Konstock's story

Konstock's story

The development of the new stock started when my younger granddaughter Maiju, who is a biathlete, turned 16 and started learning standing shooting, and I only have a junior coach's training, where standing shooting techniques are only superficially covered. For this reason, I asked a head coach for advices. He gave very good advices and taught, for example: "Because the gun goes up in standing shooting, you need to bring the gun back down and move it to the next target". As an engineer, I was left wondering what force lifts the gun, since the recoil is always straight back. However, I soon noticed that in the traditional position, the head is upright, so the barrel is above the shoulder fulcrum, and this creates a moment that lifts the gun.

I suggested to the coach that the barrel should be placed exactly at the shoulder fulcrum, so that there would not be upward lifting force. After some discussions, he suggested that I should design such a stock.

So I did, and compared to the traditional stock, the new model had to be significantly modified.

When I had finished the model, to confirm my belief, I searched the internet for pictures to see if anyone was already using a similar position. And I found a couple of Norwegian World Cup winners who were shooting from a similar new position. And when you watch their vertical shooting closely, their guns don't rise at all due to recoil in standing shooting. This is perhaps one of the reasons for their fast shooting, because they shoot five shots in 4 seconds.

The shooting also becomes more stable, because the center of gravity shifts several centimeters downward.

Oh, and by the way. When Maiju got the prototype biathlon stock, in the first training sessions, on the fourth or fifth time, she shot all five targets down for the first time in her life.