This is a topic that many people need to learn more about. You're 100% correct in keeping all external forces from contacting the barrel in anyway. It's amazing to see the actual effects of improved accuracy. I highly recommend everyone take a 5 shot group with barrel contact...and then take another 5 shot group without....the difference is quite shocking. Great Talking Point in this video. Keep up the good work...I have no doubt you will.
+GY6vids Hi Andrew - I wonder if you could do a video on the science behind this at some stage? I have done the "test" and it makes a huge difference with my .223. It can be the difference between sub MOA and not. It's a really interesting topic and I am surprised it is not spoken about more often. Cheers!
Kirsten Joy Weiss Excellent video and 100% correct. Little tips like that will help so many shooters get better groups. Another thing I hate to see is people carrying a sporting rifle across the back of their neck and shoulders with one hand wrapped around muzzle and one hand around stock. Not so bad if its a heavy barrel but a sporting weight barrel can be deflected by doing this.
At 1/4 mile my groups were 18, ±9, inches using factory ammo. Began reloading and they dropped to 10 inch groups. Got my harmonics right and my POI, (Point Of Impact), will fit inside of a quarter. Harmonics are wonderful. You can change the harmonic vibration by changing the manufacturer of your ammunition, and bullet weight also. Good shooting and stay safe. Kirsten Joy Weiss, nice work and thank you for your skilled teaching.
Excellent explanation of barrel harmonics ramifications and kudos for the jump cut video editing. First class Kirsten, you're getting better with content and presentation with every video you produce. Thank you for your effort to educate us all.
Very nice and informative video! I think I've said it before, but you are one of the few persons making shooting-related videos on youtube that actually has the technical shooting skill to speak from a position of authority. In addition, you are very informative and concise in your explanations, so I'd love to see more videos like the trigger control one you did!
One thing, Kirsten: the harmonic vibrations of the barrel make the forend vibrate too, if a lot less. You can also miss, usually high, by resting the forend on something hard, which is why we shoot over sandbags, not bricks, and why hunters put their gloves, daypack, jacket, or stacked fist between the stump and the forend, as far back as you can and still make the rifle balance (less effect from vibration than out toward the end). I can make a Colt Sporter Lightweight (skinny little barrel) shoot all over the target, just by changing the pressure of the forend on the sandbags. The cure is a free-floating handguard, when I find the time. I recall TH-cams (I think) of soldiers firing AK-47s, slowed way down: those barrels whipped! Very pronounced. That would be a fun video: shoot from the bench, focus on the barrel, slow mo way down, and see how much different barrels move? Can you point shoot? That would be fun to see, too, and I've never seen an explanation of it on TH-cams or in gun magazines.
Totally correct on things touching the barrel. I got a real lesson in this fact when I did high power competition with an A2 configuration AR15, i.e. non free floated barrel. I remember being able to pull a shot out of the black by increasing tension on my sling. Since then I have noticed how resting your rifle on sand bags, on a bi-pod resting on dirt, on a bi-pod resting on concrete can all influence the point of impact. I find myself fussing about what might appear to others to be small things.
+tearlach61 YEP. I hear you on that. You feel OCD sometimes right? But then you see a tight little one hole group and it all seems worth it. --Except that unexplainable slight flyer that widened the group just a milimeter -- now for a few months more of experimentation --- hahaha oh no. No it's not OCD at all. :D jk jk I really appreciate people that keep refining their craft and learning. One of the indications of a true Master, or even the path to one. Keep up the good work
It's incredible how much a barrel will distort upon discharging a round. There's no shortage of slow motion video that captures this on TH-cam. It's a must see. After which you'll understand why you can't interfere with the barrel harmonics by improper support of the barrel. Ive only watch 3 of this gals video's and she does an excellent job of covering many of the finer points of the art of Zen & shooting firearms. Don't know who trained her but she's very knowledgeable.
Kirsten, you are right on target. From the physics/materials science perspective, all materials "bend" when an exterior force is applied: such as resting the barrel directly upon a support. Heck, even I-beam steel will bend if you even push your finger on it. Seems unlikely, but stress-strain gauges can measure the 1 millionth of an inch of deflection. So when you don't have a free floating barrel, the barrel bends every so minutely effecting the accuracy. On top of that, no shooter gets into the position exactly the same way every time, so add that to resting the barrel directly on an object, you get "shots around the clock". Keep up your great work as an ambassador for the shooting sports.
So that's why my AR is much more accurate with a FFB and floating foregrip than when I would shoot it in the standard A2 configuration. Good stuff as always Kirsten. Keep up the great work!
If you watch rifle shots in slow motion one can see the barrel move in like a vibration pattern. A free floated stock allows the barrel to move with out external pressures. This allows the barrel to function predictably and repetitiously which will improve accuracy. If dime size groups at 100 yards is important to you then take the time to float and bed the action and barrel to the stock. Good job Kirsten.
Really liked the educational aspect of this one. One of your better ones on the education side. I have been guilty of doing this. I last supported my hunting rifle by the stock because it gave it a little more height and I did see an improvement. I assumed it was because I was more comfortable, but now I think that it was more from less touching the barrel.
Another good tip not mentioned about a free floating barrel is to make sure it is free floating, I had a guy come in with a high end 30-06 that would not shoot a group no matter what he did he loaded up all kinds of different loads and it was still all over the paper and it was a free floating barrel. First thing I did was take a dollar bill and put it around the bottom of the barrel and moved it down to the action it went part way and stopped.. problem solved the stock was hitting the barrel it could be moisture and swelled the wood.. to fix it I removed some wood in the barrel channel and re glasses it, after that I had to sight it in and it was right on target every time after that. Great vidio Kirstin I love your TH-cam channel.
I learned this by mistake. I was hunting and had a buck in my sights. I placed the shot and hit it, but it took off running. I usually drop them on the spot. I followed the blood trail and came up to it. I ended up hitting it in the brisket. The shot placement was about 8 inches too low. I mentioned to someone and thought that my ammo was the reason. They asked me it I rested the barrel on anything. I thought about it and I did rest it on the stand instead of the stock on the stand. I am not sure why I did this since I never had done this in the past. So lesson learned. I am glad that you brought this up on your channel. Happy shooting.
you are absolutely right. the vibrations is barrel whip . we would need a special camera to see as the friction builds up between bullet and barrel the barrel expands and causing a ripple effect down the barrel. the thinner and longer the barrel the more barrel whip . nana and papa aka the hunter wishing you well.
