shooting bench

ianoo

hi all
i am thinking of putting together a shooting bench
for use in the garden
anyone any good ideas ref :best materials ,plans etc
thanks
ian

Sika_Stalker

quick question for you
do you want it to be a mobile bench???
i.e do you want to be able to move it??

J.R.

Sika_Stalker wrote: »

quick question for you
do you want it to be a mobile bench???
i.e do you want to be able to move it??

I made one from an old kid's painting easel. I just cut the legs lower and fitted a 'shelf', with a grove for bipods, secured with a bolt, to allow it to swivel slightly to left or right.

It fold up very compact and is very steady & comfortable when in use. I gave it some camo and its brilliant when waiting in 'ambush' in the field .....also when you decide to pick one spot, sit in comfort and wait to see what comes. I sometimes drape a net in front in the field to aid concealment.

ianoo

quick question for you
do you want it to be a mobile bench???
i.e do you want to be able to move it??

hi sika
yeah i was thinking of using it mostly in the garden with the air-rifle but it
would also be great to be able to move it in a trailer or car boot to a feild for zeroing the 6.5 etc

ian

J.R.

ianoo wrote: »

hi all
i am thinking of putting together a shooting bench
for use in the garden
anyone any good ideas ref :best materials ,plans etc
thanks
ian

There are plenty of free plans available on the internet - don't know if they're any good or not! Here are a few to ponder over:

http://www.coyotejakes.com/starterplans.htm

http://www.guncustomizing.com/shootingbench.htm

http://www.aeroaces.com/bench1.htm

http://shootingsoftware.com/bigprojects.htm

http://www.larrywillis.com/shootingbench.html

http://www.horstguns.com/ShootingBench.htm

ianoo

thanks j.r.
i like the look of this one
http://www.horstguns.com/ShootingBench.htm
time to sharpen the hammer now

ian

Vegeta

ianoo wrote: »

thanks j.r.
i like the look of this one
http://www.horstguns.com/ShootingBench.htm
time to sharpen the hammer now

ian

That's class, wonder how much the materials would be here??

ianoo

well vegata
will let you know next week. if this weather keeps up i'll be in the garage for the weekend

ian

bang

Hi Ian, check out this site, scroll down a bit ,nice bench design , fully foldable
http://www.varidecicognani.com/prodotti.php?sez=8

lots of cool stuff on it.

ianoo

bang wrote: »

Hi Ian, check out this site, scroll down a bit ,nice bench design , fully foldable
http://www.varidecicognani.com/prodotti.php?sez=8

lots of cool stuff on it.

thats a right gadget freak's web site...never knew there was so much stuff that i should have....

ian