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    ASK THE EXPERTS

    Feb 04, 2021 6 minutes

    Sporting Rifle’s Experts

    Foxing: Mike Powell

    Professional gamekeeper and foxing expert

    Legal: David Barrington Barnes

    Solicitor turned specialist firearms law advisor

    Technique/Kit: Mark Ripley

    YouTube star and extreme-range foxer

    Optics: Chris Parkin

    Target sports journalist and optics reviewer

    OPTICS

    Q I have seen a rifle I quite like but the length of pull is quite short for me, is length of pull as important with a rifle as with a shotgun?

    A Chris says: Rifle shooting seems a little more deliberate and static than shotgunning’s more dynamic movement so it is perhaps easier with more time to accommodate imperfect fit, but it’s very interesting to feel how a well-fitting rifle makes you more comfortable, gives you less conscious items to do and feels more naturally comfortable and consistent. Handling the recoil on a short rifle can be twitchy as it’s easy to lessen or lose recoil pad contact entirely which on larger calibres will bite you hard.

    Short stocks also make it more difficult to

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