After shooting my new .260 Shilen barreled VLP and my .223 FCP-K this past weekend I have noticed that each gun acts extremely opposite of each as far as shooting technique is concerned. My .260 (which, by the way, kicks a lot harder than I had expected) will lay down the law if gripped tightly and pulled hard into the shoulder. Shooting free recoil, however, makes things go south. My .223, on the other hand, shoots free recoil like crazy good, but when you grip tight and pull into the shoulder, the groups go all over the place.

What are the typical causes of this. I like shooting free recoil because it is more difficult to be consistent when tight gripping the gun. Also, free recoil with the .260 tends to make the scope touch the nose and eye with some force.

How do you guys do it? Any suggestions on finding consistency with the tight grip style? Kind of a hassle having to treat 2 guns so differently.