Tripod gun rest

[jmorris]

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.

http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv5/qvideo/gn/IMG_20160114_144616_956_zps2hcxdfif.jpg

In use, Sun was behind the trap by the time I made a video but you can still see the plate of you look close enough.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69j-ed-VBBE

[Artful]

Nicely Done - I love a good DIY project

[Dbtk44]

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!

[Lucky Joe]

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.

[LUCKYDAWG13]

wow thats nice i could see something like that for a Contender or Encore pistol too

[jmorris]

wow thats nice i could see something like that for a Contender or Encore pistol too


Actually tried that out Thursday, sighting one in.

http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv5/qvideo/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20160129_102652_106-1_zpsgm5afbha.jpg

[Clark]

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.

[jmorris]

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.

[Clark]

http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx220/ClarkM/Rem510Restore.jpg

http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx220/ClarkM/PaulHuntingSquirrellsDSCF0022.jpg

http://i757.photobucket.com/albums/xx220/ClarkM/Rem510DSCF0017b.jpg

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.

[jmorris]

Very nice.