Sled ? Bags ? Bipod? What do you get your best results with?

[Dirtybob]

I made my front rest from a scissor jack and rear bags from some old throw pillows, one advantage is it's very compact and lightweight. Plus I'm a cheap bastard and only use the rest for sighting in and sometimes paper targets. Only used the rear bag for 100 yard shots with 12 ga. foster slugs (it helped), prefer to shoot offhand most of the time.

 

[dranrab]

I made my front rest from a scissor jack and rear bags from some old throw pillows, one advantage is it's very compact and lightweight. Plus I'm a cheap bastard and only use the rest for sighting in and sometimes paper targets. Only used the rear bag for 100 yard shots with 12 ga. foster slugs (it helped), prefer to shoot offhand most of the time.

Sounds like there's some good stuff laying around the doublewide!

 

[Reloadron]

View attachment 99428597 Chevy

Thought so, wife has a 99 from AZ. Never shot off of it though.

Ron

 

[Walkalong]

Old Hoppes front rest. It doesn't have to be fancy, just steady.

 

[Howland937]

I've got a lead sled that rarely comes out of the garage anymore. Have a portable shooting bench I think is from Big Game Innovations that has a coated steel "Y" that's adjustable. It works ok with bags in the rear, but I hardly mess with it anymore. Since I made a couple permanent benches, I mostly use bipod and bags or just bags front and rear.
I'd been limited to slightly over 100 yards for a few years now though.
Due to new construction on the neighboring farm, I'm down to about 88 yards. My permanent benches are now useless past 40 or so yards due to the angle. Probably have to drag the portable bench back out.

 

[JFrank]

Felt recoil of a few popular chamberings in the center column

 

[memtb]

South Prairie Jim, Thanks, I’m certain that some of the folks here can enjoy that. I checked Hawk’s numbers against a few of the rifles/cartridges that we use.....seems pretty representative! But, as I’m naturally curious....I’m crunching a few cartridges with my data points! memtb

 

[.45Coltguy]

Old Hoppes front rest. It doesn't have to be fancy, just steady.
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This is exactly the set-up I use. I would have bet mine was a Lyman, but, nope. Went and looked, Hoppe's. All you need.

 

[Walkalong]

You could have bluffed me, I gave it away years ago, and was going by memory.

I kind of miss it.

 

[sugarmaker]

Whatever I use I check to see if the crosshairs stay put if I move the rifle 1/16 inch backwards as that’s about how far most guns move before the bullet clears the barrel. Heavy calibers in light guns move more, light cals in heavy guns move less. Guns bounce away from hard surfaces giving poor results. I use rabbit ear sand bags front and rear, seems to work best for me. Bipods on a hard bench I found did not do as well as bags, at least for me.

 

[.45Coltguy]

Whatever I use I check to see if the crosshairs stay put if I move the rifle 1/16 inch backwards as that’s about how far most guns move before the bullet clears the barrel. Heavy calibers in light guns move more, light cals in heavy guns move less. Guns bounce away from hard surfaces giving poor results. I use rabbit ear sand bags front and rear, seems to work best for me. Bipods on a hard bench I found did not do as well as bags, at least for me.

Agreed. I tried a bipod once on a 25-06. Wasn't getting good results. Off came the bipod, rested said rifle on my Hoppe's front rest with small sand bag: instant happy!
Some shooters are fine using bipods, just didn't pan out for me.

 

[EMC45]

Half an old blue jean leg full of sand up (turned on end) for front and an owl ear bag for the rear. Locked in tight like the gun grew outta me.

 

[d2wing]

I used my Rock Be today with a Protektor rear bag. I liked it. It made stable shooting better. Not perfect but it's ok for me.

 

[Nature Boy]

One of my .308s wears a Duplin bipod and Protektor DR rear bag set up for F/TR. My daughter shoots it in matches when she’s home from college

 

[.45Coltguy]

NB, that's a heck of a bipod. And with that "cushion" under it, should work very good. Nice set-up.

 

[Nature Boy]

NB, that's a heck of a bipod. And with that "cushion" under it, should work very good. Nice set-up.

She handles it pretty well. This is one of her 600 yard targets from a match (10 ring = 6”) The 2 shots on on the right were her sighters.

 

[rsnell]

View attachment 990807 I picked up a $30 Caldwell plastic shooting rest and let me just say, I HATED IT! It never felt steady, jumped all over while shooting, and wasnt the easiest thing to use.

what is everyone using?
Bags?
A sled of some kind?
Bipod with a bag in the back?

I will be shooting from a bench and want a consistent accurate platform to shoot from.

the rifle is a 6.5 creedmoor hunting style rifle (fairly light ).

Poorly designed bench. The rear is too narrow.

 

[memtb]

Poorly designed bench. The rear is too narrow.

Unnecessary remark! memtb

 

[horsemen61]

Bags for me

 

[DMW1116]

Front and rear bags for my traditional rifles. I shoot my MSRs off a Caldwell rest in front and bag in back. The height difference won’t work with the front bag I have. The sled type rests seem to fight me while I’m trying to hold on target.