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Show me your homemade shooting benches #6578483 12/09/16 03:33 AM
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Post pics of you have them. I am going to build one and need ideas.

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Folding shooting bench in my box blind


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Nice set up Red...


STX has a nice little Chingly Built cheers


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Originally Posted By: SniperRAB
Nice set up Red...


STX has a nice little Chingly Built cheers

Re: Show me your homemade shooting benches [Re: tdbduckhunter] #6578986 12/09/16 03:43 PM
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I have a bench in my popup blinds.





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Haha yea I polished that thing for hours.
Re: Show me your homemade shooting benches [Re: tdbduckhunter] #6580110 12/10/16 04:50 AM
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I googled for ideas. What are you looking for - shooting range, blind, mobile, stationary, give some ideas of requests .

Re: Show me your homemade shooting benches [Re: tdbduckhunter] #6580250 12/10/16 01:11 PM
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I built this one out of treated lumber about 15 years ago.
Still serves me today and has been used by dozens of friends and family over the years.
That "custom cushion" came out of a school bus I converted to an RV.



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Re: Show me your homemade shooting benches [Re: tdbduckhunter] #6580484 12/10/16 03:32 PM
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Shooting range mainly.

Re: Show me your homemade shooting benches [Re: RedSnake] #6580633 12/10/16 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted By: RedSnake
Folding shooting bench in my box blind



This is one of the cooler blind set ups I've seen. What do you have the interior paneling covered with?

Re: Show me your homemade shooting benches [Re: shea.mcphail] #6581333 12/11/16 02:40 AM
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Originally Posted By: shea.mcphail
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Folding shooting bench in my box blind



This is one of the cooler blind set ups I've seen. What do you have the interior paneling covered with?


Acoustic foam/foam egg crate. It's super quiet. Helps insulate a bit too

Re: Show me your homemade shooting benches [Re: RedSnake] #6581392 12/11/16 03:21 AM
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Do you remember where you bought the foam?

Re: Show me your homemade shooting benches [Re: tdbduckhunter] #6581415 12/11/16 03:52 AM
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Check Walmart, Target, Michaels, Google it

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Best price I could find on big sheets that fit my box blind -- 1 1/2" thick and 72"x80" @ $32 each.

Liquid nails to glue em on walls, ceiling and floor (put a 1" rubber shop mat from tractor supply on top of foam on floor. Really makes it quiet when moving chair or when you drop your binos.

Re: Show me your homemade shooting benches [Re: tdbduckhunter] #6581469 12/11/16 04:46 AM
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Made bunch of these for our clubs rifle range, less than $100 each. Black pipe frame with two layers of 3/4" treated plywood glued and bolted to the frame. Adjustable piano style stool fits any sized shooter, disc blade base and ACME threaded seat. Tube bender or local muffler shop can bend the frames. Solid and weather proof. Some at the range have been out for nearly 20 years.
















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Originally Posted By: Rembrandt
Made bunch of these for our clubs rifle range, less than $100 each. Black pipe frame with two layers of 3/4" treated plywood glued and bolted to the frame. Adjustable piano style stool fits any sized shooter, disc blade base and ACME threaded seat. Tube bender or local muffler shop can bend the frames. Solid and weather proof. Some at the range have been out for nearly 20 years.


Well done Sir!
Build it once, build it right and use it forever.


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Like the wooden one. Also the gun holder.

Re: Show me your homemade shooting benches [Re: tdbduckhunter] #6604013 12/27/16 03:35 PM
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While not home made by me they are made by a friend and fellow shooter. I have bought four of these over the last few years. They are built right here in Waco and even sold at the local Ace Hardware.
They have evolved in design since my first ones and are lighter and easier to adjust now but they are very well made and look great.
Here is the older style




http://legacyshootingproducts.com/products/ambidextrous-shooting-bench

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Thank you DStroud.
Yes, current models use 6061 aluminum legs, and bench is skeletonized (internal voids) to lighten the entire unit. Anti-skid on area for front rest keeps front end steady.
...and this is the only bench with adjustable legs so it can be adjusted to the terrain.

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dstroud is there a link where we could buy something like that?


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"Anyone taking up handloading necessarily plays with unknown factors and takes chances. But so does anyone who drives a car,goes to a cocktail party,eats in a restaurant,or gets married."

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Re: Show me your homemade shooting benches [Re: RedSnake] #6657687 02/01/17 10:37 PM
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Nice bench.

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some pretty cool benches. We have a range at our lease (bunch of dirt piled up every 100 yards out to 500), but no bench. We've been talking about making one... these may inspire me smile

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not homemade but what we use on the lease
& they are very stable get rid of the screw in Y bracket on top of table and use bags or lead sled or whatever combination of rest you want. table is easy to setup and takedown to store. it is the most stable one I have shot off of, Herters deluxe table have seen it go from $99-$179



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