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I need to get a set of bags to help my Grandson who wants to spend more time shooting with both an air rifle and shotgun.

He has a light frame and needs some support to help him improve and watching him yesterday, at 10m managed to get 9/10 within a 15mm circle.

Some of you will use bags of various types to help your shhoting and I need suggestions on which ones to go for and even where from. Woudl you suggest filled or empty and if the latter, what to fill them with - suggestions include, rice, kiln dried sand, polystyrene beads, cat litter (unused).

They may not be to everyone's taste but I make my own from a leg section from old combat trousers for a front bag and a sleeve section from a jacket for a rear one and they are filled with plastic injection moulding pellets I get from work and they work as well as most of the ones you can buy.I just cut the sections to size, fill them with the desired amount of pellets and then tie off the ends with paracord.......I've been using the same ones for around 4 years now with no problems and that's using them with the Dragunov and Mosins.

snayperskaya wrote:They may not be to everyone's taste but I make my own from a leg section from old combat trousers for a front bag and a sleeve section from a jacket for a rear one and they are filled with plastic injection moulding pellets I get from work and they work as well as most of the ones you can buy.I just cut the sections to size, fill them with the desired amount of pellets and then tie off the ends with paracord.......I've been using the same ones for around 4 years now with no problems and that's using them with the Dragunov and Mosins.

how much?

Polchraine wrote:I need to get a set of bags to help my Grandson who wants to spend more time shooting with both an air rifle and shotgun.

He has a light frame and needs some support to help him improve and watching him yesterday, at 10m managed to get 9/10 within a 15mm circle.

Some of you will use bags of various types to help your shhoting and I need suggestions on which ones to go for and even where from. Woudl you suggest filled or empty and if the latter, what to fill them with - suggestions include, rice, kiln dried sand, polystyrene beads, cat litter (unused).

i've never used bags, I did buy an MTM rifle / pistol rest though, really like mine, and the club even bought some, so I don't always have to pack mine now.

I would also be interested to know what rear bags people are using. I have a Ruger precision fitted with a Shooting Shed rear bag rider that up to now I have struggled to support on a bag. Shooting from a pit doesn't help matters. I struggle to shoot prone I can get down but I need two people to get me back on my feet.

snayperskaya wrote:They may not be to everyone's taste but I make my own from a leg section from old combat trousers for a front bag and a sleeve section from a jacket for a rear one and they are filled with plastic injection moulding pellets I get from work and they work as well as most of the ones you can buy.I just cut the sections to size, fill them with the desired amount of pellets and then tie off the ends with paracord.......I've been using the same ones for around 4 years now with no problems and that's using them with the Dragunov and Mosins.

I like the sound of that and its cheap. I will show this post the Wife She has a sewing room full of Industrial machines. She is all ways complaining She is bored so She now has a project. (She used to do the machining thing for a living She is a Seamstress and a very good one. Made to measure suits, Shirts and gun slips no problem.)

bradaz11 wrote:

snayperskaya wrote:They may not be to everyone's taste but I make my own from a leg section from old combat trousers for a front bag and a sleeve section from a jacket for a rear one and they are filled with plastic injection moulding pellets I get from work and they work as well as most of the ones you can buy.I just cut the sections to size, fill them with the desired amount of pellets and then tie off the ends with paracord.......I've been using the same ones for around 4 years now with no problems and that's using them with the Dragunov and Mosins.

how much?

How much do they cost?, not a lot as I had an old jacket and trousers knocking about doing nothing.

Alpha.......I did sew up the Mk1 versions but found that using paracord to tie off the ends allowed me to add or remove filling if need be.

Will post a pic of them up tomorrow

snayperskaya wrote:

bradaz11 wrote:

snayperskaya wrote:They may not be to everyone's taste but I make my own from a leg section from old combat trousers for a front bag and a sleeve section from a jacket for a rear one and they are filled with plastic injection moulding pellets I get from work and they work as well as most of the ones you can buy.I just cut the sections to size, fill them with the desired amount of pellets and then tie off the ends with paracord.......I've been using the same ones for around 4 years now with no problems and that's using them with the Dragunov and Mosins.

how much?

How much do they cost?, not a lot as I had an old jacket and trousers knocking about doing nothing.

Alpha.......I did sew up the Mk1 versions but found that using paracord to tie off the ends allowed me to add or remove filling if need be.

Will post a pic of them up tomorrow

Yes please pictures would be good.

Here are my bags, I can either use them front and rear or just double them up at the front.

For anyone that's interested the camo pattern is Russian Ryaska or "duck weed", which is a variation on the Danish Flectar-D pattern

Also have this which doubles as a shooting rest and a cleaning stand......made from pallet wood, some laminated ply and a car jack and is weighted with steel plates on the underside of the base so it doesn't move.......why buy it if you can make it