Guns & Ammo: Long Shot Precision Adjustable Bag Rider: Tested
It’s not often that a single piece of equipment provides a significant boost in both ease of use and accuracy for long-range shooting. Long Shot Precision’s ABR offers both.
It didn’t take long to realize that I should never again accuracy test a rifle without using an ABR. I previously used various bags (usually filled with sand) to get a rifle oriented at a good natural point of aim, and then I squeezed the bag to fine-tune my point of aim. This works well, but it’s one more thing to do and think about when shooting. A short lapse in concentration and it’s easy to pull a shot a half-inch or so away from the group simply by making a small mistake while stabilizing the toe.
What makes the ABR special is that it removes all muscular tension from stabilizing the toe and eliminates one more source of shooter error. The experience that educated me the most was my first group fired with the ABR attached. I sat at the bench and thought, “Let’s see how this thing does.” Then, I fired off a brisk five-shot group at 100 yards. Using factory seconds from a 6.5 Creedmoor, the group measured .26 inch. I’ve had this rifle for many years, worn out a few barrels on it, and most of that shooting was with factory ammunition. This group was just .08-inch larger than my personal best with factory ammunition, which was accomplished with much less effort.
