That's my homemade shooting rest. A $3.00 garage sale trailer jack and some scrap lumber. Then a chunk of foam out of an old car seat and held on with some duct tape. To raise and lower the butt of the rifle I have a wedge cut that slide under it between the side supports. I might have $5.00 and some time wrapped up in it.

I did just purchase a Caldwell DeadShot front and rear bag from USA Midway (#795203) for $11.99. It takes 12 pounds of rice to fill the two bags. Then I run off today and forgot to take them to try them out.

As for my holding pattern, I like to rest on the forearm of the stock (never the barrel) of the rifle. I use my left hand to only support the stock to make it a level hold so the rifle is not canted. When I fire it, I let the recoil all come back to me. It seems to work for me.