Do you guys ever use a pistol rest?

I use one for load development only. I think for that it’s a great tool but it’s the only time I use one.
Let’s face it, a gun is more accurate than 99% of the people behind it. A pistol rest takes the person out of the equation. It also allows me to concentrate on the job at hand and keeping data on the loads I’m developing.
As others suggested, you ought to go into selling those. Put me down for one.
 
Rod, you'd be happy to know that I made another trip to the range and never even thought about taking my Contender rest. :D
My 25-2 refused to miss the 1" smiley faces despite my wobbling around. It was a glorious thing.
 
Thanks for the compliment, Sgt Lumpy...I do get lucky some days!

Rob C...yep, it's a 99 in .300 Savage...a good rifle, tho heavy.

Feets...Nothing like blasting smiley faces with a .45! LOL and no disparagement regarding rest use, heck there's an entire venue for it called "Bench Rest" that's contributed much to our understanding of ballistics and loading procedure. But for me at my advanced age, all shooting is practice for the hunting season, or serious social engagements....

Shooting from "field" positions gives me a true zero for the piece I'm using; as I think that recoil differs from the bench to the unsupported shoulder and grip, especially so with a hand gun; less so with a rifle, tho it's still a factor. Put another way, I'm not so much interested in how technically accurate the gun is, but rather how the gun, the load, and I do as a combination.

So for all of us...shoot as you like and enjoy it...and take a kid along too...we need another generation of 2nd Amendment advocates!

The pic is of my grand-daughter, aged 7, firing HER .22 for the first time, off a bench! I really ought to get a better rest for her, a bourbon box comes to mind. But finding a kid's length stock for a Winchester 67 has been impossible to date.

Best Regards, Rod

 
Rod, I wish I had a place to shoot at my own free will. Instead, I'm a city dweller with no open land use. That means I'm bound by the rules of the ranges I use. I don't hunt either. Shooting is little more than recreation for me.

I've never had my handgun rest out on a handgun day. It's only seen use for long range and specialty pistol stuff.

Still, it's tempting to run a little Blackhawk vs carbine comparison.

I have a new sixgun on the way to me. It's got a bit of a long snout so I might use a mechanical rest to do an in-depth load test at 50 yds.
 
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