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shooting rest help
right now I am shooting off bag right now. stable. but after 5 rounds it feels like someone kicked me in my lower back.
I have the mtm sight n clean. great for cleaning, sucks for range work. I need something that is stable, easy on my back, and <$100 maybe even under that. my budget is not what it was last year. |
RE: shooting rest help
Corey, if you want to save money - take your old blue jeans and cut the legs out of them. Cut different lengths of the legs for different sized bags. Sew up one end completely and leave a fill hole in the other. Fill with sand or beans or rice or ??- don't stuff them tight - then close them up. You can use those varying sized bags to achieve a more comfortable and solid rest. Positioning the bags at the butt can also be useful in absorbing recoil. Put some padding on your shoulder and see if that helps also.
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RE: shooting rest help
On thing you need to consider is the heigth of your shooting bench and stool. Whatever you're sitting on should be high enough that your lower legsgo straight down from your knee with your feet flat on the ground. The bench should be high enough so that when you address the gun your back is nearly straight - not hunched over. If you're shooting from a set-up that requires you the bend down a lot to the gun, you will be amazed at what a more upright position will do for you.
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RE: shooting rest help
i used a pillow case filled with about 60-65lbs of sand and set it on my shooting table. Come on old man, you aint that old ya know:D
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RE: shooting rest help
I am thinking of making one that fits me better, I seem too picky when it comes to this.
as for recoil, my apex and disc extreme both have great recoil pads on them, hell an 100grs of triple 7 pushing an 350gr FPB felt likea 7.62x39 round outof a modded sks. my sidelocks worry me more on recoil, |
RE: shooting rest help
ORIGINAL: Semisane On thing you need to consider is the heigth of your shooting bench and stool. Whatever you're sitting on should be high enough that your lower legsgo straight down from your knee with your feet flat on the ground. The bench should be high enough so that when you address the gun your back is nearly straight - not hunched over. If you're shooting from a set-up that requires you the bend down a lot to the gun, you will be amazed at what a more upright position will do for you. I have some 1in boards that I may try on the shoot and see to do my adjustments on the mtm, I think it is there adjustment screw that makes unstable. I have some cut for my bags any way. fg, 65 lbs, sheesh, I am tring to save my back not hurt it more. :eek: |
RE: shooting rest help
If your table is real low.. in the mean time take a cardboard box as high as you need. Cut a V in opposite sides and rest the rifle in there. I used to also put some weight in the box. Or build one that will raise your shooting level out of wood. Then a few sand bags and you should be set.
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RE: shooting rest help
I just take my Army jacket off ,roll it up in a ball, set it on the hood of the truck and I'm all ready to start shooting. Works great.
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