Rifle rest

[Mags]

baking balls (for pie crust) in sock work well too.

[JEBar]

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

[Mags]

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.

[csgrv]

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

[RanchRoper]

Let us know how it works for you.

[Shakey Jake]

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.

[PT7]

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.

It's a simple and inexpensive piece of firearms equipment. Following is what it looks like.
PT7

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[JEBar]

innovative ..... nicely done

[Cofisher]

He followed the 'kiss' principle there. Nice.

[RanchRoper]

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

[PT7]

Spot on, RR! The youngest little one in the family is just about five months old now. Whenever needed, this DIY bench rest will serve him much better for sitting than it does for me "resting." Great idea...thanks!

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

[Mags]

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Is that a pink chair cushion I see under the rest?

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[PT7]

I know there has been recent interest in "pink" on the Forum. But I'm not at all into colors, since I'm color-blind. I don't really know what color the cushion is.

Since you asked about the cushion. I bought a Valentine's card for my daughter, and I put the card and envelope on top of the same chair cushion for this photo. I'm going to say the flamingos are all pink, except the "special" one in a darker color. That's my "special" daughter. I'd also say the envelope is pink. So this is how I usually try to figure out colors.

I'm sure that someone on the Forum will know the color of the cushion. My eyes tell me it could be 3 different color choices.... I love wood, but I don't like colors too much.
PT7

P.S. My DIY rifle rest is black. Got that color down pretty good!

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Is that a pink chair cushion I see under the rest?

[CT_Shooter]

I'm sure that someone on the Forum will know the color of the cushion. My eyes tell me it could be 3 different color choices....

A lovely Henry Orange!

[ESquared]

My screen says that's a dark pink flamingo amongst a bunch of light pink flamingos.

And, I'll go with Orange cushion, too!

[Mags]

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I think maybe darker shade of Salmon.

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... I'm sure that someone on the Forum will know the color of the cushion. My eyes tell me it could be 3 different color choices....
P.S. My DIY rifle rest is black. Got that color down pretty good! ...

My screen says that's a dark pink flamingo amongst a bunch of light pink flamingos.
And, I'll go with Orange cushion, too!

[Mags]

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Don't think so.

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A lovely Henry Orange!