of each load. My best 2...

I'll be looking for that online course on your website, Vera. If you are starting a list of prospective students, add me to the list. I knwo the difference a great teacher can make. Back in the 1990s, when I lived for a long time in The U.S., I went to Chapman Academy in Missouri twice, multiple...

Thank-you, Vera. You asked about my ammunition, and suggested I get some in-person on-range coaching: I am brand new to shooting PRECISION level rifles. So I ordered a PGW Defence M15 XRS in 6.5 Creedmoor. The M15 is a Remington 700 pattern action on a MDT XRS encapsulated alloy chassis. PGW...

Vera: I just visited your website. I think I am going to enjoy going through it, and will liekly learn a LOT. Thanks for sharing your experiences. I have noted that you are among the few posters on this thread who have actually provided the kind of specific "position" information that I was...

Wow, Vera! Thank-you! THIS is the kind of information that I was looking for when I posted this thread! Please see my comments as well in red font in the quote of your text above! Jim G

Yes, I tried out my new stool yesterday, and it made an immediate very notable improvement in my degree of muscle relaxation. It has all the right featiures: - Solid, smooth, no-give thick, heavy wooden seat - Seat even reinforced with metal frame to which the ret of the stool mounts (NOT...

Yes, yesteday, the last time I went to the range, and the first day with my new stool, I finally felt like I was totally relaxed in my shooting position. What I need to work on a fair bit though now is speeding up the process of perfecting the sight picture before firing, as that process is not...

I'll ask around to see if we have any Benchrest shooting going on here on Vancouver Island. I am currently unaware of any, but then up until now I haven't been looking for it either. Jim G

Yes, everyone has told me it is excellent. Unfortunately, it is also unavailable at this time (I looked on Google very extensively a few days back), unless a guy wants to pay a specialty book collector shop $400 for a used copy. No kidding. It's also maybe a bit date by now, as it was published...

Sigh. I doubt my wife would tolerate me buying ANOTHER rifle. And I don't want to shoot ONLY Benchrest. I just at this point in time want some pointers on good body and rifle ergonomic setup. That's all this thread was intended to get. Jim G

Thank-you, Stanley. I have been trying to learn about wind, have read and watched videos on it, and now have a Kestrel 2500 to check whether my guesses are correct. I have not yet run into Mirage at our range on Vancouver Island, but I'm sure that will change. I HAVE learned that you can use...

At this point in my learning, I am NOT trying to learn "all about benchrest". I just want a few pointers right now about how to best set up my rifle and myself when shooting groups to test handloads. I'm asking because until I get some good pointers on those "ergonomic" issues, some of my human...

Thanks, guys! I appreciate the inputs. But rsmithsr: I hear you, when you say to not mix multiple disciplines at once, but the way I am see, mixing disciplines and skillsets seems unavoidable for multiple reasons. First, every one of the 3 types of shooting I have mentioned - F-Class, PRS, and...

I am not, at least yet, a "benchrester", but I figure I should post here on a Benchrest site in order to get some guidance on proper form and proper use of equipment when specifically doing load development shooting from a bench. Currently, I am an experienced shooter, but mostly handgun, and...