Building a shooting bench

[blade57]

Here's one I built a few weeks back. You can make 2 of these from one 8' x 4' sheet of 5/8" ply. The front legs are from Home Hardware at $25 for 2. The rollers came from Busy Bee at $15 for 5.















Rest of the hardware came from Home Depot.

DaveD

[AirGunEric]

Blade57, just so I "get it"- the rollers are there to allow for table adjustment, or for some movement to assist with recoil absorption? Then it almost looks like the sandbag platform is being held through both top layers by the bolt?

[Gippeto]

Swings or pivots in an arc based on the bolt at the rear....for "windage".

"T" nuts fit into the "backside" of a bored hole....that way they don't pull through.

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[blade57]

Swings or pivots in an arc based on the bolt at the rear....for "windage".

"T" nuts fit into the "backside" of a bored hole....that way they don't pull through.

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Spot on, Al When I built mine, instead of making the front of the Rifle rest 13" wide, I made it a couple of inches wider to accomadate this



I put 3 countersinks in the top of the rest that the Granite Rest's feet sit into. I also put a third Roller under the rifle rest board, just behind and below the back foot of my rest. The rest is cast and is pretty weighty so a little extra support does no harm and makes sure that the top board has no chance of dipping in the middle under the weight.

Cheers

DaveD

[remtom1200]

Great ideas you fellers have, now I have to finish this one so I can build others

[WolfyW]

http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/...th-swivel-top/

[remtom1200]

Just a sad update to the shooting bench build.....new neighbors with 3 new horses. The horses are strip grazing beyond my range area so kinda disgusted right now, so I am gonna revisit that project later on.