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Air Gun Home Forum Index » General Air Gun Questions and Topics » Gun Rest    View previous topic :: View next topic  Gun Rest   Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 12:04 pm Alstone Moderator & Site Supporter Joined: 01 Mar 2007 Posts: 4139 Location: Linconshire, ENGLAND I bought one of these the other day a "Shooters Ridge" gun rest, an excellent product made in the USA. Just fill with dry sand and it holds the gun rock solid on a bench, or for shooting off a cars bonnet etc, a good buy £19.00 over here. Al _________________ Re Gun Rest   Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 1:14 pm swl Member Joined: 08 Jul 2007 Posts: 44 Location: More than 20 miles from East Coker I thought you were not supposed to use gun rests with air rifles. I may be wrong however. swl _________________ MANU FORTI The only thing that money can't buy is poverty.   Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 1:56 pm Alstone Moderator & Site Supporter Joined: 01 Mar 2007 Posts: 4139 Location: Linconshire, ENGLAND Hi SWL These are made for airguns and it works very well they are filled with sand which deadens any bounce, I can shoot more accurately using a rest than any other way, the only thing is that you have to hold the gun very lightly. They are good for target shooting and zeroing sights, I have used one similar to this for shooting rats while resting the gun on the cars bonnet / Hood. AL _________________   Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 2:06 pm 23ib0d0n Moderator Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 757 I like mine. I filled them with #9 lead shot though, so they weigh about 60 lbs each. Cost a good bit more to fill them with lead shot than the bags cost however.   Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 2:23 pm Alstone Moderator & Site Supporter Joined: 01 Mar 2007 Posts: 4139 Location: Linconshire, ENGLAND 23ib0d0n wrote: I like mine. I filled them with #9 lead shot though, so they weigh about 60 lbs each. Cost a good bit more to fill them with lead shot than the bags cost however. I should think that with your long range "artillery" J, you need a 60lb rest. Good idea filling it with lead shot though, I might give that a try. Al _________________   Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 4:00 pm The outdoorsman Veteran Member Joined: 07 Sep 2007 Posts: 240 Location: Canada why spend $40? get a bag fill it with sand sew it shut _________________ ' I dont think of the audiance as anything different than me, you have to seduce the audiance ya cant beat'em and ya cant kiss their a$$" Harison Ford   Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 4:01 pm AirGunEric Site Admin Joined: 20 Jan 2007 Posts: 6930 Location: "Out There" A sewn-together sack won't hold its shape like the molded bags will. _________________ ` I'd say "I care." But I'd be lying. Canadian Airgun Supplier: http://www.scopesandammo.com/storefront   Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 4:33 pm 23ib0d0n Moderator Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 757 The outdoorsman wrote: why spend $40? get a bag fill it with sand sew it shut $40? Don't I wish it was that cheap. The bag set was about $15 five years ago and five bags of #9 shot was about $1 a lb for a grand total of $140 and, as I stated before, this was years ago before lead skyrocketed to a tree hugging $4 a lb {or more} for simple chilled shot.   Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 6:25 pm broommaster2000 Moderator Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 5714 Location: City of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands Nice bag you got there, Al. _________________ BIG GAP   Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 10:31 pm 22magnum Member Joined: 21 Dec 2007 Posts: 38 How about a block of foam ? You could start out with a layer a dense foam, then glue a layer of less dense foam..ect..until you are at the correct height, and a layer of soft leather as the last cover   Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 4:47 am Alstone Moderator & Site Supporter Joined: 01 Mar 2007 Posts: 4139 Location: Linconshire, ENGLAND Hi 22magnum Good idea but the only problem is you get bounce of of foam rubber, you need somthing which is dense and dosn't resonate, such as sand, lead, sawdust or polystrene balls, never rest your gun on things like tree trunks directely, allways put your hand between the gun and the trunk, this acts like a shock obsorber and kills off any bounce you get from the kickback. Al _________________   Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 4:32 pm DW36 Member Joined: 17 Jan 2008 Posts: 19 Location: Arizona Years ago I used a bag like that one as a rear bag for bench rest. I filled it with silica sand, clean and heavy. 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