ROBERT WEBSTER'S REDNECK SHOOTING REST
Robert Webster of Hamlet, NC and myself have been shooting a
Savage Mark
II rimfire rifle the past couple years and doing all kinds of
things to them to get as much accuracy as possible from them. We have
fulfilled our goal of being able to shoot a squirrel in the head at 50
yards; one shot one kill but still trying to squeeze a little more accuracy
from them for the paper targets.
Both Robert and myself do tend to think
outside the box and come up with some unusual contraptions
which can be rather unorthodox at times and how radical depends on whether
we recycle materials that we have on hand and try not to reinvent the wheel
and in Robert's case, not spend any money!
Some will no doubt fall into the category of
Rube Goldberg.
A more applicable term would be something in the
neighborhood of "sticks
out like a sore thumb."
With that very long introduction, Robert decided to
make a one piece shooting rest to enhance his rifle groups and below is a
picture of his first model we nicknamed The
Gun Turret Model:
The above rest was working pretty good for Robert, whereas his target
groups were much tighter than before this rest and the rest is not that
radical or Rube Goldberg looking and I keep telling him,
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it"
which is like talking to a sign post! The front rifle rest portion is
an old sock with black eyed peas stuffed into it and the base is made from
recycled redwood.
Robert decided to upgrade his current one piece model rest using a car
jack for the main elevation portion. Below are some thumbnail pixs of
the car jack model one piece shooting rest:
One of Robert's sons, Wesley who is an Engineer, stated
"It was a high
tech redneck shooting rest and before he was done, it will be spray
painted gold"......grin if you must! Notice the spring attachment for
stability; nothing left to chance on this one.
Robert in defense of his car jack model rest used the term
FUNCTIONALITY and it definitely is
functional. If Jeff Foxworthy sees this rest, he will no doubt add to
his show routine, "You might be a redneck if,
you use a car bumper jack for a shooting rest".....grin if
you must! I have other semantic words for his usage of the term
functionality but in the interest of Political Correctness; e.g.,
(DC's Democratic bull crap) will not publish
them since there are too many labels attached to various ethnic groups already.
Below is the full resolution of his High Tech Redneck Shooting Rest:
I told Robert I would build him a wooden box to go around the car jack
for increased eye appeal!
Web published by Bill aka Mickey Porter on 02-04-16.
THE PROOF IS IN THE TASTE OF THE PUDDING
Below is a target Robert fired on 02-06-16 at 50 yards using his CZ 452
Trainer and his new and improved Redneck One Piece Shooting Rest:
Looks like his CZ 452 and rest are doing very well! Then again, I
don't see him using those Budweiser target backers anymore either.....grin
if you must!
The ole cliché, "You can't judge a book by
its cover" comes to mind on his shooting rest!
Web published update by Bill aka Mickey Porter on 02-06-16.
WINDAGE ADJUSTER
Below is pix of Robert's first draft of his home made windage adjuster.
He used a piece of angle iron, drilled a hole in it, welded a 1/2 coarse
thread nut to the angle bracket and installed a 1/2 x 13 threaded rod with a
knob on it which he already had.
He is going to cut the adjuster rod to the proper length, bolt the
adjuster angle bracket to the
table and give it another field test.
Web published update by Bill aka Mickey Porter on 02-09-16.
UPDATED SHOOTING REST
Robert received some much verbal harassment from family and friends over
his redneck shooting rest, he decided to do an upgraded model.
The above gun turret style shooting rest Robert made is certainly an
upgrade for sure. He has shot many one hole clusters with his CZ
rimfire rifle at 50 yards!
Robert shot the below 5 shot group at 50 yards using Norma Subsonic 40
grain hollow point ammo:
Not to shabby for $ 3.99 per box of 50 rounds.
Web page updated by Bill aka Mickey Porter on 01-03-19.
LEAVING ON A
SPIRITUAL NOTE
If you do not know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, please take
this moment to accept him by Faith into your Life, whereby Salvation
will be attained.
Ephesians 2:8 - 2:9 8 For by grace are ye saved through
faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God: 9 Not of
works, lest any man should boast.
Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for,
the evidence of things not seen.”
Romans 10:17 “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by
the word of God.”
Open this
link about faith in the King James
Bible.
Romans 10:9 “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the
Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him
from the dead, thou shalt be saved.”
Open this
link of Bible Verses About Salvation,
King James Version Bible (KJV).
Hebrews 4:12 “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and
sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder
of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of
the thoughts and intents of the heart.”
Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of
God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory
of God;”
Micah 6:8 “He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what
doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and
to walk humbly with thy God?”
Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ which
strengtheneth me."