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Shooting Bag Fill.....What works best?
With respect to the rear shooting bag, i was wondering what in your experience works best as fill?
The most recent bag i purchased had some sort of styrofoam beads which felt fine the first time out but as you might imagine, they've gone on to compress significantly and no longer fill much of the bag nor do they conform all that well to the stock. I tried new aquarium gravel but it's hard and heavy and not all that great. I'd prefer to stay away from using food items like beans or rice. Not too fond of sand either as it was really heavy and got waterlogged when shooting outdoors once. Thought perhaps the airsoft bbs but reading some of the reviews weren't all that favorable. Appreciate any suggestions for intermediate weight to light weight options, thanks |
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Raw Dry Beans. They are inexpensive and last a long time if kept dry. Remember the original Bean Bag Chairs?
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Hadn't thought of vacuum sealing it first, but yeah - sand.
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I use rice. I also have a sock full of rice I use sometimes under the buttstock for minor elevation changes on a bench, a light squeeze will change your POA
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If you never shoot in rain sand, rice etc isn’t going to be a problem. I’ve competed in pouring rain in all day events shooting prone at multiple stations without any cover. Sand gets pretty heavy and messy when it rains.
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Actually dried pinto beans double sealed in ziplocs would work great . If you can't shoot worth a dam to get food. eat the rifle support.
Last edited by edgerly779; 11-23-2020 at 4:06 PM.. |
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thanks everyone....going to try MarikinaMan's suggestion...they've got a free shipping promotion going. pinto beans sounds like cool option as well and had we had some old no longer enticing beans perhaps... but for some reason i feel a bit uneasy using food products.
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Here are some lower-cost poly pellets that work well for the "squeeze method"
https://plasticpellets4fun.com/produ...r-light-weight The "pros" use the Spexlite that MarikinaMan suggests, smaller pellets produced with polymers that are similar to running shoe sole material. Average bag might cost $20- $50 to fill depending on size: https://spexlite.com/shooting-bag-fill-1 Edit: I see the prices on Spexlite have come down dramatically since it first came out something like 9 years ago. It used to be more than double. Last edited by smoothy8500; 11-24-2020 at 6:46 AM.. |
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thank you smoothy8500, you're always so helpful....i really appreciate it.
Yesterday I went ahead and ordered spex-lite from WieBad....they have a free shipping promotion going on. Looking forward to trying it out. That Poly Pellet filler sounds like a great deal. Last edited by mtenenhaus; 11-24-2020 at 6:01 PM.. |
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What kind of bags are you guys using that you can used sealed bags in?
All the bags I use you can't get something that large in the bag
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I bought a bag of wood pellets from the hardware. 8 bucks for a 20 pound bag, which is plenty.
I put it in my old Caldwell bags. For starters, its looking good. I don't think I want in for a rear bag, as it doesnt give as much control as the good stuff. |
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"Heavy sand" is the best but, if you want a light weight bag for plinking, rice, beans, plastic, etc. will work just fine.
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I use these nylon beads. They are the same ones that came in my Armageddon bag:
https://www.michaels.com/poly-fil-po.../10553835.html Ed |
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I do not have their front bag - only the rear bag. I like them firm so I added about as many beads as I could fit in the bag. (They have a convenient zipper hidden underneath a flap.) Now the bag doesn't settle as much after each firing.
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