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Lower picatinny rail beanbag

Post by scrolllock » 25 Mar 2015, 3:17 pm

Saw this posted on AHN and everyone was just paying it out, thought I'd try a different audience :lol:

A problem at my .22 range is there are bugger all benches, if you miss out you're supposed to rest the fore end of the stock on a metal rail. I'm really not keen on this for denting or scuffing up the timber. This is made with the same intent of not scratching the paint of the lower half of your AR I guess.

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Little beanbag on a rail to rest on instead of the metal body. It's an idea with a place I thought, even if it's just a small one.
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Post by anthillinside » 27 Mar 2015, 5:40 am

Interesting, could work if you have a rail in the right place.
I't'd be cheaper and lighter than reasonable bipod.
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Post by KWhorenet » 27 Mar 2015, 7:12 am

would maybe save your car bonnet :D

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Post by effex » 27 Mar 2015, 3:25 pm

You know it's rough when people say in there topics 'Persons X, Y and Z don't reply to this"

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Post by brett1868 » 27 Mar 2015, 10:53 pm

Interesting little baggy thing, probably just the thing when shooting using the door frame of the car as a support. Should be popular in Sydney's south west, perfect for drive by's :) If they were sold locally for $50 I'd grab one purely cause it's tacticool.
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Post by 1290 » 28 Mar 2015, 12:22 pm

You mean for those 5000 or so 'aus post glocks' circulating in western sydney..... homeboy sights and rail mounted bags... gonnapoppacapinyoassmofo
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Post by on_one_wheel » 28 Mar 2015, 7:37 pm

It would work well shooting from the side window.
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Post by Elek » 29 Mar 2015, 5:47 pm

It would have a place for some shooters.

I can see how people jumped to calling it tacticool quickly though.
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Post by Bourt » 29 Mar 2015, 5:57 pm

Elek wrote:I can see how people jumped to calling it tacticool quickly though.


Depends how many dozen existing attachments they already have I guess :lol:
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Post by Chronos » 29 Mar 2015, 6:47 pm

Bourt wrote:
Elek wrote:I can see how people jumped to calling it tacticool quickly though.


Depends how many dozen existing attachments they already have I guess :lol:


well, if you have a pic rail under your hunting gun you're already walking the tacticool line anyway :lol:

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Post by Warrigul » 29 Mar 2015, 6:59 pm

scrolllock wrote:Saw this posted on AHN and everyone was just paying it out, thought I'd try a different audience :lol:

A problem at my .22 range is there are bugger all benches, if you miss out you're supposed to rest the fore end of the stock on a metal rail. I'm really not keen on this for denting or scuffing up the timber. This is made with the same intent of not scratching the paint of the lower half of your AR I guess.

http://www.accu-shot.com/catalog/produc ... cts_id=133
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Little beanbag on a rail to rest on instead of the metal body. It's an idea with a place I thought, even if it's just a small one.


Good idea, I also like the side mounted sling swivel,
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Post by jays » 29 Mar 2015, 8:54 pm

Chronos wrote:well, if you have a pic rail under your hunting gun you're already walking the tacticool line anyway :lol:


The one tacticool accessory I do like is the forward grip that splits into a bipod.

That's smart I reckon.
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Post by Chronos » 29 Mar 2015, 8:59 pm

jays wrote:
Chronos wrote:well, if you have a pic rail under your hunting gun you're already walking the tacticool line anyway :lol:


The one tacticool accessory I do like is the forward grip that splits into a bipod.

That's smart I reckon.


Would really depend the rifle for me. My bipods are always at the front swivel, my forehand grip is always jest ahead of the magazine. I think that kind of grip would always be in the wrong place for me.

If you're doing the kind of shooting that required a chassis style stock I can see a use for the pic sand bag mentioned here but it's not for me.


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Post by jays » 29 Mar 2015, 9:01 pm

Chronos wrote:Would really depend the rifle for me. My bipods are always at the front swivel, my forehand grip is always jest ahead of the magazine. I think that kind of grip would always be in the wrong place for me.


Yeah it's not for everything, just a smart idea I think.
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Post by on_one_wheel » 29 Mar 2015, 9:16 pm

Chronos wrote:well, if you have a pic rail under your hunting gun you're already walking the tacticool line anyway :lol:


Them there are fighting words Chronos ... Im leaning toward practice, not tactical. ;)

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Post by Chronos » 29 Mar 2015, 9:34 pm

on_one_wheel wrote:Them there are fighting words Chronos


Tee hee, I'm not scared, your shotgun has a torch so your eyesight must be terrible and it doesn't even have the barrels stacked one above the other :lol:

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Post by on_one_wheel » 29 Mar 2015, 10:08 pm

Thats a laser .... that set up is lightning fast on rabbits.

I do a lot of pest control in thick scrub at night, and the window of opportunity for a shot is very small in those areas, especially when shooting from a quad. I wear a powerful headlamp to spot them.

nothing like shooting from the hip with consistent deadly accuracy.
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Post by RealNick » 30 Mar 2015, 10:59 am

on_one_wheel wrote:Thats a laser .... that set up is lightning fast on rabbits.


Sounds fun :D

What ranges you shooting there typically?
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Post by on_one_wheel » 30 Mar 2015, 8:25 pm

RealNick wrote:
on_one_wheel wrote:Thats a laser .... that set up is lightning fast on rabbits.


Sounds fun :D

What ranges you shooting there typically?


Normally between 6 and 30 mtrs with 7 1/2 shot, some a bit further. The most distance i have ever achieved using the 12 gauge was 70 mtrs on a hare using Winchester Ranger BB's when i shot one at close range and spotted his mate running away, got him on the 3rd shot, not something I'd normally try but there is an unwritten rule that says if you're going to shoot a hare you must shoot its mate too... pays to know which side of your belt you keep the BB's on ;)

Out of the car window the laser makes shots over the bonnet and behind the vehicle possible without the need to get out. It literally is a machine that takes 90 % of the skills out of it, but it has a job to do in the field. .. sort of like the same reson a carpenter uses a nail gun instead of a claw hammer for 90 % of his nails.

I still use the top rib for clays from time to time, and during times of bright sunlight when hunting, although I normally use a rifle for daytime hunting.
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Post by Wes » 31 Mar 2015, 2:15 pm

6m :lol:

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Post by on_one_wheel » 01 Apr 2015, 8:16 pm

Wes wrote:6m :lol:

MIST!


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Post by sarki » 02 Apr 2015, 8:05 am

Think he meant pink mist OOW, not missed :P
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