Posted: 12/14/2008 2:27:22 PM EDT
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I put this up in the Armory, but it may not be the place for it, so I'll ask here and hope I don't tick anyone off.
For years I've managed to get by without owning a shooting vice, but I just got an Aimpoint for one of the ARs and a 77/22 with a Leupold 4x12x40. I need one and scanning the vast ocean of rigs out there, I am without a clue. You guys in the know, what are your thoughts on bang for the buck ? |
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Vice
Pronunciation: \ˈvīs Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin vitium fault, vice Date: 14th century 1 a : moral depravity or corruption Vise Pronunciation: \ˈvīs Function: noun Etymology: Middle English vys, vice screw, from Anglo-French vyz, from Latin vitis vine — more at withy Date: 1500 1 : any of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam |
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Lead sled is a no go for me, I like good ol sandbags, and I like feeling the recoil also.
Putting your gun in something like that, tightening it down, etc., etc., your not doing any work but pulling the trigger. Just like everything else now days on the market, making it easier for lazy people to get by. Get some sandbags or throw on a bipod |
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Quoted: Lead sled is a no go for me, I like good ol sandbags, and I like feeling the recoil also. Putting your gun in something like that, tightening it down, etc., etc., your not doing any work but pulling the trigger. Just like everything else now days on the market, making it easier for lazy people to get by. Get some sandbags or throw on a bipod I look at it as just another tool to eliminate a variable that can confuse test results. I'f I'm testing the accuracy of a particular gun/optic/ammo combination, I want the shooter (me) as much OUT of the equation as possible. I'd lug a real bench rest with a remote trigger to the range to test ammo if I could afford it. I have to make do with a Lead Sled. Having said that, once I've 'zeroed' everything, I use a sandbag or a bipod. Or I stand up and shoot offhand. I agree that there's no point using a rest if you want to test your skill. I don't need a rest when shooting a couple hundred .223 rounds. I darn sure want it when I'm shooting more than a few 45-70 or 7mm SAUM rounds. It doesn't happen often with those guns - once I get them sighted in I tend to leave them in the safe until it's time to hunt. |