Thread: portable bench

well I've been toying with idea for a while now because i am sick of the inconstancy of shooting of the bonnet of me hilux , it is still a work in progress but it was
time to take it out for a field test and think i should have done this 30 years ago.
has it has improved groups well yes and predictability and consistency.
the rifles i have tested so far are a 7mm SENDERO and HOWA 243W varmint .

now for about two years i have had this f class front rest and no rifle that had that type of mounting system so as soon as i
seen your portable bench's in the missedathon thread the penny dropped so as funds allowed i started to piece together
things i needed , some ally some decent bags bench and some ply , moneys tight around here so it took some time.



so i just had to wait for a day where two things would happen no wind and a ticker that would cooperate .
and the day came so i load up to go and just about got out the gate and started to get that shit feeling i get before me ticker go's to shit and it did so that day was wasted it was 18:00 before i was better , anyway lucky for me at this time of year we quite often get 2 to 3 days in a row that remain relatively calm so the next day still feeling a bit seedy from the day before all i had to do was grab rifles and ammo out of the safe's as all the stuff was left in the hilux as i had to leave it there.

i get to the farm and there's a slight breeze bugger it so i figure i would just have some fun getting used to the new set up
20 minutes later i am about to plonk a rifle on the bags and i just realized i hadn't noticed the breeze had fluffed out



so i fire some fouler's and then pop some coke bottles and now it's time to shoot a group at 500y and i must say this way is a lot more consistent than a lux bonnet and this was the result



so am i happy you bet your @#$$ I AM and the next time out was the 243



and as you can see i added some bigger feet for the front rest to make it more stable and made some base's for the rear bag, i will have to redo the 7mm as it is a lot better this way.
and the result for the 243W was even more to my liking.



so a long winded report from me....

cheers D