I don't know if you chose a left side ejecting rifle for the same reason I do, but it always made more sense to me to keep my dominate hand on the rifle while cycling the bolt with my weak hand. I never understood taking ones hand off the grip to cycle in/out a round. Keep making great videos.
Took awhile to get to the point, but yes! Got my first rifle in thirty years last summer, and a kind range officer gave me this same tip. My accuracy immediately improved.
Great video, cleared up some confusing stuff for me. Would have loved to see you shoot supported and un supported to show diff (maybe next time?). I am now reading deeply into this and geez, there's a lot to know when you dig. But yeah -- absolutely first and foremost don't damp the barrel in an inconsistent and unrepeatable way.
TY Kirsten for an awesome video. I am a 61 year old disabled shooter, always ready to learn new ways to improve my sport shooting. You've got a new sub today. TY again...now teach me! LOL!
+TheGeodoctorcl Awesome! I have friends who are disabled and still enjoy shooting -- to the highest level!! If you have questions, don't hesitate to ask. Best place to ask them is to message facebook.com/kirstenjoyweiss. I'd love to help where I can
Wow Kristen! I seriously didn't know about the harmonics of a rifle barrel. But it does make sense. You seriously know your stuff. Thank you and happy 4th! 🇺🇸
Great tip- holding the barrel for me creates more tension in technique. Relaxation, cheek weld, shoulder/butt contact, and leaning into the recoil are the most efficient...
Excellent presentation and advice. I was astounded when I worked this out. Made sighting my rifle in much easier! My barrel was rubbing the cheap plastic stock just in front of the chamber and messing me up!
Ma’am, are you Shooting a left-handed Heym model 21? I was an old Marine sniper and it took me forever to become comfortable using the set trigger on moving game. Mine is in .308. All barrels are made by Krupp. Oh, check out the express sights, they are dead on. I used myrifle in Germany. Hunting laws required the use of 175gr. Bullets. Nobler partition bullets were accurate and very popular in both Germany and in South Africa on non dangerous game. Oh, once and a while put lemon oil on the Bibinga stock. I thank you kindly for your videos. You are one of the very best shooters I have ever been around.
Grab the barrel?! I had an experience when I was in the army that taught me to never touch a barrel. We were shooting at night and since I was the last one to shoot I got to burn through all the magazines that jammed for everybody else. I shot on full automatic with my M-16 for a bunch of magazines. (My first sergeant didn’t want to wait around). My barrel was literally glowing red by the end. I couldn’t even sling my weapon since the barrel was too hot to be that close to my neck. Good times!
You are 100% correct in every way. I am also a air gunner. And the PCP air rifles work just like powder charged rifles do. Since there is little recoil in a PCP air rifle you can benchrest shoot just like you do with a powder charged rifle. But the spring piston air rifles are a different animal. You have the Ford recoil of the spring and piston ramming Ford and then reverse recoil as the pellet is. Ejected. It goes against everything I've learned as a shooter but unless you hold the front end down on a spring piston air rifle, you will not have good groups. I have a Gamo big cat 1400. It is super light. It's actually too light for the power that it has. It sends a 17 caliber pellet down range at a 1300 feet per second. A rifle of this type is a fixed barrel. The break in the barrel that is used to cock the rifle starts where the stock ends. Forgive me for all the spelling errors. I'm using my smart phone's microphone which it is so smart. It even spelled that last sentence wrong. Love your channel. Just thought I would share some other gun tips with you. A lot of people don't consider air rifles real guns. But they truly are.
+vettelover2009 Some rifles will shoot better with some stock pressure on them. This means it likely has a bedding problem. Wooden stocks that contact the barrel frequently change point of impact due to swelling and shrinkage of the wood. Free floating practically eliminates this.
+vettelover2009 As I said it LIKELY has a bedding problem. Didn't say always! Remington 700 rifles usually have crazy pressure on them, and I've had some that had stringing problems right out of the box. Free floating cured these but it's not a sure thing.
I recently shimmed the action of my 700. There was a very slight contact between the barrel and the end of the stock under recoil. That action alone has significantly shrunk my group sizes. It is amazing what a difference a tiny bit of contact can make.
+Gun Sense (drmaudio) And, Gun Sense, you may want to consider doing it well, and bedding the action so that it has a consistent molded fit in the stock and allows a free-float barrel. It is very amazing to see the results in group size after this as well!
Barry Lochridge Thank you. This particular stock is much too flexible in the forend for my intended use. As such, it will be replaced as soon as budget allows. This was a quick, temporary solution to carry me until that point.
She is preaching to the quire when it comes to me. I am an expert marksman according to the USMC. I have the medals to prove it. And I build my own guns. Am currently working on a 1000 yard tack driver in .308 Winchester. I intend to only shoot m118 ammo threw it. 25" 416R stainless steel barrel with a 1:12 twist. Bolt action.
Kirsten, I enjoyed your discussion on barrel harmonics, associated resonance and tuning. I cringed recently when I saw someone testing a new rifle with a bipod wrapped around a barrel instead of connected to a stud on the front of the stock.
I always hold my PTK from Fab Defence for a sure grip. It is an angled foregrip at the end near the barrel,made to support the rifle's body to balance and support the "free" barrel. Everyone should have this for those who hold it mostly. Real men do...lol
Too funny, I was just watching some ISSF videos of a couple competitors actually resting the tips of their shooting glove on the barrel during prone shooting. I knew of barrel harmonics beforehand & was baffled as to why they would let themselves do this. Oh well, I guess it works for them as the barrels are thick, the glove tips may not be too forceful & I thing it was close to the receiver. All the best from Canada EH!
It would be interesting to see how much of an affect barrel contact has on paper. A couple groups at a moderate distance (300 yds), one group with the rifle rested properly and other groups with various ‘barrel support’ errors. I’m curious how much difference it makes when other variables (like shooter input) are reduced. Love your videos, you are a great advocate for the sport!
HI Kirsten , awesome very nice video about gun shooting , you talk about security , gun handling , fun of shooting , lot of things , what suppose to do with good gun handling and shooting , BIG SALUTATION from a CANADIEN shooter ( for fun with friends )
Thanks for this tip! I'm going to remove the clamp-on bi-pod from my Mosin before getting rid of it for being too inaccurate. I knew free floated barrels were more accurate but somehow failed to make this connection.
