Take down shooting bench plans or design

[JDHasty]

Metal collapsing saw horses and a ply wood top with a one inch thick steel plate on top of that for weight works pretty well.....it's not fancy and is not shooting specific but it works

Do you transport it about on a caisson?

[kentrek]

Metal collapsing saw horses and a ply wood top with a one inch thick steel plate on top of that for weight works pretty well.....it's not fancy and is not shooting specific but it works

Do you transport it about on a caisson?

I just pick it up and pack it, maybe your a 1/4 inch guy    just kidding

[Ghost Hunter]

Not sure where you guys are buying your material for a $50 - $ 75 budget?  Just finished buying the material and build is in progress.  I have a start of partial material for two but pricing material for one.  Maybe my math is bad? 
1/2 sheet of 3/4" plywood - $18.00; Three 1/4x4x4" plates - $6.50; Three 34" x 1" black pipe ' $26.00; Three 1" couplings - $9.50; Twelve 1/4" x 2" carriage bolts, nuts, lock washers - $5.00;  Box of screws - $5.00; Quart spar finish - $18.00.  $90 in round figures and I drop a size on pipe legs and bolts.  That doesn't start the welding, cutting blades, etc.  I'm thinking $150 is a fair price if you had to buy it.   I'll be keeping this one more secure since my last one was stolen.

[JDHasty]

Not sure where you guys are buying your material for a $50 - $ 75 budget?  Just finished buying the material and build is in progress.  I have a start of partial material for two but pricing material for one.  Maybe my math is bad? 
1/2 sheet of 3/4" plywood - $18.00; Three 1/4x4x4" plates - $6.50; Three 34" x 1" black pipe ' $26.00; Three 1" couplings - $9.50; Twelve 1/4" x 2" carriage bolts, nuts, lock washers - $5.00;  Box of screws - $5.00; Quart spar finish - $18.00.  $90 in round figures and I drop a size on pipe legs and bolts.  That doesn't start the welding, cutting blades, etc.  I'm thinking $150 is a fair price if you had to buy it.   I'll be keeping this one more secure since my last one was stolen.

You just nailed it, partner. 

But I have never seen a bench for sale that was worth a hoot for south of a buck fifty and only barely adequate until you are in three bills.  You can build perfectly usable and rock solid bench for something like a hundred, although you have to dig around a bit and use trailer leveling blocks and ramps to level them up.  Materials, welding, hardware etc for mine run ~ $350 and I get my plywood free of charge.     

[87Ford]

Finally finished mine after deciding on the Larry Willis plans and looking at this thread..

[Rainier10]

Tag I am going to build one of these.

[87Ford]

Tag I am going to build one of these.

Here's another link that might help you.  I sorta followed it..

http://www.portercalls.com/portable_shooting_bench.htm

[Boss .300 winmag]

Hmmmmmmmmmm nice.

[DRobnsn]

Hmmmmm indeed, that looks great 87ford! Thanks for the link and pics! 

[JDHasty]

Great looking benches guys. 

I am working on a lighter weight bench design that will be packable, yet solid & stable.  As it develops it I will post on it.  I want something that gives me more than Harris Bi-pods that we can pack in a half mile and set up. 

I haven't set up my benches yet this year.  I have been shooting the Hornets, 22 & 17, off Harris S Type Bi-pods and have done pretty well so far as far as the count goes.  The colonies I have visited offer longer range, like 350 - 500 yard shooting, have been so meager that I haven't shot them so far this year.  Not that I have suffered any though, I have shot close to two-hundred chucks already this year.  I have a trip up north planned and that colony is thriving so I will finally shooting the 22-250s & 243s a bit. 

   

[Magnum_Willys]

More Shooting Bench info......

Knocked out this bench this evening - credit plans from "stiffneck" on predatormasters. 

[dontgetcrabs]

Tag

[724wd]

More Shooting Bench info......

Knocked out this bench this evening - credit plans from "stiffneck" on predatormasters.

no lefty friends, eh?   

[Rainier10]

More Shooting Bench info......

Knocked out this bench this evening - credit plans from "stiffneck" on predatormasters.

no lefty friends, eh?   

I know you were joking but on a serious note.  You could in theory undo the 12 bolts holding the legs and flip it over for lefty use, correct?

[JDHasty]

More Shooting Bench info......

Knocked out this bench this evening - credit plans from "stiffneck" on predatormasters.

no lefty friends, eh?   

I know you were joking but on a serious note.  You could in theory undo the 12 bolts holding the legs and flip it over for lefty use, correct?

On ours: Bridget is left eye dominant, so she is using the first bench I built.  It is ambidextrous, I think that using stove bolts the sockets could be swapped to the other side of our other three benches, but I will purpose build her a LH bench.  They are more stable if not ambidextrous.