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Dave
Dave
7 years ago

Shooting off a bench:
With how you described your trigger squeeze, I think that your problem is more likely just not establishing a comfortable, stable shooting position and not taking the time to set you and the bags up so you have a natural point of aim. You will never get really tight groups as long as you are having to muscle the gun at all into the target. You don’t need expensive bags to do this, three 1 gallon ziplocks filled half full will do just fine. Stack the front two under the fore end of the stock making sure that they are not touching the barrel at all (touching the barrel can be good for over an inch at 100.) It can take me a couple of minutes to get rifle set in the bags for each shot. When it’s all set up and lined up relax, close your eyes for a few seconds. When you open them your cross hairs should still be on target. If not, go back to adjusting.

Make sure you are fully contacting the bench. You want to basically want your entire upper body laying against the bench. Both arms and chest. Trigger hand just laying against the stock and other hand near the rear bag and your chest. Don’t touch the rifle with your non shooting hand. It may also help to add a cheek piece. As I remember the BAR does not have the raised cheek piece which makes it hard to get a good cheek weld. Another issue could be parallax. Most scopes are built to have very little distortion at 100 and beyond but it is still there.

When you get the rifle all set up and ready to shoot, make sure that you can see the entire circle in the scope. If you can’t that could bee good for 3/4″. Lastly, if you are using any of the higher rise rings and bases. Rifle cant can also be pretty big. If the rifle was leaning a little to the right on one shot and a little left on another your groups can open up. This can be eliminated by using a sheet of printer paper with about a four or five inch “plus” sign drawn on it and lining up the lines with your scope retical.

Last thing, give the rifle time to cool between shots. Many barrels will walk with heat.

Dave
Dave
7 years ago

There is more info at:

http://thesurvivalpodcast.com/forum/index.php?topic=61103.0

At the end of my post I put a link to a video with some more good info.

Timothy Sanders
Timothy Sanders
7 years ago

Hello Jack. I value your advice on many topics, such as shooting, preparedness, ducks, homesteading, etc.
However, can you clarify your support of Bitcoin by addressing a couple of questions?
1. Do you financially benefit from promoting Bitcoin/cryptocurrency?
2. How is Bitcoin better than any other fiat currency? It is not backed by the full faith of the US government, for example.
I have researched and even used Bitcoin, and I find it, in simple terms, to be a scam.
Why? It has no audit process, no way of keeping them honest, no trail and no verification procedures.
I hope I will see an honest reply…no reply will be a confirmation to my message.
Keep up the otherwise good work.
Thanks,
Tim

Anthony
Anthony
7 years ago

Not meaning to nit pick, but you mentioned it not being practical for excavators to be electric. Though this is true in most day to day cases for the typical dirt work contractor it however is not true for most mining applications where an excavator will be at a location for a long period of time like say an open pit. These are also the biggest excavators and they are primarily electric shovels. You may know this already, but I saw it as my opportunity to “that guy”. Anyways, love the show. Keep up the great content.

Karl
Karl
7 years ago

Sounds like the store of the future is going to significantly increase the value of digital identities. Which leads to theft and security of those identities. This seems to fit in with the block chain tech nicely. I’m curious how this is going to play out. What are your thoughts Jack on how this will effect our digital identities? What can we do to prepare?

Michael Floyd
Michael Floyd
7 years ago

I’m in automobile manufacturing and we have been planning for the electric/autonomous market for quite a while. Some of the big things they are talking about is building charging stations a la tesla across the country, and also the future of automobile “subscription” services…You don’t need to keep or park the car, it just comes to you when you need it. This is especially convenient for people living in large cities where owning a car is not financially or logistically feasible. (NY City, for example…)

Brian
7 years ago

To the young author. I will donate the webspace for one year for you to run the blog that Jack suggested you start to build audience.
You order a domain name and have jack pass on your info to me and I’ll get you set up. (WordPress included)
Is this shameless promotion, sure, but mostly it is to get you started on your journey.

Brian
7 years ago

Jack, I’m pretty sure Tesla is already either prototyping or producing a swappable battery. You will drive in and a few minutes later new fully charged batteries so you don’t have to wait for a charge. I remember reading an article regarding it a while back.

Aaron
Aaron
7 years ago

Big hero 6. I am your personal healthcare assistant!

PaCoTx
PaCoTx
7 years ago

I wonder if Patrick at MT knives has any comment about the line “glowing like the metal on the edge of a knife” from Paradise by the Dashboard lights. It’s a great song and tells a great story, as great songs are supposed to.

Thanks for playing it.