I'm guessing this is something many hunters don't consider when 'sighting in' their rifles.
I've seen many shooters zero their rifles by resting the fore end on a sandbag and using the 'off hand' to adjust/manipulate another bag under the stock toe. I do this often except with the 'hard kickers'.
Here's what I found over the past few years of using the 25/06: Zeroing from the bench 3" high @ 100 yards is supposed to put the 300 yard drop around 6-7". Actual 'field position' shooting using a BogPod and holding firm down pressure on the fore end makes a BIG difference. With the added down pressure on the fore end, the true 300 yard drop is 13" or about what one would expect from a dead on 100 yard zero.
Back in the day when I was shooting a 300 Win mag target rifle, this was a big issue although a rifle with a 6# barrel does moderate the effect somewhat.
I've seen many shooters zero their rifles by resting the fore end on a sandbag and using the 'off hand' to adjust/manipulate another bag under the stock toe. I do this often except with the 'hard kickers'.
Here's what I found over the past few years of using the 25/06: Zeroing from the bench 3" high @ 100 yards is supposed to put the 300 yard drop around 6-7". Actual 'field position' shooting using a BogPod and holding firm down pressure on the fore end makes a BIG difference. With the added down pressure on the fore end, the true 300 yard drop is 13" or about what one would expect from a dead on 100 yard zero.
Back in the day when I was shooting a 300 Win mag target rifle, this was a big issue although a rifle with a 6# barrel does moderate the effect somewhat.