[Jeff Higgins]

Those springers sure do jump around a lot, don't they? And, unfortunately, because they do, they are exceedingly hold sensitive. There is a lot of barrel time as well, and all of that commotion is happening while the pellet is still in that barrel. None of this helps accuracy in any way, of course. I find it amazing they can be made to shoot as well as they do.

In light of all of this, "consistency" is the name of the game. Every different thing you try to rest that forum on will make it shoot to a different point of impact, far more so than any other rifle. Resting the forum on a fencepost will make it hit somewhere different than resting it on the hood of your lawnmower, which in turn will make it hit somewhere different than resting it out the kitchen window, which in turn will hit somewhere else than it will offhand, and on and on. Every surface will produce different results. Sometimes a lot different.

So, what's a shooter to do? Well, what's the one thing you always have with you? Hmm... maybe that left hand... In the end, I have found the best way to achieve consistency for me is to consistently hold the forearm with my left hand. I will then rest the back of my hand, or my wrist, on whatever steady rest is available. Absolutely anathema to how we were all taught to zero rifles from a rest, or to shoot for group size from a rest. And, no, I cannot shoot as tight of a group if I'm holding the forearm. But the point of impact does not change when I come off the bench and use the thing in the field. That's far more important to me.