Shooting Bag Fill.....What works best?

[mtenenhaus]

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

[bambam8d1]

I use those small plastic air soft BBs

[edgerly779]

I have a lot of plastic and pvc sawdust works great light and does not compress and is not water soluble.

[NaClAddict]

Sand. Put it a plastic bag first. I used a vacuum seal bag without the vacuum.

[polygunner]

Corn cob or walnut tumbling media.

PG

[Ora Serrata]

[Jeepergeo]

Raw Dry Beans. They are inexpensive and last a long time if kept dry. Remember the original Bean Bag Chairs?

[Skip_Dog]

I use the light weight kitty litter when its on sale. Haven't had any issues in 5 years. Note, never used it in heavy rain.

[The War Wagon]

Sand. Put it a plastic bag first. I used a vacuum seal bag without the vacuum.

Hadn't thought of vacuum sealing it first, but yeah - sand.

[dmo171]

Long grain rice

[NaClAddict]

Hadn't thought of vacuum sealing it first, but yeah - sand.

[DueceMcGurk]

Poly Pellets.

[Rwnielsen]

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

[Catch]

Air soft bbs, lighter than sand, but heavy enough.

[mtenenhaus]

for those using the airsoft bbs...do you find that they conform well supporting the rifle buttstock and facilitate point of aim change by squeezing or releasing pressure on the bag?