Keep hitting my collar bone.

[Moress]

Hello.

Went out again to practice my prone some more. Long story short I now have a bruised collar bone from the recoil of 30-06 beating the hell out of it. I don't have this problem shooting from a bench or standing, but when I shoot prone I can't get enough of the butt stock into the pocket.

What am I doing wrong? I try to raise my upper torso up more to get more of the butt stock into the pocket, but nothing. Closest I can do is put the butt stock almost on my arm.

[Short Action Precision]

Your Length of Pull might be longer then what the stock is.

[Munny$hot]

Try to tuck it into your upper body it and lay on it instead...

[kel-tec-innovations]

the rifle butt stock shouldn't be resting on your collar bone

[Moress]

Where should I put it then? I can't get enough of it into the pocket like normal. There isn't anywhere for it to go.

[olhunter]

You're too square to the target. Try angling your torso more to the left so your right shoulder is back further (if you're right handed). Then maintain that angle and scoot around to get your natural point of aim.

[OpenSightsOnly]

Check this out -

http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2012/07/kelly-bachand-positioning-for-prone-shooting/

Also, are you using a sling for support or not?

Hello.

Went out again to practice my prone some more. Long story short I now have a bruised collar bone from the recoil of 30-06 beating the hell out of it. I don't have this problem shooting from a bench or standing, but when I shoot prone I can't get enough of the butt stock into the pocket.

What am I doing wrong? I try to raise my upper torso up more to get more of the butt stock into the pocket, but nothing. Closest I can do is put the butt stock almost on my arm.

[NewbieDave]

Are you shooting a Garand? If you plan on shooting match, get a shooting jacket... it'll help a lot. In general... you should look like this:

[Moress]

Are you shooting a Garand? If you plan on shooting match, get a shooting jacket... it'll help a lot. In general... you should look like this:

I am shooting a Garand.

Theres a lot of helpful advice in this thread, but none shows where the butt stock goes. I've started putting the butt stock just below my collar bone. Mostly on the pect muscle and kind of still in the pocket, but if I'm not careful, the top of the butt stock rolls up and knicks the under part of my collar bone.

I don't mind my chest muscle being bruised, but my I don't want to keep abusing my collar bone like that.

[OpenSightsOnly]

Pocket of the shoulder

If you are a right hand shooter, then that is a spot between right chest muscle and right upper bicep.

Raise your right arm, palm down, to your side then bend or bring your upper arm so that the right thumb touches spot between right chest muscle and right upper bicep.

Or, raise your right arm in front of you, thumbs up, then bring to your chest, that's the spot.

Go to the CMP website and look for a club that host a Garand match, and show up. That will help with position shooting.

Check out the hyperlink I sent you, towards the bottom of the page, it has other hyperlinks from the AMU folks, really good stuff.

Good luck!

I am shooting a Garand.

Theres a lot of helpful advice in this thread, but none shows where the butt stock goes. I've started putting the butt stock just below my collar bone. Mostly on the pect muscle and kind of still in the pocket, but if I'm not careful, the top of the butt stock rolls up and knicks the under part of my collar bone.

I don't mind my chest muscle being bruised, but my I don't want to keep abusing my collar bone like that.

[wjc]

You're too square to the target. Try angling your torso more to the left so your right shoulder is back further (if you're right handed). Then maintain that angle and scoot around to get your natural point of aim.

This is my opinion as well.

Using a clock as a guide...I was taught to have my feet around 7-8 o'clock and my head pointing towards 1 o'clock. (Right handed shooter).

Adjust as necessary.

[zfields]

Check out the videos on this website, might help

http://archive.org/details/Rifle_Marksmanship_with_M1_Rifle_Part_1