I probably fire more pellets off my shooting bench than any other way. To support my guns I used to use a front support I made a long time ago and a rear bag. More recently I've switched to a bipod and convinced myself I shoot at least as well of it as my old support. In the last couple days I've done something different in the back which seems to be working well so I thought I'd share.
I adjust for elevation with the rear gun support. My old way of doing it was shims under the rear bag including an inflatable wedge. That works but is somewhat bulky and it is difficult to make fine adjustments. The wedge also leaks so I have to keep adjusting it. I saw "monopods" on the rear of some other guns in youtubes and started thinking about doing something using the socket for a sling on the rear of my gun. My socket is in a 1 inch spacer I put on the end of my P35 to lengthen the length of pull. The id is just a little smaller than a 1/4 coupler for all thread.
Yesterday I welded 3 of the 1/4 couplers together to make a sort of tube with the inside threaded 1/4 coarse. I put the couplers on a long bolt during welding but they were not perfectly aligned when I was done. I could turn the bolt out of the couplers but the bolt did not turn nearly well enough for turning with my fingers like I wanted. So I ran a tap in as far as it could go and then ran bolts through my contraption multiple times to further smooth it up. It now turns easily with my fingers. I attached a brass knurled nut with a little blue monkey spit (a loctite alternative). The carriage head bolt is about 3 inches long or about 1/2 inch longer than the all thread couplers. I put a felt pad meant for the end of a chair leg on the carriage bolt head. I had to grind the outside of the top of the couplers a little to get them to fit into the sling attachment point. So to use I just slip the ground end of the coupler into the sling recepticle into it and then I can adjust the back of the gun from about 3 inches to about 5 inches by turning the knurled nut on the bolt.
I admit my welds are crude and even after grinding don't look great but they are good enough for this device to work. The same idea could work with two or even one coupler, the amount of the adjustment would be less. So if you want a monopod and have sling bases on your gun, this is a way to get one.
I adjust for elevation with the rear gun support. My old way of doing it was shims under the rear bag including an inflatable wedge. That works but is somewhat bulky and it is difficult to make fine adjustments. The wedge also leaks so I have to keep adjusting it. I saw "monopods" on the rear of some other guns in youtubes and started thinking about doing something using the socket for a sling on the rear of my gun. My socket is in a 1 inch spacer I put on the end of my P35 to lengthen the length of pull. The id is just a little smaller than a 1/4 coupler for all thread.
Yesterday I welded 3 of the 1/4 couplers together to make a sort of tube with the inside threaded 1/4 coarse. I put the couplers on a long bolt during welding but they were not perfectly aligned when I was done. I could turn the bolt out of the couplers but the bolt did not turn nearly well enough for turning with my fingers like I wanted. So I ran a tap in as far as it could go and then ran bolts through my contraption multiple times to further smooth it up. It now turns easily with my fingers. I attached a brass knurled nut with a little blue monkey spit (a loctite alternative). The carriage head bolt is about 3 inches long or about 1/2 inch longer than the all thread couplers. I put a felt pad meant for the end of a chair leg on the carriage bolt head. I had to grind the outside of the top of the couplers a little to get them to fit into the sling attachment point. So to use I just slip the ground end of the coupler into the sling recepticle into it and then I can adjust the back of the gun from about 3 inches to about 5 inches by turning the knurled nut on the bolt.
I admit my welds are crude and even after grinding don't look great but they are good enough for this device to work. The same idea could work with two or even one coupler, the amount of the adjustment would be less. So if you want a monopod and have sling bases on your gun, this is a way to get one.
