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Posted: **Tue Apr 06, 2021 11:19 pm**

Hi I am looking for advice. I have a Ruger precision rifle in 6.5 Creedmoor before lock down I fitted a rear bag rider. I don't normally shoot prone but I gave it a go. I could not get the bag rider to sit on my existing rear bag the bag is not high enough. Or I am doing some thing wrong. Can any one recommend a rear bag that will suit.

Posted: **Wed Apr 07, 2021 9:08 am**

That's a difficult one. So many variables involved such as the height that you like to have your shoulders and the amount you rotate your upper torso. What is your current rear bag? If I'm out in the field shooting prone from various inclines I tend to adjust to the conditions, on the range it's a case of being as comfortable as possible in a position that my body feels naturally accustomed to. Bipods and rear bags are adjusted to accommodate for that position and the line of the rifle for a relaxed aim.

Posted: **Wed Apr 07, 2021 9:24 am**

Alpha1 wrote:Hi I am looking for advice. I have a Ruger precision rifle in 6.5 Creedmoor before lock down I fitted a rear bag rider. I don't normally shoot prone but I gave it a go. I could not get the bag rider to sit on my existing rear bag the bag is not high enough. Or I am doing some thing wrong. Can any one recommend a rear bag that will suit.

To be honest, if you're not shooting competitively, why not just use a squashy sandbag? These are cheap and come in all sizes. Ebay lists plenty of options.

Posted: **Wed Apr 07, 2021 10:29 am**

The Gun Pimp wrote:
Alpha1 wrote:Hi I am looking for advice. I have a Ruger precision rifle in 6.5 Creedmoor before lock down I fitted a rear bag rider. I don't normally shoot prone but I gave it a go. I could not get the bag rider to sit on my existing rear bag the bag is not high enough. Or I am doing some thing wrong. Can any one recommend a rear bag that will suit.
To be honest, if you're not shooting competitively, why not just use a squashy sandbag? These are cheap and come in all sizes. Ebay lists plenty of options.

I made one for the Dragunov using the material from the leg of a pair of old combat trousers, sewed up one end, filled it with plastic beads and tied up the other end.....works perfectly and can be tailored for height depending on how much filling goes in.Might not look very swanky but it does the job.

Has the advantage that you can give it a squeeze to bring the reticle on target too.....

Posted: **Thu Apr 15, 2021 9:06 pm**

snayperskaya wrote:
The Gun Pimp wrote:
Alpha1 wrote:Hi I am looking for advice. I have a Ruger precision rifle in 6.5 Creedmoor before lock down I fitted a rear bag rider. I don't normally shoot prone but I gave it a go. I could not get the bag rider to sit on my existing rear bag the bag is not high enough. Or I am doing some thing wrong. Can any one recommend a rear bag that will suit.
To be honest, if you're not shooting competitively, why not just use a squashy sandbag? These are cheap and come in all sizes. Ebay lists plenty of options.
I made one for the Dragunov using the material from the leg of a pair of old combat trousers, sewed up one end, filled it with plastic beads and tied up the other end.....works perfectly and can be tailored for height depending on how much filling goes in.Might not look very swanky but it does the job.

Has the advantage that you can give it a squeeze to bring the reticle on target too.....

I did something very similar, but I used neoprene instead. It makes it more squeezable/easier to get the desired height.

Posted: **Thu Apr 15, 2021 9:30 pm**

I could not get comfortable shooting prone so I have taken the rear bag rider off for now. I shoot with some guys who shoot competitevly from the prone position. I will ask them for some pointers. In the mean time I will go back to shooting from the firing point pit. I can manage that as long as I have a ladder to get in and out. Old age is not for the faint hearted I kid you not.

Posted: **Sun Aug 15, 2021 11:37 pm**

Well apparently you can buy rear bags I am surprised no body on here new that. ?

So I stumbled across this one while reading some stuff on face book the guys are apparently using all sorts of rear bags and front bags for practical rifle as well as other things. Weird but there you go you learn some thing new every day. Strange. Anyway I bought this one for starters. My friend who is involved in practical rifle and who hopes to represent the UK has given me loads of info on front and back bags.
https://www.opticswarehouse.co.uk/prote ... ee-leather

I have refitted the Shooting Shed bag rider to my Ruger precision rifle and I will know give it a go. Under instruction.

Posted: **Mon Aug 16, 2021 10:00 am**

Alpha1 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 15, 2021 11:37 pm Well apparently you can buy rear bags I am surprised no body on here new that. ?
So I stumbled across this one while reading some stuff on face book the guys are apparently using all sorts of rear bags and front bags for practical rifle as well as other things. Weird but there you go you learn some thing new every day. Strange. Anyway I bought this one for starters. My friend who is involved in practical rifle and who hopes to represent the UK has given me loads of info on front and back bags.
https://www.opticswarehouse.co.uk/prote ... ee-leather

I have refitted the Shooting Shed bag rider to my Ruger precision rifle and I will know give it a go. Under instruction.

Obviously you can buy them, we ain't daft..... folks just offered alternatives to paying for a new one!.....

Anyway, took you long enough to work out you can buy them.....who "new"!

Posted: **Mon Aug 16, 2021 10:30 am**

Well I never. :)

Posted: **Mon Aug 16, 2021 11:27 am**

1066 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 16, 2021 10:30 am Well I never. :)

Who "new'" eh!

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