Hello

When I shoot my Savage 10 FCP HS Precision, I find it much easier to get my eye lined up on the scope when I raise my adjustable cheekpiece. I will be picking up my new Savage 12 Benchrest this afternoon, and it brings to mind this business of the cheek piece. I have seen lots of pictures of competition benchrest shooters, and they never seem to have cheekpieces in spite of the fact that it appears they tend to use scope mounts that hold the scope pretty high off the bore centerline.

Why is that? I do understand about free recoil shooting, which I think is used mostly for 100/200 yard benchrest competition, and I can see why you wouldn't want a cheek weld for that.

Do long range benchrest shooters try to not touch anything but the trigger too?