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This is not as much a recommendation as it is a question. I came by my current arrangement somewhat by accident, and it worked.

One day, shortly after I bought the farm, I left town without my shooting stuff. I had deer rifles to sight in and ammo, but nothing else. I fashioned a quick rest out of scrap wood, covered it with carpet and shot some of the best groups I ever had with both rifles. I paired that with a rear bag filled with kitty litter, and pretty much have been shooting off that ever since.

The rest is about 2 feet of 2X6 nailed to a 2 foot scrap of 2X4 in an 'L' arrangement. I put a layer of carpet pad and then a layer of carpet scrap over it and nailed it on the inside of the 'L'. Here's a pic:



My question to all of you is this: Is there anything wrong with this arrangement? I get good results, but should I consider changing it?