There's something I'm curious about. Am I the only one who finds significant differences between points of impact at the range compared to hunting per same yardage, gun and load? Apparently it's in the rest. At the range I shoot from a solid rest to zero in, but when using a flexible rest like a small tree limb, the fall of shot seems to be several inches off though still a group.

I'm holding the gun still of course and have a firm sight picture. And I know I can throw lots of boxes of expensive ammo at this question, by way of trial and error, but I'd be interested in any opinions on if there are known and predictable dynamics at work. Same thing on whether any differences could be expected between shooting plain off hand and shooting sitting with elbows propped on knees. In other words, does the type of rest matter?

The amount of resitance to recoil matters. The stiffer one holds the revolver the lower it will shoot when compare to holding the revolver with less muscle tension and letting the recoil rise more

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Originally posted by jwp475:
The amount of resitance to recoil matters. The stiffer one holds the revolver the lower it will shoot when compare to holding the revolver with less muscle tension and letting the recoil rise more

+ 1

+2 learned the very long hard expensive way.

That's why you should practice under field conditions !!You will also find differences when you fire up or down hill.