I run a Romanian psl ,funny how these rifles get mixed reviews as far as accuracy goes,my example went from shooting 2 inch groups with Bulgarian surplus down to 1 inch groups ,all I did was move the location of my bi pod from the barrel to the receiver ,but along with that I have tried different surplus ammo ,and my Psl loves the Bulgarian .,and now this rifle shoots a one inch group at 100 meters ,with surplus . better than it should be for sure
i shoot a little bit like you do. i noticed sometimes you drop your elbow into your hip to make a rifle rest. i have to do the same thing now. i can't just hold it upright and fire anymore. had a real bad accident that injured my left hand pretty bad. to where i had to have it rebuilt. when they rebuilt it, they left a few rods in there, and fused the bones so i can no longer bend my wrist downwards. the result is that if i try to hold my rife high and manly, my left arm sharks really bad and i wiff. after i figured out about locking my elbow into my body, which was adapted from bench shooting, i started just flattening my left hand out as opposed to actually holding on to too much of anything, and just letting it rest on my palm as if i were bench shooting. the whole adaptation gave me back a lot of accuracy, and i'm nailing small coins and erasers etc from 30YARDS again. not always though, depends on how the arm is doing that day. if i'm on bench though, forget about it. might aswell give me a bipod and i'll flip coins for days.
Sounds like you may have a bionic advantage now, haha :D But if it makes you feel better, the way you're shooting now (similar to how I shoot offhand) was used in the military for decades. So, I'd say it's pretty "manly"... and it's also smart. On a different but similar note: In the marines they have the rope courses, and guys will muscle their way up using only their arms because it's more "manly" but they joke around because often they tire or can't go as fast as using their legs/whole body. It's just physics. Same with rock climbing. I don't equate muscling through things without using your brain as manly... I consider it just... ill-informed. haha Very cool you are finding success
wow. you're pretty sharp-it was rock climbing and hiking that got me into this mess. I love hiking and hanging out in the woods all the time. especially on cliffs and stuff. been doing it since i was little. one day i was out at dusk, and hopped down on a little cliff/ledge, and couldn't see it was nothing but gravel. I fought it for a while, but i inevitably slid off. fell 60FT straight down and landed on my feet-shattering my entire body, including my spine and disconnecting my left hand. broke everything except my right hand. I was in a body cast for like 6MONTHS, and all this junk. was never gonna walk again, or play guitar, but i trained and trained and fought. after about a year i took my first steps on my own. after that i started learning guitar again. it was really hard, cuz the left hand came off completely internally. all tendons ligaments, everything just ripped. after i got all that back on track, i saw this air rifle called the bone collector, and said hell. i'll buy one and start training on how to shoot again. got me a daisy 880S, a Gamo Bone Collector, daisy xt15, and my 2 favorites so far. The Wolverine Black Ops Pistol by ignite, and The Black Ops Sniper by Ignite. I put thousands of rounds through each one till i was able to shoot again, and hold my rifle up, but when ever i'd get off the bench. the shaking would start. especially with my 13LB sniper rifle. I used to be a drill team commander, and I could spin and hold my 13LB M1 guarand for days. I was surprised how hard it was to just hold 13LBS's after the surgery. Also, I have actually been seeing your videos for a while now before i even subscribed and got hooked. The first one i saw was when i got back into doing trick shots, and was looking for shots to practice. It was the one where you're shooting the eraser off the pencil with your competition Anschutz air rifle(very nice). I know this is a long blabber, but it's on point. Not to sound cheezy, but your videos helped me a lot to get back on track, and practice till i got good again. i worked on that eraser shot for a while and finally nailed it with my Black Ops Sniper. I appreciate the good vibes ya send. it means a lot. It's been a long voyage getting myself back behind the scope, but patience and good inspiration made it possible. thank you so much. keep doing what you're doing. you never know who's watching. P.S. I'm still working on cutting that playing card. LOL.
dam I did not know this....holy shit it just dawn on me.when I'm holding the for arm I can hit a 7.62 x39 steel shell with one shot.BUT with a by pod it takes 3to 4 shots to hit it at 50 yards....that's explained a lot ty ty ty and the hole time I thought it was me ty👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍💐ty
I didn’t forget to spank that like button Appreciate y’all Miss Kirsten Sweet shooting lovely 🥰 lady all day long. You have a great ability to teach a knowledge that most folks don’t know much about today. Thank you 🙏 Miss Kirsten. Yahoo
Looks like a nice lefty Mauser 3000, were made by Freidrich Wilhelm Heym (60's?) in West Germany as an economical higher end rifle imported by Bauer. Heym used leftovers and with a few changes made the SR20. All very nice rifles that shoot really, really well. Of course, not many of us will shoot them as well as her! I think all had Krupp steel barrels & are still a pretty good choice for a hunting rifle (Especially for a lefty as not everyone makes one) God Bless
Watched a few of your videos. I just subscribed. You got me hooked and I'm going down this rabbit hole of accuracy and the physics of the firearm and ammunition. Oi vey... I don't have anywhere close to enough ammo to do what I want. LOL!! 🤦🏼♂️
Right on with this simple advice, Kirsten. I cringe whenever I see someone shooting by resting his barrel against something or by touching or gripping the barrel. That barrel rings quite a bit like a bell, and your groups will be pretty consistent as long as that bell is allowed to ring consistently each time. Just imagine how bad a ringing bell suddenly goes **clunk** when you touch it while it's ringing, and you'll get an idea of what happens when you touch your gun barrel. Beautiful rifle, btw...I'm guessing a Weatherby Mark V, correct? What caliber?
The barrel repeats the same physical process if not effected by outside forces. Changing rounds is another (one-time) variable which has to be adjusted for (re-zeroing). What a great professor of arms she is right?
Browning introduced something they called a Ballistic Optimizing Shooting System (BOSS) 20 or 30 years ago, that was basically a finely-threaded muzzle, a weight that turned back and forth on it, and a jam nut. Instead of tuning the load to the rifle, you screw the weight back and forth, tuning the barrel's vibrations, until it releases the bullet at the same point in its whip, every shot. Can't think of its name right now, but someone also made a--rubber?--barrel weight that you merely slide on to the barrel, and move back and forth until your groups tighten up. You still need the rifle well bedded to the stock, but apparently this works; I've never owned either.
@@johnorenick9026 I've got a barrel sleeve on my singke shot .308 from the same outfit that makes archery harmonizers. EDit:remembered the company name Limbsavers I'm not sure if it's made a difference since I didn't install it but the groups are pretty tight. I guess that I'll have to try it w/o the sleeve & see if it works
+VIETNAMFAC Wow! I think a lot of people take this for granted. I know I did. Once you realize it formally, you're going to "magically" catch more and more people doing it even at higher levels. It's pretty common.
