DIY shooting/cleaning rest
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DIY shooting/cleaning rest
Had a bit of time on my hands a few weeks back and decided to make the MKII version of my shooting/cleaning rest so I set to work with a bit of scrap pallet woodand some ply and here's the result.......
The rear rest folds flat so a bean bag rest can be used if required.I finished it with a few coats of shellac (as I had some already mixed) and I have added some steel plates to the underside to give a bit more weight, although it can be secured to a shooting bench by using a small ratchet strap that runs through a slot on the underside.A bit of foam rubber on the underside of it finished it off and added a bit of slip resistance.
Total cost was £2 as I had to buy a hinge and a latch for the rear rest, everything else I had knocking around
The rear rest folds flat so a bean bag rest can be used if required.I finished it with a few coats of shellac (as I had some already mixed) and I have added some steel plates to the underside to give a bit more weight, although it can be secured to a shooting bench by using a small ratchet strap that runs through a slot on the underside.A bit of foam rubber on the underside of it finished it off and added a bit of slip resistance.
Total cost was £2 as I had to buy a hinge and a latch for the rear rest, everything else I had knocking around
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Re: DIY shooting/cleaning rest
I like the carry handle and the near match to the SVD, good effort!
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Re: DIY shooting/cleaning rest
Cheers, the carry handle used to grace the door to the cupboard under the stairs!.Ovenpaa wrote:I like the carry handle and the near match to the SVD, good effort!
Both the rest and the SVD are finished in amber shellac mixed from de-waxed flakes with a bit of added Russian red iodine added for good measure.
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Re: DIY shooting/cleaning rest
Excellent - I like the T bar on the jack. :)
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Re: DIY shooting/cleaning rest
Thanks, it's finished off with a 7.62x39 case on each end1066 wrote:Excellent - I like the T bar on the jack. :)
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Re: DIY shooting/cleaning rest
That is so in keeping with Soviet small arms, it's bloody genius!
Stencil a Hammer & Sickle on there and it will be complete!
Stencil a Hammer & Sickle on there and it will be complete!
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Cheers mate, That's the look I wanted to achieve, what with the laminated wood.I did consider stenciling the markings found on a 54r crate onto it as I have a Cyrillic stencil sheet somewhere.Sim G wrote:That is so in keeping with Soviet small arms, it's bloody genius!
Stencil a Hammer & Sickle on there and it will be complete!
"The only real power comes out of a long rifle." - Joseph Stalin
Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank.....give a man a bank and he can rob the world!.
More than a vested interest in 7.62x54r!
Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank.....give a man a bank and he can rob the world!.
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Re: DIY shooting/cleaning rest
I'm afraid consideration is over, find the sheet, stencil it on. You know it makes sense!
In 1978 I was told by my grand dad that the secret to rifle accuracy is, a quality bullet, fired down a quality barrel..... How has that changed?
Guns dont kill people. Dads with pretty Daughters do...!
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