Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted January 30 Posted January 30 I recently joined an indoor shooting chub that has 8 bays. It is beautifully done and most of the members shoot handguns. They also allow pistol caliber rifles...like my 1860, 1866, 1873 Winchester copies, a copy of the 1883 Colt Burgess ,44-40, and a 92 Winchester copy in .45LC. Closest target is at 5 yards and the furthest is 25 yards out. The firing positions have a bench about 1' x 2' and around 3' high, too low for shooting rifles for accuracy, so I need some sort of tripod type rest with a curved and padded rest, that will fit on the bench without falling off, and be adjustable for height up to about 6'. I haven't had any luck searching the web and thought some of you might know of such a critter. I took the Henry in and after 13 years of not firing the darn thing, I shot 12 rounds at 25 yards. I ended up with a nine shot group of 3"x 5" with three fliers. Not bad, but well, you know........not much of anything else for being away from it for so long. But I'd hadn't remembered how heavy those old rifles are and after about 20 minutes I was exhausted. There was a time, unfortunately not recently, when I could have covered a 12 shot group like that and cover it with a silver dollar, and do it over and over again. Never was that good with a sixgun and a shotgun will cover a lot of space at that range. I suppose I could use Compass Range in Chino Valley....if the weather ever gets settled down. They tables that are much larger with benches and rifle rests with both ends adjustable and the last time I shot out there I had a Mannlicher-Schoenauer that was the smoothest rifle I ever fired and 8x56mm Mannlicher-Schoenauer ammo sold at nearly $4.00 a round. That was 6 years ago and ammo has gone up since then. I sold it for the cost and the fact that it had those ferschlugginger German "claw" scope mounts and after two years I still hadn't found scope rings to fit the mounts. I got back exactly what I paid for it. Anyway, I'd like to find a way to use the indoor range until winter goes away and sight in all my guns. I'll have to wait on the weather for the .45-60, .45-70, .35 Remington, .30-40 U. S. Krag, and.30-06....and the love of my life, a .50 Lyman Hawken rifle that bought in 1966 for $123.00. I know! I know! I've got to get to where I can send pictures. I'm working on it. Quote
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted January 30 Author Posted January 30 I don't see how that can top out at 5 to 6' feet high from a 3 foot table and it looks to be longer from front to rear than 1 foot. Good price, though. Quote
Pat Riot Posted January 30 Posted January 30 @Forty Rod SASS 3935 I nearly bought one of these a while back but went a different route. Give this a look. https://a.co/d/3kXQoAD 2 Quote
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted January 30 Author Posted January 30 Bingo! Thanks, Pat. I'j just ordered one after I read this. 2 Quote
Pat Riot Posted January 30 Posted January 30 45 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: Bingo! Thanks, Pat. I'j just ordered one after I read this. Glad I could help. It gets pretty good reviews too. Let us know what you think of it. I may still get one later on. Quote
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted January 31 Author Posted January 31 I'll do that. Waiting for a delivery date, which usually means a week or more. 1 Quote
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted February 1 Author Posted February 1 On 1/30/2025 at 3:02 PM, Pat Riot said: Glad I could help. It gets pretty good reviews too. Let us know what you think of it. I may still get one later on. Well, they never did give me a delivery date but it showed up on my door step a half hour ago. It's designed as a photo tripod / monopod with feet for smooth floor, rough floor, out doors use (including a spike for lawns, dirt, etc.), Fully extended it's close to seven feet tall and slides together into a two foot or less package. Weight for the whole lot can't be much over 8-10 pounds. I has a padded crescent top fixture, two camera fixtures, a tool kit, a carrying case for the tripod and one for the tools and accessories. There are three instruction documents (really small) and written in understandable American English. It appears to be quite rugged for any range use and could probably suffice as a field device as well. It's even quite attractive, all black an copper colored.d Koolehaoda....no idea what language that is....from Amazon for under $80.00 Range test Tuesday early pm. Thanks again, Pat. 2 2 Quote
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