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    New Contender Shooting Bench

    This bench was made for Contender pistol shooting. Off of my Fuzz Rest of course. Wide enough to accommodate 2 shooter simultaneously for friendly DUM-DUM competitions. Bench is made of 6x6 treated posts. Frame is 2x6 to allow for leg room. 2x6 frame boards are no more than 12 inches apart both ways, see picture with top not on yet. One more long 2x6 was installed from side to side and 5 rows of 2x6 cross bracing added. Frame was bolted to posts with 3/8 x 10 carriage inch bolts again both ways. Top was covered with 2x10 also treated boards. All joints not bolted were screwed with decking screws. Bench to sit on was mounted independent of shooting bench on (3) 6x6 treated post also bolted to a 2x6 frame. While bench seat was also a 2x10 screwed to frame. 600 pounds of concrete secure the both benches. Nothing was designed to shoot a rifle from but if the kids and grandkids can't make it work I guess I'll add a rifle rest to one end. A permanent roof is my next goal but a pop-up 10x10 canopy will have to work til cooler weather.

    Just finished seat tonight, have been using a folding chair. While not concrete it is solid as a ROCK and I am too old to finish concrete anymore. LOL.

    Can't wait to really set up and shoot a few groups.

    Thanks for reading and Happy fourth to all
    Doug


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    Beautiful job! I can't imagine a more stable platform to shoot from.

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    Nicely done!

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    Very nice!

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    Have had a lot of questions about a DUM-DUM competition so here is a brief explanation.

    A DUM-DUM competition requires 2 shooters. I usually shoot one of these three Contenders. The Pink one is OTT 17/222 Rem, the purple laminate is OTT 20 TAC and the step barrel is OTT 20 VarTarg. Grandson favors his 17 Ackley Hornet.

    Targets are the DUM-DUM suckers in the bag with the paper removed. You get 160 targets for around $10 and the Kids and Grandkids love to watch them disappear. Who am I KIDDING PaPa loves it too. Target rack holds 9 DUM-DUM suckers. Four on the right and four on the left. The winning DUM-DUM is dead center. Once the Competition begins first one to eliminate his bank of four and get to the center target wins. THE tough part is to win you must cut the CENTER DUM-DUM STICK . If you hit the Center sucker itself you lose.

    Hours of fun and it sure teaches concentration and gun control.

    Safe Shooting
    Doug

    Enjoy life but remember, we are only practicing for something better !!

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    Jealous, I am! Nice stout rest.
    Finish it off with some tung oil or some type of weather (water) proofing.
    You seem to be well on the way of teaching your next generation correctly.
    Hope you don't mind but I may 'borrow' your shooting idea.

    Does the winner get a sucker?:
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    If he likes, but the loser sure gets the ribbing. With the old portable bench we had to shoot one at a time and best time got first shot at center sucker. But now we have room for both rests. I can't wait
    Safe shooting
    Doug
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    That dum dum match sounds like a great time

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    Good looking bench. Should give years of enjoyment. Well done.

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    Well, it's not very portable, but sure looks stout! Spray the whole thing with Thompson's WaterSeal (used on decks and such) top and underside and your great-great-grand kids might get to shoot on it, too.

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    That sounds like fun, what is the distance you are shooting at?

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    DUM-DUM are at 60 yards. May extend and redo backstop
    It is a BALL
    Doug
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    Okay thank you Doug!

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    Now that is a solidly constructed shooting bench! Excellent job, and I hope you get many years of enjoyment from it.

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    Nice looking bench you made looks vary solid now how about a look at your range setup
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    I like the idea of the dum dum shoots. Sounds like a lot of fun and requires a lot of skill to be good at it. Completely bio degradable targets too.

    That's a solid bench. I need to make a bench or two for my place here, but won't be building it that stout. Since I got this place, I've been trying to keep all the lead in a relatively confined space in the berm, so I vary the range by moving the bench up or down range. Still, I bet you won't be rebuilding that one any time soon unless you have a tornado or something.

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    Grandson brought his new 308 Win Weatherby and wanted to load ammo and sight it in. Sitting at a shooting bench in 94 degree weather with my Grandson

    WOW LIFE IS GOOD I am truly a Blessed man

    Safe shooting
    Doug
    Enjoy life but remember, we are only practicing for something better !!

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