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I am gathering ideas and suggestions for what shooters would like to see in a new front rest. Heads up shooters have trouble with joystick rests and most other tops/rests are in my opinion slow to use. Good rests are also getting hard to find.
 
benchrest said:
I am gathering ideas and suggestions for what shooters would like to see in a new front rest. Heads up shooters have trouble with joystick rests and most other tops/rests are in my opinion slow to use. Good rests are also getting hard to find.
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Just some wild ideas: How about a motorized rest with feedback control based on the sight picture in the scope, with dials or a joy stick for hold-off? Or better yet, connect the rest to electronic wind flags that calculate the correct hold-off. But I'm guessing this isn't the type of answer you were looking for.:D

Cheers,
Keith
 
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benchrest said:
I am gathering ideas and suggestions for what shooters would like to see in a new front rest. Heads up shooters have trouble with joystick rests and most other tops/rests are in my opinion slow to use. Good rests are also getting hard to find.
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I like the Cowan rest but would like to see one built with HEAVIER/thicker legs to increase its weight. Art :)
 

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Been to a Benchrest Match lately. I can't amagine where you would think that there is a shortage of rest designs.:D It seems like every bench has something different on it.

Seriously, front rest are probably overated. Aside from the current crop of Joystick Rest, they all do the same thing. Having the bag not to hard is probably as important of a consideration as anything.

If you ever have the opportunity, take a look at The current World Champions Rest. (Gene Bukys). Simple bag, and a rear bag that is vintage "early".

Of course, he is a bag squeezer. I wish I could immulate his shooting style, but it just doesn't work for me.........jackie
 
The shooters at my club and local matches in Tacoma told me thay have to keep looking through the scope to make sure the cross hairs stay on target. Alot of the guys I shoot with reaim then never look through the scope again wait for the condition then pull the trigger. They say the stick can drop or move if not held in place. Just what I have run across.
 
A person would be a fool to push a rifle back to battery and shooting without looking. You can do that with an unlimited rifle, but not with sandbags. I don't care what brand rest that you use.
Butch
 
What works for you?

Hey Benchrest, What do you use? If anything. If you can't prove an idea yourself, you're wasting your time trying to produce and market anything new, and hope for any success. Trust me, I've been down this road.
Also, nameless posters are looked at with some skepticism.

...Dave D.
 
Here is a picture of my rest. It is a Sinclair top which is ok it is loose and the windage spring is not stiff enough. The base I made from 1.25" alum with a custom fit Haydon sighter screw and I use rail super feet. It works ok it is a stretch to use (because my stocks are 34") the controls and is to slow and not solid enough. My friends shoot Dunrud tops and there is no play and the hydraulic screw goes by the sighter screw.
 

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I would think that with any of the toggle type rests proper tension is going to make life a lot easier for you. I have a Farley Compact top that I have modified to accept a larger bag and had trouble with it at first. But when I finally got the tension tight enough no more problems.

Donald
 
Nice Rest

As long as you are using Railfeet, you're on the right track.

...Dave
 
I shoot heads up

benchrest said:
I am gathering ideas and suggestions for what shooters would like to see in a new front rest. Heads up shooters have trouble with joystick rests and most other tops/rests are in my opinion slow to use. Good rests are also getting hard to find.
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With Butch's Shade Tree top and have done pretty well, but I shoot 100% free recoil and only touch the joystick and trigger.
 
Since I don't have access to lathes, etc, I took the cheap way out on rail or rest feet. Went to Ace Hardware and bought 3 fender washers about 1.5 inch diameter with matching rubber washer. Then 3 smaller washers just big enough to cover the hole. Epoxy the small to the large over the hole. Contact cement the rubber to the bottom of the large washer. Tried them first at Raton and they worked perfectly. Total cost about $3.50 and about 30 min of time. On a smooth bench top you have to push really hard to move the rest, really hard.

Donald
 
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