Revolver Blast

[butch2570]

I made this front rest for rifle and revolver shooting 15 years ago , money was tight then but scrap steel at work was plentiful, my .44 mags keep it shredded though , constantly retapeing her , do you guys have something that works better homemade or bought?? I use this most for shooting at 100, 200, 300 yards at metal gongs and fridge size rocks .102232

[salty dog]

I've used material from the legs of old jeans as sacrificial protection. But I don't think it's any tougher than duct tape, so if your are shredding that I don't think denim would help.

[butch2570]

I use old towels and jeans also salty but it just eats right through it , and I still have to retape often..

[btroj]

I have a Bald eagle bag on my front rest. It has burn marks but has held up so far.

[butch2570]

I will check those out B thanks.

[btroj]

I will say that a folded towel with a black powder revolver is a bad choice. Very bad. Like starts a fire bad.

[butch2570]

Ahhhh , nothing like burning 40 or 50 acres by accident..... I work outside and am a welder by trade , it was August one year and was cutting a piece of 4.5 inch wire rope bent in a cable becket and it threw a glob of molten metal 30 yards over on the hillside when I completed the cut on the bent area, nothing but dry grass and milk weed stalks . It burnt a good 40 acres in 3 minutes, the wind caught that stuff and it was gone...I mean a heck of a fire ,lol

[carbine86]

Maybe try and find some scrap pieces of leather and strap them down somehow?

[C. Latch]

A scrap of denim laid over my sandbags keeps them from being scorched; a discarded pair of jeans ought to be good for several hundred shots before it's shredded beyond use.

[Ernest]

this could be a little expensive but if you could find an out of date bullet resistant vest cheap and take it apart I think it would last a long time.
http://armorco.com/shop/category.aspx?catid=2

[69daytona]

A piece of fire hose holds up real good,a little hard to get though, try summit racing for the header wrap material, you can get it in different widths and it will handle the heat and the blast for a long time.

[MaLar]

Good piece of sole leather? from a local shoe repair.

LaMar

[Artful]

My experience - leather is your best bet with carpet second choice (mult-layer).

but a change of technique might help a lot, as it looks like your putting the frame down on the sand bag
and then cylinder gap is spitting at the bag. You can rest the grip on the bag and get some pretty good groups with out the cylinder being so close to your bag.

[butch2570]

My experience - leather is your best bet with carpet second choice (mult-layer).

but a change of technique might help a lot, as it looks like your putting the frame down on the sand bag
and then cylinder gap is spitting at the bag. You can rest the grip on the bag and get some pretty good groups with out the cylinder being so close to your bag.
Yes , at very long range I do put the frame on blue jeans, or old towels over the sand bag as this seems to be the only way I can get really steady for long range shots.

[Whiterabbit]

Yep, I know the issue you have. I ended up welding up my own stand:

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=102271&d=1397455674

Needs thicker all-thread. And leather pads on the delrin rather than foam.

[butch2570]

Yep, I know the issue you have. I ended up welding up my own stand:

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=102271&d=1397455674

Needs thicker all-thread. And leather pads on the delrin rather than foam.

Awesome idea Rabbit, that's what I'm talking about...:-)

[Whiterabbit]

build it sturdier than I did. No problems as a rest. But as a recoil-taker, it's not as uniform bending as it might be. I don't use it anymore. But I built it to solve the problem you mention, I've lit bags on fire before.

minus delrin, you can walk into a home depot with a 10 and a 5 in your pocket and walk out with enough metal to make that, buy a soda, and still have some paper left in your pocket besides the receipt.

[**oneshot**]

Saddle or belt leather lasts a long time.

[butch2570]

build it sturdier than I did. No problems as a rest. But as a recoil-taker, it's not as uniform bending as it might be. I don't use it anymore. But I built it to solve the problem you mention, I've lit bags on fire before.

minus delrin, you can walk into a home depot with a 10 and a 5 in your pocket and walk out with enough metal to make that, buy a soda, and still have some paper left in your pocket besides the receipt.

Yea, mine is very heavy , I'm thinking I may be able to take my bag off and drill and countersink a flat piece of thick neoprene or something similar and bolt it to my rest, maybe even sand a vee groove in the heavy plastic block for the frame to set in .. Just an idea now after see yours..

[w5pv]

Has anyone tried dracon rolled up,I have some out of an old swingset that I discarded?Just asking.

[butch2570]

Has anyone tried dracon rolled up,I have some out of an old swingset that I discarded?Just asking.

No sir I haven't..

[kootne]

Here's my .02 on material and fabrication. Nothin' beats leather, no leather cheaper than a garage sale ladies purse. Get some "Tearmender" at the hardware store. "Tearmender" is a latex contact cement that will stick fabric or leather together tighter than the leather was originally stuck to the cow. It is magic stuff, just make sure it's dry on both surfaces before sticking them together. You will never go back to ducktape.
kootne

[butch2570]

Here's my .02 on material and fabrication. Nothin' beats leather, no leather cheaper than a garage sale ladies purse. Get some "Tearmender" at the hardware store. "Tearmender" is a latex contact cement that will stick fabric or leather together tighter than the leather was originally stuck to the cow. It is magic stuff, just make sure it's dry on both surfaces before sticking them together. You will never go back to ducktape.
kootne
Leather is not a problem, I have gazillions of old welding gloves that I can cut apart and use for that...