Talked to Ralph last night and he mentioned his Springer seems to shoot more accurately when he has a very light Grip on the rifle. We both shoot primarily Right Handed, so you Lefties reverse the following.

He just lets the forearm sit atop his Left hand, without actually holding-onto the Forearm. And he does not "Pull" the rifle into his shoulder real tight with his Right hand. Ralph tells me he uses just enough Grip to keep it from falling.

He tries to get as close to a "Free Recoil" situation as he can and not drop the rifle.

I've always done just the opposite, Grasp the Forearm with my Left hand and Pull the rifle Firmly into my shoulder with my Right hand.
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1. What works the "Best" for you all, or does it matter???

2. Do you change "Grips" for a different Style of rifle???

Ralph is on it.
With a springer you want a just firm enough hold keep it steady but let it do it's own thing when it goes off.
You are not trying to control a lot of recoil, just making sure that the gun will do the same move every time.

it is called the artillery grip and if you go to Tom Gaylord's blog on Pyramyd Air website he explains it very well. do a blog search for artillery grip and you should find it. bottom line- forend just rests in your left hand and you use just enough right hand grip to support the rifle and pull the trigger. when i started doing this with my Benji NP XL accuracy jumped. not necessary with a PCP rifle as there is not enough recoil for it to matter. once you get the hang of it, it is easy and VERY effective.

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Originally posted by The Specialist:
Ralph is on it.
With a springer you want a just firm enough hold keep it steady but let it do it's own thing when it goes off.
You are not trying to control a lot of recoil, just making sure that the gun will do the same move every time.

good guidance......... shot spinger air rifles for years and you do have learn to let em do their own thing at trigger pull... trigger pull is a factor too....

You "ALL" made Ralph's day. Thanks for the input.

I'll see if I can "learn" to do this. Got a lot of years doing it the other way.

Some would say that you are losing your grip? Don't know if that's true just heard it around this board.