shooting rest
 

I have a couple shooting that I got from Cablos I'm not a great off hand shot especially after sitting in a tree stand all day. But as I sat in the stand yesturday I started thinking why can't I make these out of 2x2's. Its got to be a lot cheeper I would think especially when you think you have to replace the lousy ratchiting equipment that comes with the cablos ones any way. It would still be portable and set up and take down would be the same mabey a little heavier but not much. My question is has anyone ever tried this or a better way. I can't weld so thats out of the question.

RE: shooting rest
 

I use one of those shooting sticks from gander mtn. Its light and is steady enough to make a 250 yd shot a piece of cake. Its not that good for really long 4-500 yard shots, but those never come up where I hunt anyway.

RE: shooting rest
 

RE: shooting rest
 

Mike, I have fabricated probobly 90% of our stands out of 1" or 1-1/4" tubing. I recommend you use a shooting rail. I fabricated ours out of 3/4" conduit. I simple put two 90-degree bends on them to form a wide "U" shape, then put a kick on each side to put the rail out a bit from the ladder portion to allow you to climbonto the platform.

I attach therails by bolting two conduit clamps (1 @ 3/4" and 1@ 1" or 1-1/4") and attaching them to the ladder. A piece of pipe insulation taped on as a cover and you have a steady gun rest. No more than $10 each.

If you don't have a tubular ladder, say maybe 2 X 4's then just pound the bottoms of the rail risers flat and drill some holes and nail it on.