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Dang Don, I wondered where my jack was, I've got two flat tars.

One of the biggest help to better shooting is to square and level your targets, and don't use a circle shape for an aiming device.

My scope lens is a "circle shape". Can't I use that as an "aiming device"???

Magnum Metal.

dave

circle shape at 100 yards

circle shape 5 shot group at 100 yards.

circle shape at 300 yards.

circle shape at 500 yards.

And 2 shots at 600 yards.Thats its not in the center, is my fault.


dave

Dave I could like that set up. Neat looking rig. powdr

In the pic its a 243 WCF.
I fried the throat in pretty short order running hot loads of Rel 22 and 115g DTACS.
I switched over to 105g AMAXs and it was a just nasty chuck rifle.Turned little chucks inside out .
Throat was getting rough.
Im not that impressed with the 243 so I turned it into a 6.5x47.
We have shot a few chucks with our 6.5x47 match rifles with 123g AMAXs and if anything it chews them up more than a 243.
Lasts alot longer to..
dave

Most of my shooting from the bench is sighting in hunting rifles and recreational shooting. Sometimes I use a diamond shape target and sometimes a circle or bullseye target with crosshair. I always add a 2" orange sticker to these targets. For shooting at 50 yards and closer I use a black target sticker(s) on plain paper. I aim at one of the squares corners for a precise aiming point. I have shot from many different front rests, most important with the front rest is that the bag's ears fit the shape of the rifle's forearm. For buttstock support I use a bunnyear bag which I like to be well filled to provide good support.

I use an old orange Hoppes front rest and a Protektor (Dr. Bag..?) rear bag with tall ears. Also use sandbags.

Eric

With very light rifles, this front bag with a bunny ear, leather rear bag gives me the most consistent results across multiple rifles & calibers.

Filled with sand, & yes, it is VERY heavy..........

With heavy, stiffer barreled rifles, lighter, smaller fronts rest work OK, but the Bulls Bag is just lest sensitive with everything.

MM

Dave,
Those are made by Scott Hunter of Wichita Falls, Texas. I gave Scott the prints many years ago as I had already made mine. I started with the rest tops in 2006 and have shipped over 800 units around the World.

Butch
I have seen those over the years. Some with the joy stick, some without. They are nice. But if I remember correctly, they are a bit pricey.

http://www.benchrest.com/magnummetal/toggle.html

and

http://www.accurateshooter.com/gear-reviews/seb-neo-co-axial-front-rest/

dave

There are several rests and rest tops on the market. As far as coaxial rests, you Have Farley, Seb, and Scott Hunter's Magnum Metal. My coaxial rest top is the only one on the market at this time.

I use the Bulls Bag X7 System and have had great success shooting handguns out to 300 yds and rifles out to 800 yds.


http://forum.nosler.com/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=20077

JD338

Like Gunwizard, I use a black square and aim at one of the corners. Usually I use a Leupold sighting-in target. It givers me 4 targets per sheet. "Aim small, hit small." The corner of the squiare with the vertical crosshair bumping the right side(for ME) and the horizontal touching the bottom allows me to be sure I'm aiming at the infantismally-small aimpoint.
If I am working up a load, I use a 20x scope on the rifle of choice, then after choosing a load, installing a "hunting" scope appropriate for the rifle, ie a Redfield 2x-7x Widefield in my .270AI.
Several of my rifles use Lee dot-equipped scopes...whereupon I use a hand-made target with black dots for aiming points. If I'm using a scope with a, for instance, 4moa dot, I put some 4" circles (for 100yd or 8" for 200yd) so the dot and the circle are the same. The bullet lands wherever I need it to in relation to the aimpoint. If I need it to land 2 1/2 higher than the aimpoint...so be it. I'll be sighted in when it does so.
I've also made some targets that have black squares and several different-sized circles so I can shoot a couple different rifles at the same target before I go up to change it.
Yes, I don't shoot at a public range.
Have fun,
Gene

Where are all the Lead Sleds?

Lead sleds actually somewhat detrimental to good accuracy as keep the rifle from sliding back, so it jumps. It's better than freehand from a bench, but not as good as a really good BR set up.

Personally saw a guy with a lead sled carrying too much weight crack the stock on a really nice 257 Roy. 3 years ago.


Week before deer season. Ouch!

Not anymore. They are on sale for <$200.

Bald Eagle Rests on Sale

In my non-benchrester opinion, that is a heck of a deal. Benchresters, am I wrong?