This is a post of gratitude. As was mentioned before, for JuneAnn to shoot safely, the rifle must have a very low recoil. We don’t know how much recoil her shoulder can take. It is a stainless steel manmade joint replacement. The joint is the opposite of how our natural joints work, in that the “socket” side of the artificial joint is in the arm bone, and the “ball” is attached to the shoulder blade. This was done rather than a regular replacement because a previous surgery made a regular style replacement not an option. We know that the two styles of joints have different capabilities, but we have no idea how well it can handle the forces of a recoil. To reduce the recoil we have already added the amazing “Backfire” recoil pad, and the Omega 200 suppressor. Those two modifications have dropped the felt recoil from some 35lbs to the single digits. You will feel less recoil from a heavy rifle than from a light rifle. So, the next step is to make the rifle heavier. That doesn’t make much sense in the long run, so how about we put it on a shooting tripod? When I started asking about this Idea with experienced members of the long range shooting community, I had no idea how many people shoot from tripods. My only previous experience was with Tanner Powless as he shot from his wheelchair with his rifle secured to a tripod. Through the help the Kennedy’s Hugs Foundation and The Gritty Boys (thank you Brian), a Tricer Carbon Fiber Tripod has been secured for the hunt. All we can say is WOW! and THANK YOU EVERYONE! There is a learning curve still to be experienced here, but with the rifle on the tripod and the tripod secured with heavy ballast, there should be virtually zero felt recoil in this shooting system.
