Longrifle Prone

[yulzari]

The classic American Long Rifle stock with it's crescent butt and large drop is fine for firing standing from the shoulder/upper arm. However how does it fit when used prone?

[Three balls]

I've done it once with a .58 and a crescent butt, I don't do that anymore.

[bob in the woods]

I agree with you, but not all "classic" long rifles have crecent buttplates or a large amount of drop. RCA 1  has many examples.

[yulzari]

Recoil is not an issue with a .32 but I may need to use it 'prone unsupported'.

[T*O*F]

I may need to use it 'prone unsupported'.

Why prone?  Unless target shooting, I always found the sitting position to be better when hunting.

[rich pierce]

I may need to use it 'prone unsupported'.

Why prone?  Unless target shooting, I always found the sitting position to be better when hunting.

Woodchucks

[P.W.Berkuta]

Just whistle and when they stand up shoot them from a sitting position.

[Daryl]

Prone with a hooked plate can be really hard on the collar bone.

[smokinbuck]

I agree with everyone who said they wouldn't do it again.
Mark

[smokinbuck]

I also agree with using a sitting position with a set of cross sticks.
Mark

[smylee grouch]

You don't see that many chunk guns with hooked butt plates for much the same mentioned reasons. Shooting prone would be ok under some conditions as when your shooting over a bank or with the flatter butt plate.

[hanshi]

I wouldn't even try shooting a rifle with a sharp, crescent butt plate in any caliber over .40.  Varmints usually succumb to smaller calibers, anyway.  That's why my .50 & up shooters have flatter and broader butt plates than the rest.  My .45s do have crescent shaped plates but far from extreme.

[Daryl]

Pre-hooked butt plate Penn. rifles are nice to shoot, no matter the position. same as any NORMAL rifle. 

[yulzari]

So, if I can summarise, the issue that can be the problem is the crescent butt plate in recoil. Not the drop? In .32 recoil is trivial.

[hanshi]

So, if I can summarise, the issue that can be the problem is the crescent butt plate in recoil. Not the drop? In .32 recoil is trivial.

   A .32 has recoil?   

[yulzari]

Thus I conclude that there is no reason not to be able to use one of these prone in .32 as long as you can lift your head up high enough.

[D. Taylor Sapergia]

The one and only time I shot prone with a muzzle loading rifle was in a cartridge rifle match in 1976.  Ten shots - five at 100 and five at 200 yards.  I used a round log section for a rest.  In those days I could see.  I used my .62 cal Hawken rifle and won the match, much to the chagrin of the cartridge rifle guys.  First prize was a Dixon's leather covered powder flask, which I still have and use.  I was shooting 120 gr. of FFg at that time, and cannot say that it was particularly uncomfortable.  I doubt I'd try it today though.