Portable shooting bench is assembled.
 

I got the folding table legs at Lowe's for $19.plus change. I had a gift card from Christmas from there. I have seen the legs at Home depot, Mernardsand the local ACE hardware store.

I have extra hand holds because I cut the one set out on the narrow part before installing the legs as that was where the balance point was then. The legs moved the balance point because of the double layer on the under side so the legs fold flat.





The first coat of stain is drying as I type this. The stain is some OOP's Behr solid I got for $5.00 a gallon at Home Depot.

Next project is building a rifle rest. :DYa I would rather do it myself.

:) Al

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yooper

That really looks good!!! post a finished picture of your project when you get it done....

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Great idea. I like the ingenuity!

Tom

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I found the plans on the net.
Not so lucky on the rifle rest plans so it is going to be from scratch and pictures.

:D Al

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Well here it is with the dry stain. I see why the people took it back, rather dark. But it is going to work just fine on my shooting bench.


Measureing the T/C plains rifle for fit.


T/C plains rifle with quick release T/C scope mount and Weaver K4.


Side view.


Measure the T/Chawkins with the peep.



:) Al

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very nice.. that looks like it would be easy to move and still stable and strong enough to lean on... GOOD JOB!

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alleyyooper,
I have basically the same portable bench as what you made up, except mine is for right hand shooters only. I use a 5 gal. bucket w/rotating cushioned seat to sit on. It works great!
YourT/C High Plains Sporter looks sweet, but I don't know about the T/Cquick release scope base. I had one years ago and got rid of it. It had too much play in it. I hope yours is better than the one I had.
What's your favorite load in the HP Sporter?

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Encore man, My T/C quick release mount works great. I take it off and wash the barrel then went out and shot again just to make sure nothing moved as far as point of impact. A friend Of mine had one on a renagade and also said it wiggled. Come to find out he never put the lock screw back in when he was ready to shoot.
85 grains of Trip 7 pushing a green mmp sabot 230 gr. 451 hp xtp seems to work best for me.

Yes the bench seems real solid and I think ya could really lay on it. Best of all it is portable. I do want a rifle rest other than sand bags (shot bags filled with sand:D).
I have this Idea in my head and will see about starting to get it out tomorrow.
:) Al

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Niffty piece of engineering:D looks good and will
probably serve you very well. I need to do
something myself mine is just about to croak
from old age............well come to think of it
I am old too :) Good shooting God bless.

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alleyyooper,
It's been a long time since I had the QR, T/C scope base. The movement I was getting out of this base was side to side. I almost sent it back to T/C, but I modified mine with set screws on the side of the baseto tight'n her up. It workedfine after adding the set screws, but it wasnt' QR afterwards.
I forgot to mention, good pictures of the shooting bench too.