Re: Bipods, if they're not attached directly to the barrel you shouldn't be affecting harmonics. Most bipods support a free float handguard, or a rifle stock, not the barrel itself.
If you watch a shot rifle in slow motion, the barrel whips as the projectile leaves it. We were slo-mo filming an AK years ago, and noticed this phenomenon.
I know this is an old video, but it's good advice. It got me thinking (bad thing late Friday afternoon): What about guns like a 10/22 that have a barrel band?
I never even thought to hold the barrel. I always rest my .22 rifles on a tripod on the stock. Military rifles with built in or attached bipods are at the end of the stick but a FEW are actually gripping the barrel close to the stock.stock
Great info. How about a front stock pad so you don't damage that beautiful wood stock. Even on a synthetic (plastic) stock a griping pad wood be good idea to rest on a surface or to help hand hold.
Ya know... it would be VERY interesting to have someone who is a really good shot (ahem... hint hint) to do a demonstration of shooting a gun with a free floating barrel and show a group where the gun is supported on the stock by sand bags vs. a group where it's supported on the barrel. For that matter, it would be interesting to see a lot of the shooting "myths" examined. For example, take a Ruger American Rimfire with an 18" barrel vs. the Henry Classic which has an 18" barrel and compare accuracy. One has a free floating barrel and the other is strapped right to the stock. Similarly, what about a semi-auto, vs. bolt action. I've always heard that bolt action rifles are more accurate. What's the "real" difference in the hands of an expert? It would be interesting to see if those types of differences were enough to really matter to us regular shooters.
+LostNorthUp These are good suggestions. The only one I'd shy away from is the rifle/brand comparisons (unless its a direct comparison of brands as far as opinion and outcome) because there are a lot more factors that go into rifle accuracy than just free floating a barrel. For example say brand 1 has a free float but a poor quality barreled action but brand 2 has direct contact with the stock but an excellent barreled action - etc etc, then the outcome could be falsely skewed. The similar sorts of variables exist and need to be addressed with the other testing requests before a good conclusion can be made... but those are just details ;) I'd like to make this work some time. Thank you!!
+Kirsten Joy Weiss Brand comparison would be a waste anyway. Factory rifles are fairly accurate now. +LostNorthUp Semi-auto vs Bolt action accuracy wouldn't be noticeable to average shooters. Both are capable of sub moa. Look up the playlist "Sniper 101" by TiborasaurusRex He has lots of videos explaining most of your questions. He talks more of extreme long range shooting (1000+ yards) He goes into great detail about most everything. I don't think Kirsten has the time to get that detailed.
+Koromose Thanks for the info and the TIP on the Sniper 101 stuff. I'll look at it when I have time. Usually that stuff is way beyond my skill level as just a regular hunter. When they start taking 500+ yard shots and talking about environmental factors it's just beyond what I feel confident in doing, but I'll certainly take a look.
The ones about temp, humidity, rotation of earth, you can skip. The ones about barrel harmonics, scopes, rifles....they can be applied to hunting and such.
Is there any way to see or make a video about the harmonics or the vibrations when you fire on round through a rifle? And dose the bullet vibrate from the blast also.
This is interesting - how does this apply to guns with tube magazines? Literally the opposite of free floating. I only ask because I have a Remington 572 pump action and the accuracy has been a little disappointing. I normally shoot from a bench and usually rest it's slide on my range bag. One night I borrowed a friends home made shooting frame and rested the barrel on it. Instant improvement.
Totally fascinating. You just changed the way I'll be thinking about my shooting. Question, would I benefit from "floating the barrel" on my deer rifle (a walnut stocked 30.06 bolt action)? And if so, is that something I can do by simply removing any wood inside the channel the barrel sets in that would be in contact with the barrel? Thanks so much.
How does different lengths and thickness of barrels affect harmonics? Does harmonics on a 50 CAL BMG still make a difference? Does this also come into play with carbine's ??
The only gun I am aware of that uses pressure on the barrel is the M1 Carbine, even then you don't want to rest the barrel on anything so as not to alter the pressure.
Watched a buddy put his barrel on a rest, instead of the forearm, and he shot over a muley by about 5 feet! I would like to know what maker of that rifle is, I think it's a Parker Hale? Please let us know, it's a fine looking gun. Thanks for the video!
Air guns have very thin barrels and do need support to help against wiggle When the gas/ spring piston is released. The more power the more wiggle they have.....
This is a topic that many people need to learn more about. You're 100% correct in keeping all external forces from contacting the barrel in anyway. It's amazing to see the actual effects of improved accuracy. I highly recommend everyone take a 5 shot group with barrel contact...and then take another 5 shot group without....the difference is quite shocking. Great Talking Point in this video. Keep up the good work...I have no doubt you will.
+GY6vids Hi Andrew - I wonder if you could do a video on the science behind this at some stage? I have done the "test" and it makes a huge difference with my .223. It can be the difference between sub MOA and not. It's a really interesting topic and I am surprised it is not spoken about more often. Cheers!
+GY6vids Yes! That's a perfect test to see this point in action. Thanks for sharing the input :)
Kirsten Joy Weiss Excellent video and 100% correct. Little tips like that will help so many shooters get better groups. Another thing I hate to see is people carrying a sporting rifle across the back of their neck and shoulders with one hand wrapped around muzzle and one hand around stock. Not so bad if its a heavy barrel but a sporting weight barrel can be deflected by doing this.
At 1/4 mile my groups were 18, ±9, inches using factory ammo. Began reloading and they dropped to 10 inch groups. Got my harmonics right and my POI, (Point Of Impact), will fit inside of a quarter.
Harmonics are wonderful. You can change the harmonic vibration by changing the manufacturer of your ammunition, and bullet weight also.
Good shooting and stay safe.
Kirsten Joy Weiss, nice work and thank you for your skilled teaching.
Excellent explanation of barrel harmonics ramifications and kudos for the jump cut video editing. First class Kirsten, you're getting better with content and presentation with every video you produce. Thank you for your effort to educate us all.
Very nice and informative video! I think I've said it before, but you are one of the few persons making shooting-related videos on youtube that actually has the technical shooting skill to speak from a position of authority. In addition, you are very informative and concise in your explanations, so I'd love to see more videos like the trigger control one you did!
+Rikard Stockstad Thank you kindly! I'll keep 'em coming periodically :)
One thing, Kirsten: the harmonic vibrations of the barrel make the forend vibrate too, if a lot less. You can also miss, usually high, by resting the forend on something hard, which is why we shoot over sandbags, not bricks, and why hunters put their gloves, daypack, jacket, or stacked fist between the stump and the forend, as far back as you can and still make the rifle balance (less effect from vibration than out toward the end). I can make a Colt Sporter Lightweight (skinny little barrel) shoot all over the target, just by changing the pressure of the forend on the sandbags. The cure is a free-floating handguard, when I find the time.
