shooting rest

[KYregular]

Ive tried the bags, and Primos Group Therapy (which I hated) and am currently looking at the Caldwell Stinger. I don't care at all about recoil management, just a good steady rest. Don,t really like where the but stock fits on the lead sled, the way it also did on the Primos (having to wedge the stock to keep it from moving). Anyone tried the Stinger? I'm shooting bolt action primarily, already have the turret style for AR's and I love it.

 

[Skylerbone]

If you’re ready to quit with half measures then you need a true front rest/rear bag combo period. My first was a Hoppes Brand purchased at age 14 and it still serves me well for sight in and informal shooting, ditto the Protektor bags. For the roughly $50 investment made, I’m in for $1.47/year.

They’re a bit more now, but used ones are available or pick up a new one from Protektor along with the appropriate bags for just a wee bit more than that Caldwell dust catcher. https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1015248565?pid=538755


That old rest is a constant range companion. Last week.


More than a decade ago.


This Spring





If you’re looking for a starter bench rest style, consider a Bald Eagle with Windage Top. They are more expensive and a bit more cumbersome, but add a traversing top plate, fore end stop for repeatability, plus a larger footprint for stability.

Mine rarely sees the range apart from those times when I’m looking to test loads for accuracy.

 

[Varminterror]

I do a lot of different kinds of rifle shooting, but none of them involve anything like the “Stinger.”

If a bipod and rear squeeze bag aren’t up to the task, then I reach for a machine front rest and bunny ear rear bag.

That Stinger rest is an invitation to frustration. You’ll fight it onto target, and then the light weight will move with the rifle in recoil. Hard pass, top to bottom.

 

[doubleh]

Get a good, heavy, machine front rest and a bunny ear rear bag. A windage top is really nice. Something on the line of what's shown at the bottom of Skylerbone's post.

 

[Walkalong]

The Bald Eagle rest is one of the better values out there IMHO, even if they aren't s cheap as they were a couple of years ago.
Get a good rear bag and you're set for life.

 

[Nature Boy]

You can’t beat the Bald Eagle for the money

 

[Varminterror]

The Bald Eagle rest is one of the better values out there IMHO, even if they aren't s cheap as they were a couple of years ago.
Get a good rear bag and you're set for life.
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I love that you chose to put an AR with a red dot on top of this rest and bag set... I smile every time I come back into this thread.

 

[sparkyv]

This one was fairly inexpensive. It only cost a wrecked Mitsubishi Lancer, some spare hardware and a little of my time.

 

[AK Hunter]

I use the Benchmark shooting rest to zero my rifles, it keeps me from messing up the process by completely cradling the gun. All I have to do is aim & pull the trigger.

https://www.sportsmansguide.com/product/index/benchmark-rifle-rest?a=589459

 

[oldfortyfiveauto]

This one was fairly inexpensive. It only cost a wrecked Mitsubishi Lancer, some spare hardware and a little of my time.

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I've made similar rests for our prairie dog shoots.

 

[lightman]

My first rest was the little orange Hoppes rest with Protektor front and rear bags. It worked well enough and I still have it. But I moved up to a mid priced model from Sinclair. For serious benchrest shooting I have an expensive custom rest with bubble level and windage top.

 

[Dale Alan]

I like my Sinclair , I have and extra top/bags and it covers all my needs . Seeing those Bald Eagles has me thinking about a joystick or cable rest now .

 

[Skylerbone]

I love that you chose to put an AR with a red dot on top of this rest and bag set... I smile every time I come back into this thread.

Minute of blur or bust! I’ve zeroed mine with the Hoppe’s rest and red dots, no shame in my game either!

 

[STI]

Like my Bald Eagle Slingshot model very much. Filled bags with a drop tube and black sand.

 

[Choctaw]

Minute of blur or bust! I’ve zeroed mine with the Hoppe’s rest and red dots, no shame in my game either!

Get on paper and then go hunting. Nothing is more boring to me than shooting paper targets. Bags front and back and we're good to go.

 

[earlthegoat2]

I like the Caldwell Rock BR.

Midway has them on sale from time to time for what I consider a great value in bench type rests.

 

[Dale Alan]

Get on paper and then go hunting. Nothing is more boring to me than shooting paper targets. Bags front and back and we're good to go.

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Not everyone hunts ....and we are discussing shooting rests after all .

 

[Skylerbone]

Get on paper and then go hunting. Nothing is more boring to me than shooting paper targets. Bags front and back and we're good to go.

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I punch paper to occupy time until hunting season, though I enjoy both.

 

[Choctaw]

Not everyone hunts ....and we are discussing shooting rests after all .

I understand and that is what the makes the shooting sports great. We can all do our own thing. Some of us do hunt though and I was talking about a shooting rest after all. Wait, I'll even take a picture for you.

 

[forrest r]

I've used a sinclair for decades, still serves me well.

 

[Rebel Dave]

I use one of the old Hoppes orange rests also. Cant remember when I bought it, but itwas a long time ago.

Dave

 

[BigSteve57]

I use and have thoroughly enjoyed the shooting rests shown at https://targetshooting.com/.
The rests I have are the MODEL 1000LP and the MODEL 1500 PISTOL REST.
Both are extremely durable, allow for extremely fine adjustments and hold them very well.

EDIT: I also have the Sinclair. It is also a very good rest.

 

[kmw1954]

If a bipod and rear squeeze bag aren’t up to the task, then I reach for a machine front rest and bunny ear rear bag..

The informal rifle league our range runs throughout the winter has just changed rules to only all the use of Bipods and rear bags. No more machine rests. So one of the fellow shooters sold me a nice used Harris bipod and I am actually shooting better from it than I was my Caldwell rest.

 

[doubleh]

This what I use. It's a MBM which means "made by me" and was inexpensive as I used left over's except for the aluminum and stainless screws used to make the windage top. It fills the heavy catagory as it weighs almost 18 pounds. I'm past walking the long distances needed for hunting in my area so amuse myself by seeing how close I can put one hole to the next in paper targets although I do veer off to making steel ring now and then.

The long piece of aluminum running along the bottom of the rifle is not part of the rest. It was a shoe I made as an experiment and attached to the float tube. It is now awaiting being recycled into something else

 

[stillquietvoice]

I'm still using Caldwell front and rear bags, though the rear bunny ear bag has a gift tape bandaid cause my buddy accidentally used it as a front rest, and nestled my a2 flash hider in between the ears. Burned quite a nice 2 in hole in it. I picked up a new set but haven't filled the rear bag yet.