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    Tripod gun rest

    I don't have a covered bench at the house so I have to move my bench between rains so the wood stays good and it is muddy off the concrete where I keep it, so I rigged up a tripod mount using a section of aluminum I had and extra ATV mounts.

    Holds it fairly steady. Sighted in a $35 estate sale Remington 510 in I refinished for my little girl today with it, good enough for a 2" 5 shot group at 60 yards with "irons".

    Figured it was useful enough to post here.



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    Nicely Done - I love a good DIY project
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    Great idea! I actually have a reasonably heavy tripod that used to go with a very nice telescope I had ( unfortunately someone decided to "liberate" the telescope ) and I had this very same. Nice to see it in practice!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dbtk44 View Post
    Great idea! I actually have a reasonably heavy tripod that used to go with a very nice telescope I had ( unfortunately someone decided to "liberate" the telescope ) and I had this very same. Nice to see it in practice!
    Often at an auction you can find a surveyors tripod. Talk about solid.
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    wow thats nice i could see something like that for a Contender or Encore pistol too
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    Quote Originally Posted by LUCKYDAWG13 View Post
    wow thats nice i could see something like that for a Contender or Encore pistol too

    Actually tried that out Thursday, sighting one in.


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    I am around some guys that call Remington 510, 511, 512, and 550 "bee hive".

    Killing things for us since we were kids in the early 1970s.
    20 years ago i could get a 510 for $60 at a gun show.
    The word got out they are good guns.

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    Clark, when I was kid I remember my Grandfather effortlessly hitting water moccasins with a bolt action rifle with the "bee hive" on the bolt. It was a "farm" gun and was stolen before I was old enough to know what it was. He replaced it with a Winchester semiauto and added a cheap scope shortly after thinking his eyes had gone bad.

    I still have the Winchester and can say I think his eyes were still OK.

    Have found a few of the old Remington bolt rifles over the years, all "cheap" and shot better than more expensive "new" rifles.

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    This is the 510 my brother got for $7 in the 1970s that had the butt cut down. I have drilled and tapped and put a stock addition on for him. That is him. I now have (8) beehive bolt actions and (1) beehive semi auto.

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    Very nice.

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