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Re: Rifle rest

Post by Mags » Sat Jul 21, 2018 1:36 am

baking balls (for pie crust) in sock work well too.
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Re: Rifle rest

Post by JEBar » Sat Jul 21, 2018 9:33 pm

RanchRoper wrote:Guess I should teach my horse to lay down so I can shoot off him...
for your sidearm, training your mount like Ben Johnson in Rio Grande might be worth considering
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Re: Rifle rest

Post by Mags » Sat Jul 21, 2018 9:43 pm

RanchRoper wrote:Guess I should teach my horse to lay down so I can shoot off him...
make sure your horse wear's his hearing protection. That would make good picture too. Horse wearing muffs.
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Re: Rifle rest

Post by csgrv » Tue Feb 12, 2019 7:18 am

Thank you guys for the suggestions. Looked to good to pass up so mine is on the way!
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Re: Rifle rest

Post by RanchRoper » Tue Feb 12, 2019 5:00 pm

Let us know how it works for you.
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Re: Rifle rest

Post by Shakey Jake » Tue Feb 12, 2019 5:59 pm

I think these are great for sighting in but, at least for me, have little use otherwise. I have a rest that's been in the bottom of my closet for years. The only time I bring it out is to sight in a rifle.
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Re: Rifle rest

Post by PT7 » Tue Feb 12, 2019 6:25 pm

Some Folk here know I shoot better off hand than with any type of rifle rest. So I've never bought one, and when needed to sight in a rifle or shotgun, my son-in-law lent me one of his rests.

A couple of years ago he also made a rest for me out of scrap packing material. It is a similar hard porous rubber material the MDC uses for their range shooting boards. So in a pinch, I can let my SGC or MAW "rest easy" on this at a sight-in session.

It will stand on three different sides, and provide three different heights from a bench top: 12" or 6" or 4-1/4". Rear rest is "formed" by tucking in the butt plate to the shoulder, and holding the rifle still with left hand under the stock. None of this DIY set up is my thinking/planning. Just some good help from my son-in-law to get me over the challenge of bench rest shooting. Sometimes works -- sometimes doesn't. :oops:

It's a simple and inexpensive piece of firearms equipment. Following is what it looks like.
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Re: Rifle rest

Post by JEBar » Tue Feb 12, 2019 6:28 pm

innovative ..... nicely done
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Re: Rifle rest

Post by Cofisher » Tue Feb 12, 2019 9:10 pm

He followed the 'kiss' principle there. Nice.
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Re: Rifle rest

Post by RanchRoper » Wed Feb 13, 2019 12:24 am

And doubles as a booster seat for the grandkids at IHOP...
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