New shooting bench
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- GunnyMack
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New shooting bench
Our hunting club has never had a REAL bench.
This morning I hit Lowe's for a bunch of lumber and put together a nice size bench, 3' x 4'. I decide to make it with a 7° incline , easier to bag up a rifle and promote better posture- preventing recoil to collar bone!
I also made the seat able to slide fore & aft so shooters can get 'just right ' . The seat assembly will also allow a tote with sand bags to stay on site, it amazes me what I've seen these guys do to sight in! Oh and I also included half round cut- outs so you can stand up to 14 guns .
This morning I hit Lowe's for a bunch of lumber and put together a nice size bench, 3' x 4'. I decide to make it with a 7° incline , easier to bag up a rifle and promote better posture- preventing recoil to collar bone!
I also made the seat able to slide fore & aft so shooters can get 'just right ' . The seat assembly will also allow a tote with sand bags to stay on site, it amazes me what I've seen these guys do to sight in! Oh and I also included half round cut- outs so you can stand up to 14 guns .
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looks like a very good design. like the seat being adjustable
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Hey! That's pretty classy buddy. So.....a marked improvement in your accuracy must be in order?
Nice job Gunny! Looks great.
Nice job Gunny! Looks great.
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I'm not a BIG guy, the previous bench wouldn't let a teenager shoot comfortably! This design was off the cuff, but as most things I do, a pencil sketch and I make it up as I go ! Was hoping to christen it tomorrow but it looks like rain.
I have high hopes this will be very comfortable to shoot from.
Thanks Jay, 40-82 !
I have high hopes this will be very comfortable to shoot from.
Thanks Jay, 40-82 !
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- CowboyTutt
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Re: New shooting bench
Looks great! Don't forget to weather proof it! Something that nice needs to last a long time! -Tutt
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Re: New shooting bench
I found a design on the net about eight to ten years ago that has built in seat on both sides for right or left with the part in the middle for rest/bags . I prefer sitting where my torso is 90 degrees from the target backer .
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This type deal is what we have on both ranges now .
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The first of those benches I had constructed I had the main posts left long enough so we set them about a foot in the ground . Which was a good idea so they wouldn’t get drug all over the place . And I’ll be d..a..m..n..e..d if someone of the idiots in our club didn’t try and pull them up out the ground !!!!!!! Luckily for them I wasn’t there to see them trying to pull them up . Think they got two or three of them about halfway out and musta run out of energy
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Re: New shooting bench
First class all the way. Looks like a fun bench. Room for all the stuff that seems to show up on them.GunnyMack wrote: ↑Sat Sep 10, 2022 3:12 pm Our hunting club has never had a REAL bench.
This morning I hit Lowe's for a bunch of lumber and put together a nice size bench, 3' x 4'. I decide to make it with a 7° incline , easier to bag up a rifle and promote better posture- preventing recoil to collar bone!
I also made the seat able to slide fore & aft so shooters can get 'just right ' . The seat assembly will also allow a tote with sand bags to stay on site, it amazes me what I've seen these guys do to sight in!20220910_130542.jpg20220910_130530.jpg
Oh and I also included half round cut- outs so you can stand up to 14 guns .
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I like that plan you show 6pt, ill have to file that away in my memory bank.
Yes a bench with lots of real estate is a must!
I bet those guys trying to move that bench would have been funny to watch!
Yes a bench with lots of real estate is a must!
I bet those guys trying to move that bench would have been funny to watch!
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A good comfortable bench can make all the difference, nice design and build quality Gunny....
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Looks great Gunny.
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Re: New shooting bench
Looks good. 7 degree incline is not much, but it should be enough to help with recoil angle.
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Bear in mind they were sunk about a foot in the ground and tamped around the legs . I hope the boobs got a hernia or at the very least pulled muscles .
Parkers , Mannlicher Schoenauer’s , 6.5mm's and my family in the Philippines !
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Re: New shooting bench
Now that's the way to show gumption, Gunny. I like that design, too --totally ambidextrous.
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That's what the Sportsmen's Range on Ft Lewis uses.
Thing is, the person sitting on the other bench will throw off your shot any time he moves whatsoever.
I have no idea why the Range Officer puts two people on one of those.
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The design as far as I’m concerned is not for dual use at once .
Parkers , Mannlicher Schoenauer’s , 6.5mm's and my family in the Philippines !