Homemade shooting bench.
 

Does anyone know of a site or have the plans to make a good portable shooting bench. I would like to make it out of mostly wood and be light enough to throw in the back of the truck to drive up in the mountains and shoot. Rifle range here gets way to busy at times and I don't have the money to buy a fancy store bought one. I have a sled to use and could probably figure it out on my own but was hoping for some plans to go off of. Thanks.

You might do with a fold up table from walmart and a good fold up chair.

HD,

This one is on my " to do" list. I searched last fall at thought this looked like the ticket.

http://www.guncustomizing.com/shootingbench.htm

That is a great DIY project,only problem is by the time you buy all the materials, you could probably buy one.covering one with some old carpet or material would make that table really nice.

I won the IL PRB bench shoot in 1978 with a modified wood ironing board and I still use it when I shoot on my hunting property [ we have one built out of 4x4 and planks on the rifle range].

I made one very similar to this. http://www.californiavarmintcallers.com/shotbnch.htm I really like it.

http://www.firearmstalk.com/forums/f...g-bench-48187/ I really like this one

http://shop.sportsmansguide.com/net/...20bench&eMode=
Enter The Sportsman's Guide into your search engine and look for coupons that might get you a money off coupon or free shipping and you might get one of them even cheaper.

Thanks for the responses. Gave me some good ideas and sites to go off of.

I'm glad you started this thread HD. I've been tossing this around in my head for awhile and there are some great ideas here! I used to set up a card table but it's really too low and you have to use blocks and bags to get up to a comfortable position so that you're not crouching....BPS

I really like that wooden ironing board idea. My wife still use an ancient one that was her grandmothers, I can make one like it only shorter. Great Idea, Thanks
Art

I use high tech pantleg sandbags on top of an engineered cinder block. All of which rest on a superbly crafted 3ft folding table.:)




That little red square in the distance is my target stand @ 50 yds.

HA

That's a nice pair of spotting binoculars too.

I have a hard time seeing the holes without them.:biggrin:




HA

Kiss program:
wood surfaced ironing board cut V in the small end to hold gun for loading, Use a portable hunting stool, use a simple standard forearm rest, two sand bags to brace under the gun but. It works as good as it is cheap and simple. Do not try to use one of the new metal Ironing boards my friend did and that are not stable that wobble like some of the people I see shooting off hand.

Semisane, I really like the looks of that bench. Portable and I could do it in an afternoon. Is it sturdy when assembled or does it have some wobble? Thanks to everyone who posted. Got some great ideas. Home Depot sells the fold up table legs if i go that route but I really like that knock down bench.

I have no idea how solid it is HDMontana. But it looks as though it should be good.

I've never built one because we have two very solid permanent benches on our hunting lease range. I ran across those plans two or three years ago and saved the pictures to my PC because I thought it was neat, and I may have need to build one some day. But I just haven't had the need yet.

Thanks, if I build one I'll post it and let everyone know how it goes. I like the way it can break down and store along a wall in the garage.