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I built a 24" Varminter for target shooting then quickly moved into a .308 gas gun. I apexed rather quickly and went back to the Varminter to work on the fundamentals, breathing, positions, trigger pull, grip, bipod pre-load, etc. AFTER working with the smaller .223, which has essentially no kick, my precision with the .308 OBR more than doubled. This wasn't the only case.
After thousands of frustrated rounds with a HK USP compact .40 (having fired ten thousand rounds of pistol in my lifetime), I bought a Sig Mosquito and spent a thousand more rounds working again on fundamentals. What I found was that after putting my HK down for 3 months my marksmanship with the HK more than doubled.
Flinching and kick is all relative, but the one constant between platforms is fundamentals. If I could advise anything, start small and work your way up. Starting with a moderate kicking .308 bolt gun or worse, a .338 or 300 Win Mag will equate to a very long progression, I promise.
One guy posted to buy great glass, that's most of it. Parallax error and knobs that don't return to the same settings will screw up a shot more than anything. Go Mil-Mil, match reticle and knobs. The gun is almost irrelevant if you really want to learn precision. My bone stock R700 30-06 is sub-MOA, $650. I think sub-MOA is the new standard in rifles.
After thousands of frustrated rounds with a HK USP compact .40 (having fired ten thousand rounds of pistol in my lifetime), I bought a Sig Mosquito and spent a thousand more rounds working again on fundamentals. What I found was that after putting my HK down for 3 months my marksmanship with the HK more than doubled.
Flinching and kick is all relative, but the one constant between platforms is fundamentals. If I could advise anything, start small and work your way up. Starting with a moderate kicking .308 bolt gun or worse, a .338 or 300 Win Mag will equate to a very long progression, I promise.
One guy posted to buy great glass, that's most of it. Parallax error and knobs that don't return to the same settings will screw up a shot more than anything. Go Mil-Mil, match reticle and knobs. The gun is almost irrelevant if you really want to learn precision. My bone stock R700 30-06 is sub-MOA, $650. I think sub-MOA is the new standard in rifles.
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