Shooting Rests ?
 

Do you use a shooting "sled" type devise when wanting to shoot tight groups ?

Sandbags on the bench, preferably something soft on the cheekrest. I mimic the same when shooting prone in the field long range (up to 1000) by using what is available. Which is often times folded up clothing..

+1 on the bipod.

Sandbags and/or bipod for me.

When shooting from a bench, I use either a benchrest or sandbags. When I can't drag that kind of stuff around with me, I'll use a bipod and either a rear bag or tightly rolled up jacket.

I use this MTM job-
http://www.cabelas.com/product/MTM17...h-All+Products

The rest set up I use depends on the type of shooting I'd be planning for that rifle, but I NEVER use "sleds".

In general, I use an adjustable front rest (Ransom) and rear sandbag. Sometimes I'll just use the bi-pod on the rifle, or an X-bag (bulls bag) with a rear sand bag.

I don't like sleds, because it's an unnatural interface between me and my rifle. If I wanted a "mounted gun", I wouldn't use a shooters sled (Lead Sled), I'd use a real receiver mount, meant for long range precision shooting. The lead sled type rigs are generally more stable than your average shooter, but it doesn't tell me anything about how the rifle would shoot in my hands. Not just how it would group, but where it would POI. I've seen guys clamp down into a lead sled, zero, then take the rifle out and have the POI shift over an inch. I've also seen guys over weight their sleds and crack their stocks.

Good shooting is about letting the rifle shoot where it wants to shoot, and making sure it's pointed at what you want to hit. Sleds are a brute force method, that add too much pressure to the rifle itself.

tightly rolled jacket or sandbags off the bench. when shooting longer than 100 yards on a power cut or farm for practice ill go prone and use a fanny pack/or bipod to rest on.

I use a Caldwell Led Sled for sighting in. For me, it is the only way to ensure the rifle is accurate. What I need to do is spend more time shooting off of it after ensuring the gun is still grouping.

I love using my Caldwell Lead Sled when sighting any of my Rifles in...especially if I'm using a larger Caliber Rifle like my 30-06 or the .270 WSM Rifle.Its a lot easier on my shoulders and I can shoot some really tight groups.I usually shot around 3 groups with 1 Rifle then adjust my scope if needed...then I shot another Rifle and let the first 1 cool down before shooting any more thru that 1st Rifle.I even used the Lead sled for sighting in my CZ-USA .204 Varmint Rifle which has very little recoil....got it all lined up,right on the money then I shot it free-handed on a padded rest like I do all my other Rifles.


I can even leave the Rifle in the Lead Sled and adjust the scope perfectly if I want to do it that way or if I measure how high or low the bullet is hitting and if its to the right or left I adjust according to how many "clicks" I need to adjust the scope.I had a Friend that was shooting a 300 WIN Mag and another Lever-action Rifle (a 45/70 maybe) that had some pretty good felt-recoil and he was thrilled with the results...even had several other Guys at the Shooting Range ask to use it and I let them get their Rifles lined up with better groups.