I am using a 2x2 piece of 2x4 for 60 (with a rear bipod) and need nothing for 100.
As per streloc I need U9.9 Moa or U79 clicks. I cannot find a monopod short enough but extends that much. I don't have a sandbag yet
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New to Bench rest. What kind of rest is best ?
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I am using a 2x2 piece of 2x4 for 60 (with a rear bipod) and need nothing for 100.
As per streloc I need U9.9 Moa or U79 clicks. I cannot find a monopod short enough but extends that much. I don't have a sandbag yet
You can make a sandbag using an old sock and sand. I’ve also made them using a women’s make up pouch (from the Dollar Store) and fill it with poly fill beads (from Walmart). Put the sand or poly fill inside of a zip loc baggie to keep the media from leaking out.
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The best bang for the buck with respect to 25M shooting is decent wind flags. Flags can improve scores (if you study them enough) more than buying fancier rests, bags, and pellet sorting gizmos.
I was at the World Airgun BR match held in N. Carolina, and saw a World record card shot right alongside my own bench by Dan Brown. He shot the first 250/250 card in LV class using a stock AA EV2, fired (as I recall) off a front rest consisting of a wooden block wrapped in a piece of carpet. It was windy but felt I shot great for the conditions (246/250) using a homebuilt Co-ax rest, but Dan beat everyone that relay with that simple rest. It was ten years ago, and the game was fairly new, but 250’s still aren’t common in LV (12fpe) class.
I already had a Randolf top on my rest back then, which I still use, and I later bought the Randolf lower to match. Mine is the older version, and I hadda get a lefty model, but now they are “ambi”. The benefit of rests like the Randolf is they traverse smoothly over the entire card (and then some) with no play, and maintain elevation perfectly even with a super heavy rifle. So one can put the sight on the desired aimpoint and raise your head to study the flags until they “look right” and simply pull the trigger without even looking thru the scope … called “free recoil method”, a method I rarely use, but many do.
I was at the World Airgun BR match held in N. Carolina, and saw a World record card shot right alongside my own bench by Dan Brown. He shot the first 250/250 card in LV class using a stock AA EV2, fired (as I recall) off a front rest consisting of a wooden block wrapped in a piece of carpet. It was windy but felt I shot great for the conditions (246/250) using a homebuilt Co-ax rest, but Dan beat everyone that relay with that simple rest. It was ten years ago, and the game was fairly new, but 250’s still aren’t common in LV (12fpe) class.
I already had a Randolf top on my rest back then, which I still use, and I later bought the Randolf lower to match. Mine is the older version, and I hadda get a lefty model, but now they are “ambi”. The benefit of rests like the Randolf is they traverse smoothly over the entire card (and then some) with no play, and maintain elevation perfectly even with a super heavy rifle. So one can put the sight on the desired aimpoint and raise your head to study the flags until they “look right” and simply pull the trigger without even looking thru the scope … called “free recoil method”, a method I rarely use, but many do.
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