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I bought a Millett or some such rest that you could put on your window and place a sandbag over to shoot gophers from the truck. I lost one and haven't been able to find another one, so I decided to try and build one. By the time I had a couple made, I only had about $16.00 in materials and $150.00 in labor. It was cheaper to just buy the original, but when you can't find them, you make them.

I started with 2 inch PVC pipe and cut a slot the fuill length of the pipe...





Then I cut some thin pine lath to put in the top of the pipe for a window stop...






Then I filled the pipe with spray foam to make it solid to put a groove in it to slide on to the window and hold it in place...






Then I cut the foam with a knife to put a slot in the mount to go on the window.





Then I rolled the pipe insulation out and pinned it in a box to keep it open to apply some spray adhesive...






Then I wrapped the PVC with the insulation...






Then to the field to test it and it worked perfectly.

God bless Montana.

0 experience with road hunting.
If it's legal... whatever....


Have shot out of vehicles or from riding on top of vehicles under other circumstances.
No need for a rest....

Nice work, and quite a bit of it. There were times/circumstances where I would be prepared to shoot from the cab. I simply made an adjustable sling and hung it from a little hook arrangement screwed into the area above the window.

Minor league, I will raise you the shooting trailer 😉

Nothing matches
Dove Assault Vehicle

Luby’s Steakhouse chairs, large watermelon-headed retard riding around on it. Being pulled by his dady Uncle Jesse

Looks like it does what it oughta.

$150 in labor?🤨

Serious question (from the east coast).

Why would one ever need to shoot from inside a truck?

I made window rest by cutting a 5” piece of 2x4 off. Then it it twice across the bottom it’s a skill saw 3 1/2” deep to fit down over window. I then glued https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1019549984?pid=329075 to 2x4 and used it since the lat 70’s. The rest was a leather one Like in you pic. Takes about 15 minutes to build and worked great.

I've always thought a shooting range should have F250 doors and bench seats for stations, to make practice and annual sight-in more closely resemble field conditions.

Why would one ever need to shoot from inside a truck? Because it's very effective. Lot of times the rodents won't dive down their holes when the truck gets close. Works really well if the driver is right handed and the guy in the passenger side is a lefty.
Not that I'd do anything like that;)

A cut and split foam swimming pool noodle works ok, on a window.
Cheap and can be made with a pocket knife in a couple of minutes

A noodle cut into thirds and then taped together to form a triangle makes a quick lightweight rest for across the pickup toolbox

Decent question. There are circumstances, at least in the big west, where terrain, position, timing, weather, etc. make for an impromptu shooting situation.

Prairie dogs seem to be on the menu. Drive around a 20-30k acre ranch and shoot em as you come upon em.

3/4" Gates heater hose split long ways.

Illegal.

Even on private?

Ummm...

Of course not, Big Jim just doesn't have the time to waste shooting gophers and tries to stop others from doing it...

Won't work anywhere near what the PVC pipe rest will. Keep trying.




You will find out that that noodle won't last an afternoon in the gopher fields...