Best way to benchrest an auto?

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Steve Smith

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Say you're really wanting to eek out the best accuracy out of an auto, but you don't have a Ransom. What's the best way to do it? In our NRA Pistol/Personal Protection Course, we advise wrists on sandbags, but that doesn't seem stable enough. I've heard that resting it directly on something hard wwill throw your shots off. Maybe rest the front of the frame (dust cover) and the bottom of the grip area on sandbags (stacked to match contour of pistol)? What do you guys do?
 
Greetings,

I just put a small rest together with a sand-filled leather bag in front in an adjustable V-shaped support, for underneath the dust cover. The rear of the frame rests on a leather covered hard surface. Based on your info, I will try a pad under the rear and see if groupings improve. They are pretty good with this setup out to 25 yds.

Regards,

Ledbetter
 
Pistol shooting is tricky if you want to do it right. Resting on something hard is less than optimal... Soft sand filled bags are what you need and you dont need to spend a lot of money on them either... you can easily make your own. You should make several in various sizes for your use on different setups.

Hold the gun as you would if you were shooting normally... The sandbag support should be there supporting the gun naturally bracing your shooting and not being a rest like benchresting a rifle.
Now - if your shooting a larger specialized set up like a large frame revolver, an HK SOCOM, Contender or XP-100 - then you will have "enough gun" to bench it rifle like.
You'll want a soft V like pocket that will brace the pistol nice and firm but not get in the way of the pistols action.... fiddle with a few sandbags to get it right.

A bag holding the pistol butt - a bag or two bracing your wrists - and a bag that pockets the dustcover or barrel ir what have you.

The idea of "Resting" is to remove as much human error as possible - and make that pistol as STABLE as possible.
I usually take a few bigger sandbags and several smaller ones to help build up a good rest.
PROS: Low Cost - Works with everything form NAA MINIS to .50 BMG Rifles.
CONS: Lots of bags can be heavy - you got to fiddle with things to get them just right.
 
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