Bench technique for consistent grouping with an AR?

[kcb38]

Very specifically, what do you focus your attention on when you are shooting a string?

It's hard to say really. I wind up spreading my attention around from breathing to heartbeat to grip to sight alignment. Then there's being patient enough to wait until it all feels right before squeezing off the shot. Staying focused takes more energy than some folks realize.

the handguard is not wide and flat enough to prevent the rifling from kicking the gun in the opposite direction (it jerks anti-clockwise with every shot). AR handguards are mostly round tubes which is the worst possible shape to prevent this. Bipods mitigate this more than a rest I think. Sometimes I put the trigger finger of the offhand over the top of the handguard and grip the gun against the rest with the thumb underneath the rest, to help keep it from moving...

With a light-weight AR you cannot rely on gravity. Recoil overpowers the weight of the gun, which is why I'm all over the gun like a rash.

I'm in the process of making a front bag rider out of 1" thick PTFE with Magpul T-nuts to address this situation. It won't add much weight but I hope it at least makes it more stable.

And thanks for the continuing advice gentlemen. I can't wait to get back out and spend some quality time with this rifle.