relvolver and auto bench shooting

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porthos posted this 18 August 2020

started shooting handguns again after almost 30 years. can't shoot from the bench worth squat. off hand is worse. how do you guys shoot from the bench. such as;resting bbl. on bags or just resting the butt on a bag. i bought a bulls bag to rest my forearms and that seems to help some. but, was wondering if i should rest the bottom of the bbl.?

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Glenn R. Latham posted this 19 August 2020

porthos,

I've found it doesn't seem to matter if I rest the barrel or the frame of a revolver on the bag, however the "bag" can't be hard. We have some home-made pistol rests at the club that are some 2x4 covered with thin carpet. I used them a few times and wondered why my pistols were shooting so poorly. I use a shot bag filled with sand, and slip it inside a piece of automotive innertube. The rubber protects the shot bag from muzzle or cylinder blast. I rest my wrists on a folded towel. I saw a fellow on the internet used a piece of wood to rest his chin on so the sight picture doesn't swim around. That sounds like a good idea but I haven't tried it. Use an aperture on your glasses to sharpen up the sights. Consistent grip is of course necessary.

Glenn

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cove posted this 19 August 2020

Porthos: Attached is a photo of the rest I use to shoot 38 HBWC's at 100 yards and beyond. I have recently added a shelf to fully support the bag. The left hand squeezes the bag for elevation. I really have to concentrate to make sure I have a consistent firm grip, and if I do, I can get groups of less than 3 inches at 100 yards. The scope is set at 8 power. Hope this helps- Bill

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cove posted this 19 August 2020

Porthos: It's me again "cove". I don't think the picture loaded, tried several times. Any way the picture should show up in an article in TFS which I am about to send to Glenn. If you are really interested send me an email at ([email protected])

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Ken Campbell Iowa posted this 19 August 2020

cove ... usually when a jpg doesn't load, it is too large ... just reduce the pixels in a photo manipulator. or send the pic to me email and i will squeeze it and post it. i would like to see your set-up.

also apparently some cell phones can't load pics here directly.

Edit: here is a squeezed pic of the rest. now 64x x 4xx pixels ken

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mashburn posted this 20 August 2020

Hello fellows,

I like the idea of the chin rest. I guess I'm a slow learner, I've never done that and that should sure stop the possibility of looking over your open sights at a angle. Although I think I will rig up a firm bag instead of using a wood 2X4 for a chin rest.

Mashburn

David a. Cogburn

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Dale53 posted this 20 August 2020

I have had excellent results using this simple, inexpensive, but VERY usable pistol rest. it works well for me and certainly doesn't "break the bank".

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0028M9ZBI?tag=sa-sym-new-20&linkCode=osi&th=1&psc=1

I have access to a Ransom Rest but after buying this, many years ago, I no longer use anything else for bench testing.

FWIW

Dale53