Which bench shooting pad/mat do you recommend?
- Thread starter Cassidy
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I use a mud flap from Napa Auto Parts. Tommy Mc
JEFFPPC
Gold $$ Contributor
You need a set of super feet for your rest. If you want a pad,I use one, go to Tractor Supply and buy a piece of the thinner stall rubber padding and trim to the shape you want. It will protect you and your equipment from a cement top. Plus, all my 6s are .262 necks. Keeps from damaging them. I shot of it at te last Wotld Open and they ok'd it as legal. It is not stiff enough to act as a 1 piece rest. If you want to move it after you set up on it you must grab both ends at once to slide or it bunches up in the middle.
A triangle of 1/8-3/16 neoprene sheet works great. However, Benchrite Stabilfeet are really convenient. I used contact adhesive to glue three to a triangle of 3/16 dense neoprene sheet to transport my rest and not have the spikes dig in to my Weather-Tech liner. I've actually used that piece to stabilize my rest when shooting off a peagravel firing line one match when I forgot my F-class feet. It worked great.
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Stabilfeet
Intended primarily for Bag Gun use, these Stabilfeet are 2 inches in diameter and come as a set of three.
R.Morehouse
Gold $$ Contributor
Stabilfeet, then a bathroom rug with the rubber bottom. Cut it out where your rest and rear bag will sit when set up. Speeds up your setup time and is nice to work off of with your ammo and fired brass.
Regards
Rick
Regards
Rick
I like that idea Rick.
Conveyor belting
Typically shoot prone, but when I use the cement bench, I use thin vinyl that is for shower pan liner and is sold by the foot at my home depot. Similar to this. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Oatey-5...ll-with-4-Pack-of-Corner-Dams-41620/100344211
This is usually available at Tractor Supply by the foot; it usually in the back with the tractor parts and electric fencing supplies. Sorry @1bamashooter, just that most non-farmers wouldn't have the slightest idea of what you were referring to.
Another excellent use for conveyor belting is if you want to shoot paper targets but have only a steel gong to hang it from. A target backer of conveyor belt will keep the bullet splatter from shredding the paper target.
I was curious if anyone uses a heavy piece of saddle skirting leather on the bench with stabil- feet on the front rest? I was thinking this would be nice but just haven’t done it yet.
Perks of working in a papermill
gkgeiger
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I use this gaming pad, it's like a big mouse pad. https://www.amazon.com/VicTsing-Ext...ild=1&keywords=victsing&qid=1624887771&sr=8-3
Shooter13
Gold $$ Contributor
The only conveyor belt that I can get locally is what they used at the strip mines and it is really thick, so thick that it would be hard to transport. So a shooter with this on his bench and it really worked well. https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07R4HW86G/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A35V4648PYVP2P&psc=1
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