I recall TH-cams (I think) of soldiers firing AK-47s, slowed way down: those barrels whipped! Very pronounced. That would be a fun video: shoot from the bench, focus on the barrel, slow mo way down, and see how much different barrels move?
Can you point shoot? That would be fun to see, too, and I've never seen an explanation of it on TH-cams or in gun magazines.
Totally correct on things touching the barrel. I got a real lesson in this fact when I did high power competition with an A2 configuration AR15, i.e. non free floated barrel. I remember being able to pull a shot out of the black by increasing tension on my sling. Since then I have noticed how resting your rifle on sand bags, on a bi-pod resting on dirt, on a bi-pod resting on concrete can all influence the point of impact. I find myself fussing about what might appear to others to be small things.
+tearlach61 YEP. I hear you on that. You feel OCD sometimes right? But then you see a tight little one hole group and it all seems worth it. --Except that unexplainable slight flyer that widened the group just a milimeter -- now for a few months more of experimentation --- hahaha oh no. No it's not OCD at all. :D jk jk I really appreciate people that keep refining their craft and learning. One of the indications of a true Master, or even the path to one. Keep up the good work
But I don't carry a rabbit's foot, at least not yet anyway.
It's incredible how much a barrel will distort upon discharging a round. There's no shortage of slow motion video that captures this on TH-cam. It's a must see. After which you'll understand why you can't interfere with the barrel harmonics by improper support of the barrel.
Ive only watch 3 of this gals video's and she does an excellent job of covering many of the finer points of the art of Zen & shooting firearms. Don't know who trained her but she's very knowledgeable.
Vibrations, harmonics, whip. Excellent post Kristin!
Kirsten, you are right on target. From the physics/materials science perspective, all materials "bend" when an exterior force is applied: such as resting the barrel directly upon a support. Heck, even I-beam steel will bend if you even push your finger on it. Seems unlikely, but stress-strain gauges can measure the 1 millionth of an inch of deflection. So when you don't have a free floating barrel, the barrel bends every so minutely effecting the accuracy. On top of that, no shooter gets into the position exactly the same way every time, so add that to resting the barrel directly on an object, you get "shots around the clock". Keep up your great work as an ambassador for the shooting sports.
Interesting! Thank you!
So that's why my AR is much more accurate with a FFB and floating foregrip than when I would shoot it in the standard A2 configuration. Good stuff as always Kirsten. Keep up the great work!
If you watch rifle shots in slow motion one can see the barrel move in like a vibration pattern. A free floated stock allows the barrel to move with out external pressures. This allows the barrel to function predictably and repetitiously which will improve accuracy. If dime size groups at 100 yards is important to you then take the time to float and bed the action and barrel to the stock. Good job Kirsten.
Really liked the educational aspect of this one. One of your better ones on the education side. I have been guilty of doing this. I last supported my hunting rifle by the stock because it gave it a little more height and I did see an improvement. I assumed it was because I was more comfortable, but now I think that it was more from less touching the barrel.
Another good tip not mentioned about a free floating barrel is to make sure it is free floating, I had a guy come in with a high end 30-06 that would not shoot a group no matter what he did he loaded up all kinds of different loads and it was still all over the paper and it was a free floating barrel. First thing I did was take a dollar bill and put it around the bottom of the barrel and moved it down to the action it went part way and stopped.. problem solved the stock was hitting the barrel it could be moisture and swelled the wood.. to fix it I removed some wood in the barrel channel and re glasses it, after that I had to sight it in and it was right on target every time after that. Great vidio Kirstin I love your TH-cam channel.
Very clear explanations...well done.
I am glad to see young people getting into the sport and showing other young people how to shoot. Just watched all you videos.
Keep up the good work.
+James Beckner all of them? Wow! Cool :D
+James Beckner And thanks!
I learned this by mistake. I was hunting and had a buck in my sights. I placed the shot and hit it, but it took off running. I usually drop them on the spot. I followed the blood trail and came up to it. I ended up hitting it in the brisket. The shot placement was about 8 inches too low. I mentioned to someone and thought that my ammo was the reason. They asked me it I rested the barrel on anything. I thought about it and I did rest it on the stand instead of the stock on the stand. I am not sure why I did this since I never had done this in the past. So lesson learned. I am glad that you brought this up on your channel. Happy shooting.
you are absolutely right. the vibrations is barrel whip . we would need a special camera to see as the friction builds up between bullet and barrel the barrel expands and causing a ripple effect down the barrel. the thinner and longer the barrel the more barrel whip . nana and papa aka the hunter wishing you well.
Yes. Great advice to all. Many people unaware of what you just reported here.
I don't know if you chose a left side ejecting rifle for the same reason I do, but it always made more sense to me to keep my dominate hand on the rifle while cycling the bolt with my weak hand. I never understood taking ones hand off the grip to cycle in/out a round. Keep making great videos.
Took awhile to get to the point, but yes! Got my first rifle in thirty years last summer, and a kind range officer gave me this same tip. My accuracy immediately improved.
This young lady knows what the hell she is talking about.I would listen.
good advice I see it all the time at the shooting range too.
Nice Rifle South Paw.Barrel Harmonics is very important,lot of new shooters don't understand this.
Great video, cleared up some confusing stuff for me. Would have loved to see you shoot supported and un supported to show diff (maybe next time?). I am now reading deeply into this and geez, there's a lot to know when you dig. But yeah -- absolutely first and foremost don't damp the barrel in an inconsistent and unrepeatable way.
TY Kirsten for an awesome video. I am a 61 year old disabled shooter, always ready to learn new ways to improve my sport shooting. You've got a new sub today. TY again...now teach me! LOL!
+TheGeodoctorcl Awesome! I have friends who are disabled and still enjoy shooting -- to the highest level!! If you have questions, don't hesitate to ask. Best place to ask them is to message facebook.com/kirstenjoyweiss. I'd love to help where I can
TY Kirsten, you are most kind.
I am really liking these How to Shoot Awesomely videos.
It is hard to make a video made from a continuous camera shot from a fixed position camera look interesting. You have done it with the cuts, good job!
+Doyen Guy Thank you :) !
Probably took a while to get it right.
