Author Topic: "home made" shooting rest (Read 1901 times)

moose · « **on:** January 01, 2005, 03:02:22 AM »

it's time to retire my old and heavy saw=horse type shooting rest,any one have any idea's or plans to build a more modern type version,thought it would be a good winter project, i can build with wood or metal (no allum) i can't weld that.....would really like another idea for a wood and metal cobo type......any suggestions would be appreciated...thanks

gunnut69 · « **Reply #1 on:** January 01, 2005, 10:01:30 AM »

Are you looking for a bench or a rifle rest??

Chuck White · « **Reply #2 on:** January 01, 2005, 11:00:18 AM »

Moose;
I've kind of taken an intrest in the new one they've been advertising on the Outdoor Channel! It's called the Lead Sled! It supports your rifle and absorbs most of the recoil too! It has a tray on the bottom, below your rifle to lay bags of lead shot and they soften the recoil! It also has a thumb adjustable wheel on the front to adjust up or down!
It doesn't look like it would be too hard to make something like this, if you had the materials and knew how to weld!

moose · « **Reply #3 on:** January 01, 2005, 02:16:17 PM »

just looking for a rifle rest to zero in my guns in, the one i have is over 30 yrs old, heavy and getting shakey in it's old age...it is a wooden saw/horse type with and adjustable "v" up front and a wood tray between the legs....and was home-made by a friend of mine and my uncle///

gunnut69 · « **Reply #4 on:** January 01, 2005, 08:50:34 PM »

Sounds like your looking for a shooting bench.. There's a fairly nice one at the top of this thread held there with a sticky. I've been using the same outers rest(front) and leather bags for many years.. I've no private shooting bench instead using the picnic table as a bench. I have plenty of room for shooting here at home but usually go to the range for serious group shooting. I've about talked myself into building a bench that can be moved with the lawn tractor to mow the grass but havn't convinced myself yet.. Check the strings at the top of the thread.

Snowshoe · « **Reply #5 on:** January 02, 2005, 03:00:27 AM »

I built one like this. http://buildgear.cjb.net/ Booger Bench
I mounted a scissor jack up front and use a sand bag at the back of the rifle.

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