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| 18 Apr 2008 19:09:30 |
| ray |
| air pistol bench rest? |
I have just acquired a couple of nice air pistols: Daisy 777 match pistol and a Feinwerkbau Model 65 (they belonged to my father in law who passed away about 10 years ago). I have checked them out, and they seem to be working fine. But - I'm not steady enough to be able to sight them in properly. I know there are all kinds of bench rests for rifles designed for that purpose, but I've not found anything about pistols. I'm in the process of cobbling a rest together, but there must be an easier way. Any information very gratefully received. BTW - I was able to find an operating manual for the 65 online, and Daisy sent me one for the 777. After a few days of practice, I'm able to keep about half the shots in the black at 25 feet - seeing improvement almost daily. |
| 20 Apr 2008 00:50:10 |
| SpentBullet |
| Re: air pistol bench rest? |
"ray" <ray@zianet.com > wrote in message news:66s9vaF2luqa4U2@mid.individual.net... >I have just acquired a couple of nice air pistols: Daisy 777 match pistol > and a Feinwerkbau Model 65 (they belonged to my father in law who passed > away about 10 years ago). I have checked them out, and they seem to be > working fine. But - I'm not steady enough to be able to sight them in > properly. I know there are all kinds of bench rests for rifles designed > for that purpose, but I've not found anything about pistols. I'm in the > process of cobbling a rest together, but there must be an easier way. > > Any information very gratefully received. BTW - I was able to find an > operating manual for the 65 online, and Daisy sent me one for the 777. > After a few days of practice, I'm able to keep about half the shots in the > black at 25 feet - seeing improvement almost daily. How deep of a hole do you want to dig in your wallet? Loads of shooters simply make sand bags and use them on a bench, or other suitable platform. If you just have to have a purchased item, look in a Midway, Brownell's or Cabela's catalog. Or look in their on line stores. SB |
| 20 Apr 2008 14:30:07 |
| ray |
| Re: air pistol bench rest? |
On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:50:10 -0400, SpentBullet wrote: > "ray" <ray@zianet.com> wrote in message > news:66s9vaF2luqa4U2@mid.individual.net... >>I have just acquired a couple of nice air pistols: Daisy 777 match >>pistol >> and a Feinwerkbau Model 65 (they belonged to my father in law who >> passed away about 10 years ago). I have checked them out, and they seem >> to be working fine. But - I'm not steady enough to be able to sight >> them in properly. I know there are all kinds of bench rests for rifles >> designed for that purpose, but I've not found anything about pistols. >> I'm in the process of cobbling a rest together, but there must be an >> easier way. >> >> Any information very gratefully received. BTW - I was able to find an >> operating manual for the 65 online, and Daisy sent me one for the 777. >> After a few days of practice, I'm able to keep about half the shots in >> the black at 25 feet - seeing improvement almost daily. > > How deep of a hole do you want to dig in your wallet? Loads of shooters > simply make sand bags and use them on a bench, or other suitable > platform. If you just have to have a purchased item, look in a Midway, > Brownell's or Cabela's catalog. Or look in their on line stores. > > SB I was really looking for something a little more stable than the sand bags - more along the lines of the bench rests they use for rifles. Since then I've done a little 'rest' which fits on my B&D Workmate - it seems to be fine. I also have several homemade bags my wife put together for me using bulk rice and legs from some old Levi's, so I guess I'll muddle through. Anyhow, thanks for the pointers. Since I have three pistols I'll be fiddling with, I ordered a Shooting Chrony last week - should be interesting. BTW the deep hole probably starts shortly. I went to the local Airgun Field Target shoot yesterday, and I think I'm hooked. So currently thinking about an air rifle. |