Wow Kristen! I seriously didn't know about the harmonics of a rifle barrel. But it does make sense. You seriously know your stuff. Thank you and happy 4th! 🇺🇸
Great tip- holding the barrel for me creates more tension in technique. Relaxation, cheek weld, shoulder/butt contact, and leaning into the recoil are the most efficient...
I like the rifle in your video. I noticed it is left handed. I'm pretty sure you're right handed but that's cool if you shoot left and right.
great!!!! the first i hear talking about harmonics!!! as an engineer as i am i love it!! MODE OF VIBRATION RULES!!!
XD I'm sure you could expound on this topic!
Excellent presentation and advice. I was astounded when I worked this out. Made sighting my rifle in much easier! My barrel was rubbing the cheap plastic stock just in front of the chamber and messing me up!
Ma’am, are you Shooting a left-handed Heym model 21? I was an old Marine sniper and it took me forever to become comfortable using the set trigger on moving game. Mine is in .308. All barrels are made by Krupp. Oh, check out the express sights, they are dead on. I used myrifle in Germany. Hunting laws required the use of 175gr. Bullets. Nobler partition bullets were accurate and very popular in both Germany and in South Africa on non dangerous game. Oh, once and a while put lemon oil on the Bibinga stock. I thank you kindly for your videos. You are one of the very best shooters I have ever been around.
Thanks Kirsten... Always enjoy your tutorials.
Amazingly simple and awesome tip. Thanks!!
+Arsenal Exchange Cool, glad you liked it
Amazing. This is like graduate school! Wonderful.
She knows what she's talking about and it doesn't hurt that she's good to look at too!!
Grab the barrel?! I had an experience when I was in the army that taught me to never touch a barrel. We were shooting at night and since I was the last one to shoot I got to burn through all the magazines that jammed for everybody else. I shot on full automatic with my M-16 for a bunch of magazines. (My first sergeant didn’t want to wait around). My barrel was literally glowing red by the end. I couldn’t even sling my weapon since the barrel was too hot to be that close to my neck. Good times!
You are 100% correct in every way. I am also a air gunner. And the PCP air rifles work just like powder charged rifles do. Since there is little recoil in a PCP air rifle you can benchrest shoot just like you do with a powder charged rifle. But the spring piston air rifles are a different animal. You have the Ford recoil of the spring and piston ramming Ford and then reverse recoil as the pellet is. Ejected. It goes against everything I've learned as a shooter but unless you hold the front end down on a spring piston air rifle, you will not have good groups. I have a Gamo big cat 1400. It is super light. It's actually too light for the power that it has. It sends a 17 caliber pellet down range at a 1300 feet per second. A rifle of this type is a fixed barrel. The break in the barrel that is used to cock the rifle starts where the stock ends. Forgive me for all the spelling errors. I'm using my smart phone's microphone which it is so smart. It even spelled that last sentence wrong. Love your channel. Just thought I would share some other gun tips with you. A lot of people don't consider air rifles real guns. But they truly are.
I always heard the term free floated barrel, but really never thought about why it was better.
+vettelover2009 Some rifles will shoot better with some stock pressure on them. This means it likely has a bedding problem. Wooden stocks that contact the barrel frequently change point of impact due to swelling and shrinkage of the wood. Free floating practically eliminates this.
+vettelover2009 As I said it LIKELY has a bedding problem. Didn't say always! Remington 700 rifles usually have crazy pressure on them, and I've had some that had stringing problems right out of the box. Free floating cured these but it's not a sure thing.
+vettelover2009 my sako also have a point of rest in the front end of the stock
I recently shimmed the action of my 700. There was a very slight contact between the barrel and the end of the stock under recoil. That action alone has significantly shrunk my group sizes. It is amazing what a difference a tiny bit of contact can make.
+Gun Sense (drmaudio) Yes! So true. Cool that you have experienced this difference first hand
+Gun Sense (drmaudio) And, Gun Sense, you may want to consider doing it well, and bedding the action so that it has a consistent molded fit in the stock and allows a free-float barrel. It is very amazing to see the results in group size after this as well!
Barry Lochridge Thank you. This particular stock is much too flexible in the forend for my intended use. As such, it will be replaced as soon as budget allows. This was a quick, temporary solution to carry me until that point.
And please make see it right away.you are truely an inspiration.
She is preaching to the quire when it comes to me. I am an expert marksman according to the USMC. I have the medals to prove it. And I build my own guns. Am currently working on a 1000 yard tack driver in .308 Winchester. I intend to only shoot m118 ammo threw it. 25" 416R stainless steel barrel with a 1:12 twist. Bolt action.
I really enjoy your videos Kirsten. Besides being very interesting, you do a g8 job as a narrator. And of course you are a g8 shot!
+Zogger52 well thank you, that's nice of you to say :)
Weatherby.?.no mauser..Great tips from this young lady !
Thanks Kirsten, very helpful.
If your barrel is touching anything bullets missing everything.
See so many people making this mistake, good info.
Kirsten, I enjoyed your discussion on barrel harmonics, associated resonance and tuning. I cringed recently when I saw someone testing a new rifle with a bipod wrapped around a barrel instead of connected to a stud on the front of the stock.
I learned something new, about a topic I didn't even know existed, thanks!
I always hold my PTK from Fab Defence for a sure grip. It is an angled foregrip at the end near the barrel,made to support the rifle's body to balance and support the "free" barrel. Everyone should have this for those who hold it mostly.
Real men do...lol
Too funny, I was just watching some ISSF videos of a couple competitors actually resting the tips of their shooting glove on the barrel during prone shooting. I knew of barrel harmonics beforehand & was baffled as to why they would let themselves do this.
Oh well, I guess it works for them as the barrels are thick, the glove tips may not be too forceful & I thing it was close to the receiver.
All the best from Canada EH!
It would be interesting to see how much of an affect barrel contact has on paper. A couple groups at a moderate distance (300 yds), one group with the rifle rested properly and other groups with various ‘barrel support’ errors. I’m curious how much difference it makes when other variables (like shooter input) are reduced.
Love your videos, you are a great advocate for the sport!
HI Kirsten , awesome very nice video about gun shooting , you talk about security , gun handling , fun of shooting , lot of things , what suppose to do with good gun handling and shooting , BIG SALUTATION from a CANADIEN shooter ( for fun with friends )
Thanks for this tip! I'm going to remove the clamp-on bi-pod from my Mosin before getting rid of it for being too inaccurate. I knew free floated barrels were more accurate but somehow failed to make this connection.
All good things you brought up!
