Prone position

Gerri

Is this the correct prone position?

Sparks

Obvious joke (and counterpoint about the young girl's age) aside, it's an old russian prone position. Quite stable, but I find I can't use it myself due to the lumbar pressure I find it induces. However, different folks, different skeletal-muscular structures...

pullandbang

Think I'll take up refereeing rifle competitions:D:D:D looks much more interesting than clays!

jwshooter

pullandbang wrote: »

Think I'll take up refereeing rifle competitions:D:D:D looks much more interesting than clays!

thats no maybe

bunny shooter

that's the first shooting position i was taught in the FCA with the FN rifle. It is a very stable position. I still use it when shooting prone. Mind you my legs don't look as good as those

IRLConor

bunny shooter wrote: »

that's the first shooting position i was taught in the FCA with the FN rifle. It is a very stable position. I still use it when shooting prone. Mind you my legs don't look as good as those

I don't think there are many shooters in ireland with legs like that!

If I remember correctly, there are a few biathlon shooters who have a position that looks like that. Most ISSF smallbore shooters have quite straight-on positions though.

Sparks

Actually, many ISSF smallbore shooters did use that position not too long ago. But that's not smallbore they're shooting there, it's the prone section of 3P air rifle, and given the level of the kit that's involved, I'd guess they're american.

I'd also guess based on the normal age profiles for the sport that they're aged between 12 and 16, so methinks that this isn't really an appropriate sort of joke to be making...

It wasn't me!

Eek! I had a go of that when I saw it yesterday, just for experiment's sake. The Russians must have had a big interest in promoting their chiropractors! I'll stick to my own contortions for the time being I think.

Sparks

Well, you've got a similar build to me IWM (as in, neither of us is a lanky streak of budweiser), so it wasn't likely to work. The reason's well demonstrated in the picture because what's in the photo is a very extreme version of that position because the young lady is shooting air rifle without a sling or jacket and so has a very high position so she can get her elbow directly under the rifle to take the weight more easily. The smallbore version of the position is more, well, relaxed - the shoulders are lower and the elbows more spread out. But the lumbar strain is still higher. It seems to suit slighter shooters better, and a lot of juniors could make it work because they're more flexible at their age:



Personally though, I wouldn't recommend it - it's perfectly possible to shoot high scores that way, but it's also perfectly possible to shoot high scores in other, less demanding positions which are kinder to your back.

And as with all these things - if doing it hurts, stop doing it

It wasn't me!

Well, currently I'm trying to figure out how to retain the steadiness of my current position, without the neck pain, so poking around a lot of different positions trying to figure out their particular mechanics and such, so was interesting to try, but, not being the necessary lanky streak of Budweiser, I think I'll be leaving that particular one well alone.

BryanL

it would hurt me to try, and lie prone next to that:eek::D:rolleyes: