Shooting Bench

[jjs405]

Nothing special - just saw this shooting bench & thought that others may get some ideas of their own ... image pasted below.

 

[Blkram]

Very nice!

 

[JD338]

That's a cool idea, I like it

JD338

 

[DrMike]

Wise use of readily available material.

 

[NYDAN]

Interesting to see how inventive people can be.

 

[jimbires]

we have one set up on our short range ,50 - 450 yards . these work great for a shooting bench . we dug in a little and buried the bottom of the spool . I made separate seats . two can shoot at the same time . very easy to set up a canopy over . if you do this , cover the holes in the top of the spool . if you don't the spool will eat your brass .

 

[truck driver]

Looks Great Jim. Hope you treated the bottom of the reel you buried in the ground. The wood they are made from tends to rot easy when buried.
A suggestion would be to set it on some railroad cross ties or 6X6 pressure treated post.

 

[Ridge_Runner]

here are what I build these days, have built 3 so far only thing I changed is use plywood for the top and aa 2x10 for the seat, thought about using a spool but it takes too large of a level spot here in this rocky ground to make it level so opted to just lever 5 spots 4"x4". and it takes 1/2 sheet of plywood,, 2 4x4x8,, and 4 2x6x8 plus whatever you want for a seat,, takes maybe 3 hours to build.

Building a Shooting Bench / Table

metalneckoutdoors.com

 

[DrMike]

Very nice.

 

[JD338]

here are what I build these days, have built 3 so far only thing I changed is use plywood for the top and aa 2x10 for the seat, thought about using a spool but it takes too large of a level spot here in this rocky ground to make it level so opted to just lever 5 spots 4"x4". and it takes 1/2 sheet of plywood,, 2 4x4x8,, and 4 2x6x8 plus whatever you want for a seat,, takes maybe 3 hours to build.

Building a Shooting Bench / Table

metalneckoutdoors.com

That's a sturdy bench.

JD338

 

[RL338]

here are what I build these days, have built 3 so far only thing I changed is use plywood for the top and aa 2x10 for the seat, thought about using a spool but it takes too large of a level spot here in this rocky ground to make it level so opted to just lever 5 spots 4"x4". and it takes 1/2 sheet of plywood,, 2 4x4x8,, and 4 2x6x8 plus whatever you want for a seat,, takes maybe 3 hours to build.

Building a Shooting Bench / Table

metalneckoutdoors.com

The small range in town has the exact benches. I will build one at some time with longer 4x4s , the seat to bench top height needs to be greater for me.

 

[wvbuckbuster]

That is a nice-looking bench. Are the seats adjustable for height? The range I belong to has been trying different brand stools that are adjustable. The benches are wood and cement tops. Dan.

 

[jjs405]

... Are the seats adjustable for height? ...

I do not know .... but it would be something easily added if wanted.

 

[TackDriver284]

Very nice bench and that is a great way to recycle wood to reuse.

 

[RL338]

Nothing special - just saw this shooting bench & thought that others may get some ideas of their own ... image pasted below.

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Small world , someone has this picture posted with spools for sale locally on Marketplace.