Thanks Kirsten , very great explanation I appreciate it as I didn't know and you increased my knowledge
I run a Romanian psl ,funny how these rifles get mixed reviews as far as accuracy goes,my example went from shooting 2 inch groups with Bulgarian surplus down to 1 inch groups ,all I did was move the location of my bi pod from the barrel to the receiver ,but along with that I have tried different surplus ammo ,and my Psl loves the Bulgarian .,and now this rifle shoots a one inch group at 100 meters ,with surplus .
better than it should be for sure
Very informational. Thank you!
i shoot a little bit like you do. i noticed sometimes you drop your elbow into your hip to make a rifle rest. i have to do the same thing now. i can't just hold it upright and fire anymore. had a real bad accident that injured my left hand pretty bad. to where i had to have it rebuilt. when they rebuilt it, they left a few rods in there, and fused the bones so i can no longer bend my wrist downwards. the result is that if i try to hold my rife high and manly, my left arm sharks really bad and i wiff. after i figured out about locking my elbow into my body, which was adapted from bench shooting, i started just flattening my left hand out as opposed to actually holding on to too much of anything, and just letting it rest on my palm as if i were bench shooting.
the whole adaptation gave me back a lot of accuracy, and i'm nailing small coins and erasers etc from 30YARDS again. not always though, depends on how the arm is doing that day. if i'm on bench though, forget about it. might aswell give me a bipod and i'll flip coins for days.
Sounds like you may have a bionic advantage now, haha :D But if it makes you feel better, the way you're shooting now (similar to how I shoot offhand) was used in the military for decades. So, I'd say it's pretty "manly"... and it's also smart. On a different but similar note: In the marines they have the rope courses, and guys will muscle their way up using only their arms because it's more "manly" but they joke around because often they tire or can't go as fast as using their legs/whole body. It's just physics. Same with rock climbing. I don't equate muscling through things without using your brain as manly... I consider it just... ill-informed. haha Very cool you are finding success
wow. you're pretty sharp-it was rock climbing and hiking that got me into this mess. I love hiking and hanging out in the woods all the time. especially on cliffs and stuff. been doing it since i was little. one day i was out at dusk, and hopped down on a little cliff/ledge, and couldn't see it was nothing but gravel. I fought it for a while, but i inevitably slid off. fell 60FT straight down and landed on my feet-shattering my entire body, including my spine and disconnecting my left hand. broke everything except my right hand.
I was in a body cast for like 6MONTHS, and all this junk. was never gonna walk again, or play guitar, but i trained and trained and fought. after about a year i took my first steps on my own. after that i started learning guitar again. it was really hard, cuz the left hand came off completely internally. all tendons ligaments, everything just ripped.
after i got all that back on track, i saw this air rifle called the bone collector, and said hell. i'll buy one and start training on how to shoot again. got me a daisy 880S, a Gamo Bone Collector, daisy xt15, and my 2 favorites so far. The Wolverine Black Ops Pistol by ignite, and The Black Ops Sniper by Ignite.
I put thousands of rounds through each one till i was able to shoot again, and hold my rifle up, but when ever i'd get off the bench. the shaking would start. especially with my 13LB sniper rifle. I used to be a drill team commander, and I could spin and hold my 13LB M1 guarand for days. I was surprised how hard it was to just hold 13LBS's after the surgery.
Also, I have actually been seeing your videos for a while now before i even subscribed and got hooked. The first one i saw was when i got back into doing trick shots, and was looking for shots to practice. It was the one where you're shooting the eraser off the pencil with your competition Anschutz air rifle(very nice).
I know this is a long blabber, but it's on point. Not to sound cheezy, but your videos helped me a lot to get back on track, and practice till i got good again. i worked on that eraser shot for a while and finally nailed it with my Black Ops Sniper. I appreciate the good vibes ya send. it means a lot. It's been a long voyage getting myself back behind the scope, but patience and good inspiration made it possible. thank you so much. keep doing what you're doing. you never know who's watching.
P.S. I'm still working on cutting that playing card. LOL.
MTRX 2010
Kirsten Joy Weiss
dam I did not know this....holy shit it just dawn on me.when I'm holding the for arm I can hit a 7.62 x39 steel shell with one shot.BUT with a by pod it takes 3to 4 shots to hit it at 50 yards....that's explained a lot ty ty ty and the hole time I thought it was me ty👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍💐ty
I didn’t forget to spank that like button Appreciate y’all Miss Kirsten Sweet shooting lovely 🥰 lady all day long. You have a great ability to teach a knowledge that most folks don’t know much about today. Thank you 🙏 Miss Kirsten. Yahoo
Looks like a nice lefty Mauser 3000, were made by Freidrich Wilhelm Heym (60's?) in West Germany as an economical higher end rifle imported by Bauer. Heym used leftovers and with a few changes made the SR20. All very nice rifles that shoot really, really well. Of course, not many of us will shoot them as well as her! I think all had Krupp steel barrels & are still a pretty good choice for a hunting rifle (Especially for a lefty as not everyone makes one) God Bless
Watched a few of your videos. I just subscribed. You got me hooked and I'm going down this rabbit hole of accuracy and the physics of the firearm and ammunition. Oi vey... I don't have anywhere close to enough ammo to do what I want. LOL!! 🤦🏼♂️
Great video! lots of basics and new ideologies of shooting :) What is the name of your rifle?!
Right on with this simple advice, Kirsten.
I cringe whenever I see someone shooting by resting his barrel against something or by touching or gripping the barrel.
That barrel rings quite a bit like a bell, and your groups will be pretty consistent as long as that bell is allowed to ring consistently each time.
Just imagine how bad a ringing bell suddenly goes **clunk** when you touch it while it's ringing, and you'll get an idea of what happens when you touch your gun barrel.
Beautiful rifle, btw...I'm guessing a Weatherby Mark V, correct?
What caliber?
The barrel repeats the same physical process if not effected by outside forces.
Changing rounds is another (one-time) variable which has to be adjusted for (re-zeroing).
What a great professor of arms she is right?
If the barrel vibrates the same way from shot to shot, accuracy goes up.
Changing that harmonic affects the accuracy, like she said.
Browning introduced something they called a Ballistic Optimizing Shooting System (BOSS) 20 or 30 years ago, that was basically a finely-threaded muzzle, a weight that turned back and forth on it, and a jam nut. Instead of tuning the load to the rifle, you screw the weight back and forth, tuning the barrel's vibrations, until it releases the bullet at the same point in its whip, every shot.
Can't think of its name right now, but someone also made a--rubber?--barrel weight that you merely slide on to the barrel, and move back and forth until your groups tighten up. You still need the rifle well bedded to the stock, but apparently this works; I've never owned either.
