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shrpshtrjoe Super Red Neck Member
Joined: Jan 26, 2005 Posts: 2965 Location: Maryland
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Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 5:06 am Post subject: Re: Your Shooting Rest |
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To add to Vinces Thread What do ya fill your bags with. I no some guys use kitty litter for weight, I'm much more comfortable with sand I think if forms to the stock better but just thats just me .
What do you guys use.
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Deleted_User_2665 Super Member
Joined: May 06, 2006 Posts: 380
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Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 5:16 am Post subject: Re: Your Shooting Rest |
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shrpshtrjoe wrote: |
To add to Vinces Thread What do ya fill your bags with. Joe |
Generally only what I need...but is dictated by the time spent.
Clothes, rain gear, ammo, sustainance food, extra knife, camp saw, camera....all a given. I try to go light as possible with my shootin' rest.
Sand goes in the sandbags tho'.........
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Crackshot Super Member
Joined: Oct 23, 2005 Posts: 1693 Location: Mich
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Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:25 am Post subject: Re: Your Shooting Rest |
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Play ground sand with a little lead shot on the bottom for more stability is what I use in my Caldwells bag.
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hunterjoe21 Super Member
Joined: Mar 30, 2007 Posts: 1486 Location: Miles City, Montana
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Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 7:08 pm Post subject: Re: Your Shooting Rest |
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Duce wrote: |
You guys must be rich? Here in Kentucky we stuff what-ever we can get down the end of the barrel and find the biggest tree we can get to support us and fire away. Works well for me................... |
We were using spent brass, stacked up just so. but that got too expensive too....
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Vince Site Admin
Joined: May 25, 2005 Posts: 15704 Location: Brisbane AUSTRALIA
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Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 5:46 am Post subject: Re: Your Shooting Rest |
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There are different grades of sand.
My Shooting Club has an extremely fine grade of sand in the bags they provide. I don't go much on it though because it creates dust even through cotton bags.
The sand I use is builder's sand or what we call "fatty sand". It is generally used for bedding of pavers etc. It is a fairly coarse grain and packs nicely without being dusty...not that it matters a great deal because I lined my 14 oz canvas with plastic before putting the sand inside.
As I said before, I originally used wheat because I thought it would mould to shape best...but the bugs turned it into flour. I didn't consider anything lighter than that to be of any real use.
Kitty litter sounds interesting, but I think the only kind that would be useful is the burnt chalk type, although I use it for putting in the tray under my BBQ to soak up any fat. I think any of the other types would be a bit light in weight for a rest bag..
In the field I do carry a home made shooting stick, but I shoot prone when I can and I use a back pack as a rest then.
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Crackshot Super Member
Joined: Oct 23, 2005 Posts: 1693 Location: Mich
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Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:24 am Post subject: Re: Your Shooting Rest |
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Before I had the caldwell bags, I used old shot bags filled with playground sand, we would get them wet when we would use them to keep the dust to a minimum.
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RePete Super Member
Joined: Aug 15, 2005 Posts: 1034 Location: Gods Country
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Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 4:51 am Post subject: Re: Your Shooting Rest |
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I'm using 80 grit sandblasting sand in my bags.
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SingleShotLover Super Member
Joined: Dec 26, 2007 Posts: 1005 Location: Illinois
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Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 5:28 am Post subject: Re: Your Shooting Rest |
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Vince,
I guess I should have specified; I use the or clay pellet type of kitty litter. It is somewhat lighter than sand by bulk and won't pack down to create a hard surface. Most other kinds are too dusty even with the liners in my bags. I have know others to use dried beans and even corn with varying degrees of success.
I also have a large piece of "flank" leather that I place over the bags when shooting revolvers to prevent gas-cutting of the fabric from the barrel/cylinder gaps...even though I only rest my forearms if shooting them from the bench.
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Wicky Member
Joined: Apr 06, 2008 Posts: 76 Location: Alice Springs, Australia
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Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 5:07 pm Post subject: Re: Your Shooting Rest |
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I fill my bags with river sand - nice and coarse and lots of it. Have to seive it to get rid of gravel but it works well.
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Doublejs Member
Joined: Nov 29, 2007 Posts: 137 Location: SW Pennsylvania
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Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:11 pm Post subject: Re: Your Shooting Rest |
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I had an old leather apron that was cut into pieces and stitched into three bags (two larger & one small) at a local shop. The cost back then was minimal and I filled them all with a special sand...(free sand). Then stiched up the corners and use them on the bench at the range. I also have a Caldwell "lead sled" that work well and use my sandbags as the weight.
If it's going to the field I have other set-ups that are lighter.
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PaulS Super Member
Joined: Feb 18, 2006 Posts: 4330 Location: South-Eastern Washington - the State
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Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 1:37 am Post subject: Re: Your Shooting Rest |
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My rifle rest was given to me by one of the bench-rest guys at the range. I guess he thought my shooting was good enough that the rest would help or that I really needed the help. It is a nice rest.
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