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John Farbrother - 2018 BFTA & WFTC Springer champion - briefly shares 3 popular Rifle Rests and how they can be used for alternative means.

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Once again, we are looking at an essential piece of kit; a Rifle Maintenance Rest.

These rests have a multitude of uses and generally offer greater ease of cleaning intricate areas of the Rifle whilst being able to use both hands to do so.

John Farbrother - 2018 BFTA & WFTC Springer champion - explains the importance of Rifle Fitment and Adjustable Rifle Stocks.

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Rifle fitment can come in the form of many ways and getting the perfect setup can take years to achieve especially if you are working alone on this.

When you adjust the stock and balance of the rifle with sliding weights this may give you a placebo effect of improvement, however, in reality until you run some tests at the range it may become apparent that the adjustments made have actually had a negative effect on the accuracy.

One way of solving this is to get an experienced Shooter to look at the fit of the Rifle when shouldered. This will enable them to see if there are adjustments that can be made to gain maximum effective contact from the Butt, Cheek, Grip and Forend of the Rifle Stock, as what you feel is right may not necessarily be the case if you are new to this.

Also,

Before we start let me tell you a little about me. Are you sitting comfortably? Yes? then i”ll begin.

I've been a member of my local club down in Torbay, Devon for around fifteen years. It's a small club but in my opinion it's friendly and well run.

Like most clubs the emphasis is on safety first leading on to competing or just shooting for fun.

Our main disciplines are LSR sport rifle, .22LR prone and 25yrd Bench Rest. We also shoot 10mtr air rifle and pistol.

Over the years I've had a go at most things but have settled on Bench Rest (NSRA rules). Plus I'm looking to return to 25yrd Prone now that my dodgy back has started to improve.

Please note: I don’t consider myself an expert at any discipline but I have over the years had the benefit of receiving help and guidance from some very competent and experienced shooters, some of which have had a fair amount of local and national success. Plus I have completed an

A Beginners Guide to Benchrest Shooting | PT 1

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