The Science of Recoil - Part 1: Your Shoulder and Recoil 

Thanks for the comment

Thanks Barry!

Thanks Steven - the next one is pretty interesting. It's on lining up behind the rifle and the impacts of not doing so correctly.

If you want to get better at managing recoil, going heavy will actually do the opposite. When I shoot my 6 BRA for any extended amount of time without shooting one of my more heavy recoiling rifles, my fundamentals go to crap. It's one of the reasons I have a lighter, short-barreled 308 for practice - it makes dealing with wind and recoil a little tougher, which in turn makes you better.

Does the gas leaving the barrel offer a bit of force?

@@6foot7dad ,some but very little. You ever fired blanks?

@@Kahntrol not in a bolt rifle

This becomes a geometry equation now. First off, you will get small vertical movement in the stock from recoil pushing it into the rear bag, rear support, whatever. Second, the fulcrum point is going to be the bipod. The closer the movement is to the fulcrum point, the larger the angle will be. So, pushing the bipod farther forward with make the angle the rifle rotates smaller. There is a practical limit, of course, which has everything to do with the lengths of your arms and when you need to make adjustments to the bipod. I put the bipod out as far as I can where I can still reach it. EXCEPTION: For my Phoenix bipod, which is adjusted with a worm gear, I put it farther out and I use a PVC pipe to turn it for adjustments. I don't always do this, though, because, though it works, it's a bit of a pain.

@@TwoMinutestoTarget thanks for the advice man, I appreciate it. You also got those more expensive bipods in a sort off U form so the rifle is ‘cradled’ in more and also lowering the center off gravity, or those mounting systems to attach them to the side off the stock also reducing that center off gravity…. For now i will put my bipod as far forward as i can. I also seen your other clips on to positioning behind the rifle and how to handle recoil. I found that if i let the rifle do the work and let it recoil freely in to my shoulder without any tensioning it in to my shoulder or preloading the bipod at all works best for me, buts that’s personal usage offcourse…. Greets.