Realistic level of accuracy from doubles?

Ukstalker.375 said:

Well this article about the process Westley Richards undergo clearly shows the chap regulating the rifle using a front rest so it can't have too much of an adverse impact?
I appreciate what you're saying about the dynamics of a double being different but I can't see how this particular detail makes any odds?

https://www.theexplora.com/regulating-double-rifle-at-westley-richards/

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Ukstalker.375 said:

I was always of the understanding that muzzle flip and recoil occurred after the bullet had left the barrel (in real terms where you as the shooter reacts to it I mean), and therefor didn't actually have any tangible effect on accuracy, more the anticipation of said recoil would cause the shooter to flinch....

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CTDolan said:

If you read the comments which follow the blog post itself the above is discussed.

Again, it is a matter of degree.

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CTDolan said:

Again, it is a matter of degree.

With regard to reaction to recoil, it is not that we react in such a period of time (prior to the bullet having exited the barrel) but rather that we, coupled to the rifle as we are, have become part of the system. In other words, the rifle's movement under recoil is affected by its interaction with the shooter.

In his book, in a chapter titled "Problem Solving", Graeme Wright speaks of this, of the effect shooting position can have on the result. And, he in essence states the same, which is that it is a matter of degree. In other words, it is a question of the manner in which the rifle behaves, the ability of the shooter, and what is considered an acceptable result.

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Ukstalker.375 said:

This makes sense, there becomes a partnership between shooter and rifle, but there has to be a sterile baseline to work from I would imagine, which in reality will be the point at which the rifle is regulated as after that point there will be too many variables to take into account.....

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Ukstalker.375 said:

Well, it’s taken a while to get round to this; but a change of ammo from federal 270gr to 300gr powershok seems to have had the desired affect, 4 shots, 1 inch, at the regulated distance of 60m off sticks.

Now, anyone with experience of chapuis doubles know why one of my ejectors has decided to stop working?!?! Nothing is ever simple is it!

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