Anyone use their M1 Garand for NRA High power?

[emcon5]

Well he does have a name tag

Nope to the jacket. I wonder if anyone makes one for tall folks.

Probably: http://www.creedmoorsports.com/produ...Shooting-Coats

I wouldn't buy a shooting jacket unless you think you are going to stick with it.

An option, find an old sweatshirt, and sew/hot glue some rubber padding in the shoulder pocket. While you are at it, put a bit on the upper arm where the sling will sit so it doesn't slide.

[cudakidd]

A match here every month...two loaner Garands, two AR loaners and two loaner Match rifles available as well...

https://www.facebook.com/KernShootingSports/?fref=ts

[OpenSightsOnly]

Just a thought, and I know some can't afford another $300 investment to shoot HP but do you have a hard back shooting jacket? For your case of long length of pull the thickness of the jacket plus the shoulder pad would push the gun a couple inches farther out. Also you need to get the sling really tight which the jacket helps allow a bit more comfortably. And the elbow pad for your left arm on the ground helps with recoil/carpet burn from an M1 too. I have a small bore coat and a HP coat that "I don't leave home without". You recognize this guy showing a Creedmoor coat?

Meh on the hardback.

A Creedmoor canvas/duck cloth coat with elbow and shoulder pads will do the trick for newbs.

If I were to re-do my Creedmoor coat, I'll just get the standard HP coat with a full canvas back since the side vents don't work.

A full canvas back and shoulder straps are needed for offhand. I have an old Freeland coat with that double canvas back - now that is stiffer that the hardback.

No need for gunny approval

[peppermintman]

Just a thought, and I know some can't afford another $300 investment to shoot HP but do you have a hard back shooting jacket? For your case of long length of pull the thickness of the jacket plus the shoulder pad would push the gun a couple inches farther out. Also you need to get the sling really tight which the jacket helps allow a bit more comfortably. And the elbow pad for your left arm on the ground helps with recoil/carpet burn from an M1 too. I have a small bore coat and a HP coat that "I don't leave home without". You recognize this guy showing a Creedmoor coat?

It aint buying the jacket....it gets hot inside there.

[2meterB]

I watched some more videos and spent a bunch more time on the floor.

Still no luck with prone. If I actually get it into the shoulder pocket the top of the butt is in the pocket and the bottom is connected to nothing. And the gun is so low I can't really get a sight picture there.

My thoracic spine is pretty stiff and I suspect that's the problem.

If I move it up that is on the collarbone and I can almost get a sight picture but I can only aim it a bit down the ground. You know aside from being on the collarbone being a problem.

[6mmintl]

Get over to say Valley this weekend and watch/try the 200,300,385, 500 meter silhouette military rifle shoot, Sunday they are having an 300,500,600,800 prone match .

There is a lot you can learn for XTC shooting.

[2meterB]

That's high on my list, I just need to get some soft point projectiles loaded.

[readysetgo]

2meterb, re: sight picture in prone. I don't know about high power rules etc but I think you should be trying to raise/lower your cheek weld with something. e.g. foam and tape or a butt stock cheek rest thingy.

Here's a visual from luckygunner.com

How to Make an Improvised Rifle Cheek Rest



When I did Appleseed, the instructors did the above exactly to help raise the comb height. Otherwise when I "go to sleep" my sight picture was non existent. They had foam pipe and I shaved it down to adjust to my needed size.

Here's a cheapy cheek rest http://www.opticsplanet.com/fox-outd...est-rifle.html

Good luck.

[2meterB]

That would def. help. I have more of a tooth-weld than a cheekweld

[SoCalGoldenBearsHPRClub]

Do a dead hang from a pullup bar since that will stretch your neck/traps/upper back/shoulder joint.

A foam roller is a very good tool as well.

Lie on your back on the ground, arms over your head, lace your fingers and stretch.

I do a variation of the above after a long day at work, sitting on a chair is really bad for the entire back.

I watched some more videos and spent a bunch more time on the floor.

Still no luck with prone. If I actually get it into the shoulder pocket the top of the butt is in the pocket and the bottom is connected to nothing. And the gun is so low I can't really get a sight picture there.

My thoracic spine is pretty stiff and I suspect that's the problem.

If I move it up that is on the collarbone and I can almost get a sight picture but I can only aim it a bit down the ground. You know aside from being on the collarbone being a problem.

[23's Dad]

Try loosening that sling

I watched some more videos and spent a bunch more time on the floor.

Still no luck with prone. If I actually get it into the shoulder pocket the top of the butt is in the pocket and the bottom is connected to nothing. And the gun is so low I can't really get a sight picture there.

If I move it up that is on the collarbone and I can almost get a sight picture but I can only aim it a bit down the ground. You know aside from being on the collarbone being a problem.

On the collarbone is where I put my butt. As close to the neck as I can get it. Loosen the sling and the muzzle should rise. Right Thumb over the top of the pistol grip and right cheekbone against the thumb.

I've seen a well-respected Garand shooter who wears a mouthguard. He shoots XTC exclusively with a Garand. You don't want the heel of the receiver bouncing off a tooth!

Good stuff on prone here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UE8RDSyrJY I attended this clinic recently at the Creedmoor Cup West.

[2meterB]

Thanks. Picking up a past pad tonight. Match is tomorrow.

[musketjon]

Sounds to me like a case of the sling being adjusted too tightly. Muzzle diving is a classic happening if the sling is too tight. Prone and sitting are going to be different settings. Mark the holes you're going to use with a sharpie so you'll know where to stick the claws.
Jon

[2meterB]

The shoulder recoil pad really help me out in prone. I may wait on a jacket for a bit until I do with more but I'm definitely going to get a good range pad.

Got 189 which i think is okay since everything was new to me.

The garand was a bit of a pain in single-shot prone.
Not sure what happened but each shot I took on the 600 yard reduced target w/prone got worse and worse. My sighting shots were in 10 and X. & I kept shooting way too low even with the elevation crank to way the hell up.

Definitely going to do it again thanks for everyone's help

[highpower790]

The shoulder recoil pad really help me out in prone. I may wait on a jacket for a bit until I do with more but I'm definitely going to get a good range pad.

Got 189 which i think is okay since everything was new to me.

The garand was a bit of a pain in single-shot prone.
Not sure what happened but each shot I took on the 600 yard reduced target w/prone got worse and worse. My sighting shots were in 10 and X. & I kept shooting way too low even with the elevation crank to way the hell up.

Definitely going to do it again thanks for everyone's help

Im willing to bet that elbow position changed a little .Everything must be the same from shot to shot ,this will happen the more you shoot.