wjsmall97

I have never used sand bags, always just an adjustable metal rifle rest. So I bought a set of Caldwell shooting sand bags in the spring and put them on the floor under my bench in the garage. Well I went to take them out to use them, and they are hard as a rock. Is this the way they are supposed to be or did they absorb moisture and stiffen up? If they absirbed moisture, how can I make them useable?
thanks

Oldtimr

Try laying them on a work bench and work them over gently with a piece of wood about 3 or 4 inchec in diameter. Don't really pound it or the seams may rupture. Let us know how it worked out. I never heard of sand bags getting hard. My sand bahs don't have sand in them, they have some kind of plastic beads.

danielfisker

Yeah, that's the way it should be.

Mr. Slim

i used empty shot bags. i put the sand into a heavy plastic bag that i put inside the shot bags and sealed them. them sewed the end of the shot bag with string. the sand seems not to get hard even though i keep them out in my shed all year.