How to best use shooting sticks

[Martini2]

There are several qualified reasons for placement of heavy barred BPCR on cross sticks. Just a few are location at a node conveniently 6 to 8 inches from muzzle. In addition my X sticks have a piece of leather belt fastened to each top end. This cradles the barrel and has a little bit of yield to absorb the barrel vibration and recoil. Primarily my cross sticks are essential to my being able to participate in silhouettes events at all due to health restrictions. For the same reason I must shoot from a high seat. These concessions I'm quite grateful for are allowed in local shoots. Indeed one would not wish to place the 30-06 skinny barrel on anything hard for key precision. The typical BPCR is a different gun. So far Heart problems, Full dialysis treatments and 77 winters have not silenced my rifles M2