James Stephens

THUNDER VALLEY PRECISION ELR MATCH - 1ST PLACE WINNER

If you are shooting against me at a place where the terrain allows me to use an ABR and a Phoenix bipod ...and you aren't using an ABR....you are giving me an insane advantage. You can be a better shooter than me...using better equipment than me....and utilizing a better ballistics platform than me....and I should still be able to hang with you....that's how good the system works together. The ABR is a hidden secret that is about to explode across the ELR, Tactical Bench-rest, and F-Class scene. If you don't have one yet...you will.

A lot of us have a problem with Sympathetic Squeeze. I have it, you may or may not have it. When I'm squeezing the rear bag and I'm squeezing the trigger...I tend to sympathetically squeeze the bag more...thus raising the rear bag and sending one in the dirt. I've done it way too many times to admit. I have practiced dry firing with focus on this problem . I have mitigated this problem somewhat...but I found, personally, the easiest remedy for the problem was installing an ABR...aka the Adjustable Bag Rider from Long Shot Precision. I couple this with a Phoenix Precision Bi-pod and joy oh joy...I can shoot with the big boys. The Phoenix allows me to quickly set coarse adjustments for height when I go from say 1k to 1 mile. The ABR allows me to fine tune the hold, very quickly and precisely. During the 2021 TVP ELR Invitational...When used with a heavy sand bag...I could hold that plate at 2336 yards shot after shot with no problems of returning on target. Even though that target is 36" and looks like a postage stamp at 27x, I could easily keep my hold on that target precisely each and every time.

James Stephens

5/2021 with a .300 PRC