Front rest needed for USBR

[jreed3]

I'm just getting started in rimfire benchrest (USBR) and plan on shooting in the Sporter Class.

I was at two different rimfire matches recently looking at equipment, rifles, asking questions, etc. I had many offers to join them and use there rifles and equipment. The shooters went out of there way to help me which I really appreciated.

I'm in the market for a new front rest. I tired the following rest, Farley, Fulghum and a Cowan. There were some shooters that had a mix match set, different tops and bottoms. I wouldn't have known the difference if they wouldn't have told me. I'm inclined to like the Fulghum style a little more.

I will be shooting a Anschutz 1712. Since it is a very narrow stock near the front, I was told to have the rest as close to the magazine as possible. By shooting this way, a joy stick starts to get in the way and the Cowan style with the long rear leg is a little longer than the Fulghum style.

So, the questions is, I like the Fulghum, JJ-Industries, Sinclair, etc. styles, are these rest over kill for rimfire matches? I most probably would move up to another class in rimfire, but not large bore.

Some of the companies I have checked with have a very long waiting period except for Sinclair that has theirs in stock and is also a little cheaper. I have been checking at several forums, but have not see any for sale so far.

Any help in this area would be appreciated.

Thanks
Jim
Sugar Land, Texas

 

[Shynloco]

Jim,

If you haven't tried yet, go to www.drgreenlawmachining.com. He builds incredibilily beautiful BR style Front Rest at very very reasonable prices. Dan builds five different models and sometimes has some on his shelf ready for shipping. If not, it usually only takes him about 10 days to build you one from scratch. His rests beats most on the market and surpass them in quality.

 

[rayjay]

The caddilac of 2 piece rests is the Fulghum, imo. I don't think any of the top RF shooters are using a joystick rest.