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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
You will probably notice that these guys are committing one of the most grievous of shooting "errors" - they are resting the barrel, not the forearm, on the sticks. This is actually the preferred method with these rifles, believe it or not.
We rest them on what is known as the "harmonic dead spot" on the barrel, essentially the center of vibration, where it moves the least. This is found by hanging the rifle vertically by the action and rapping on the barrel with a soft mallet. The barrel will ring like a tuning fork everywhere but this dead spot, where it will simply "thunk". I mark this spot with a wrap of electrical tape, and then make sure the sticks are on this part of the barrel.
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That's a beeyoutifullllll long spoon you have there, Jeff. And it never ceases to amaze me how much I learn about relatively esoteric -- but
damned interesting -- topics here on PPOT.
Please follow up w/pics of your new spoon once it arrives!