@@johnorenick9026 I've got a barrel sleeve on my singke shot .308 from the same outfit that makes archery harmonizers.
EDit:remembered the company name Limbsavers
I'm not sure if it's made a difference since I didn't install it but the groups are pretty tight.
I guess that I'll have to try it w/o the sleeve & see if it works
GREAT INFO,I WAS IN THE ARMY AND WE DID NOT GET ANY OF THIS. THANKS
+VIETNAMFAC Wow! I think a lot of people take this for granted. I know I did. Once you realize it formally, you're going to "magically" catch more and more people doing it even at higher levels. It's pretty common.
Another disadvantage to grabbing the actual barrel is that depending on what you are shooting, you are going to burn yourself. Ouch!
not really, atleast not one single shot
Mike Dolan yes Mike very true.
Mats Granqvist try 7 shots down a lite weight 7mm-08
then grab hold of the barrel.
The skin on your hand will
blister.
@@matsgranqvist9928 Try 20 rounds of anything & you'll relearn what toddlers say about stoves"Hot!"
Good, accurate advice.
Re: Bipods, if they're not attached directly to the barrel you shouldn't be affecting harmonics. Most bipods support a free float handguard, or a rifle stock, not the barrel itself.
If you watch a shot rifle in slow motion, the barrel whips as the projectile leaves it. We were slo-mo filming an AK years ago, and noticed this phenomenon.
I know this is an old video, but it's good advice. It got me thinking (bad thing late Friday afternoon): What about guns like a 10/22 that have a barrel band?
Another excellent video 👍
thank you, I definetly learnt something today!!!
I never even thought to hold the barrel. I always rest my .22 rifles on a tripod on the stock. Military rifles with built in or attached bipods are at the end of the stick but a FEW are actually gripping the barrel close to the stock.stock
Love your channel..what about military snipers and bipods
Good to know, love the videos, lero up the good work!
Great info. How about a front stock pad so you don't damage that beautiful wood stock. Even on a synthetic (plastic) stock a griping pad wood be good idea to rest on a surface or to help hand hold.
Do topic on proper distance to scope sighting
Ya know... it would be VERY interesting to have someone who is a really good shot (ahem... hint hint) to do a demonstration of shooting a gun with a free floating barrel and show a group where the gun is supported on the stock by sand bags vs. a group where it's supported on the barrel.
For that matter, it would be interesting to see a lot of the shooting "myths" examined. For example, take a Ruger American Rimfire with an 18" barrel vs. the Henry Classic which has an 18" barrel and compare accuracy. One has a free floating barrel and the other is strapped right to the stock. Similarly, what about a semi-auto, vs. bolt action. I've always heard that bolt action rifles are more accurate. What's the "real" difference in the hands of an expert?
It would be interesting to see if those types of differences were enough to really matter to us regular shooters.
+LostNorthUp These are good suggestions. The only one I'd shy away from is the rifle/brand comparisons (unless its a direct comparison of brands as far as opinion and outcome) because there are a lot more factors that go into rifle accuracy than just free floating a barrel. For example say brand 1 has a free float but a poor quality barreled action but brand 2 has direct contact with the stock but an excellent barreled action - etc etc, then the outcome could be falsely skewed. The similar sorts of variables exist and need to be addressed with the other testing requests before a good conclusion can be made... but those are just details ;) I'd like to make this work some time. Thank you!!
+Kirsten Joy Weiss Brand comparison would be a waste anyway. Factory rifles are fairly accurate now.
+LostNorthUp Semi-auto vs Bolt action accuracy wouldn't be noticeable to average shooters. Both are capable of sub moa.
Look up the playlist "Sniper 101" by TiborasaurusRex
He has lots of videos explaining most of your questions. He talks more of extreme long range shooting (1000+ yards) He goes into great detail about most everything. I don't think Kirsten has the time to get that detailed.
+Koromose Thanks for the info and the TIP on the Sniper 101 stuff. I'll look at it when I have time. Usually that stuff is way beyond my skill level as just a regular hunter. When they start taking 500+ yard shots and talking about environmental factors it's just beyond what I feel confident in doing, but I'll certainly take a look.
The ones about temp, humidity, rotation of earth, you can skip. The ones about barrel harmonics, scopes, rifles....they can be applied to hunting and such.
Thanks for the information
Is there any way to see or make a video about the harmonics or the vibrations when you fire on round through a rifle? And dose the bullet vibrate from the blast also.
That's a darn good looking rifle!
+pbkayakyer Yep
It's a Weatherby Mark V.
+PinkOld
It's a Mauser 3000L not a Weatherby Mark V.
ein sehr gutes Video, weiter so. Ein Daumen hoch
This is interesting - how does this apply to guns with tube magazines? Literally the opposite of free floating. I only ask because I have a Remington 572 pump action and the accuracy has been a little disappointing. I normally shoot from a bench and usually rest it's slide on my range bag. One night I borrowed a friends home made shooting frame and rested the barrel on it. Instant improvement.
Could you do a video on barrel tuners?
Good presentation
Totally fascinating. You just changed the way I'll be thinking about my shooting.
Question, would I benefit from "floating the barrel" on my deer rifle (a walnut stocked 30.06 bolt action)? And if so, is that something I can do by simply removing any wood inside the channel the barrel sets in that would be in contact with the barrel?
Thanks so much.
What is your opinion of the barrel band on a Ruger 10/22? Does it affect accuracy, should it be there, or be removed?
Hello! This tip about the barell is also about the high velocity springer air rifles like diana 52 and diana 54 air king ? Thank you :)
Nice video.... thanks for sharing 👍
How does different lengths and thickness of barrels affect harmonics? Does harmonics on a 50 CAL BMG still make a difference? Does this also come into play with carbine's ??
The only gun I am aware of that uses pressure on the barrel is the M1 Carbine, even then you don't want to rest the barrel on anything so as not to alter the pressure.
Watched a buddy put his barrel on a rest, instead of the forearm, and he shot over a muley by about 5 feet! I would like to know what maker of that rifle is, I think it's a Parker Hale? Please let us know, it's a fine looking gun. Thanks for the video!
Does a moderator interfere with the harmonics for grouping ???
I enjoy your videos I'm just curious why does that rifle have a left-handed Bolt
Do bi-pods have the same effects on the barrel?
Awesome information!😁
Air guns have very thin barrels and do need support to help against wiggle When the gas/ spring piston is released. The more power the more wiggle they have.....