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Offline MountainDevil54

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New shooting bench
« on: May 30, 2019, 12:47:32 PM »
Yep! Finally finished it off today! Very nerve wracking using that skid steer. The forks have a stabilizer bar and we had to block the top up, pull the skid steer out, then wiggle the table to where it all looked even, then remove the blocks one at a time. We have the last cement soupy so you can move the top around into its final adjustment. Before gravel comes, we'll put the cherry on top and build a roof over it. Is it level? Hell yes it is!!









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Re: New shooting bench
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2019, 01:19:00 PM »
About as solid as they come.  This one should weather well.
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Re: New shooting bench
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2019, 01:29:33 PM »
What, no re-bar?
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Re: New shooting bench
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2019, 01:36:36 PM »
There's 80 feet of rebar through the build. As the blocks went up, more rebar was pushed down into place.

table top,


pad,


height extender pads,


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Re: New shooting bench
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2019, 01:46:46 PM »
Looks solid.
How far will your range go?

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Re: New shooting bench
« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2019, 01:54:47 PM »
Very, very nice  :tup:
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Re: New shooting bench
« Reply #6 on: May 30, 2019, 01:57:17 PM »
To tell you how good it is i have a take a few shot of of your new bench  :chuckle: jk
Good job, looks really good :tup:

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Re: New shooting bench
« Reply #7 on: May 30, 2019, 02:00:35 PM »
Looks solid.
How far will your range go?

Sadly, only to around 120 yards. thats ok, most of my muzzleloader shots are under 100 yards, so this is where i practice.

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Re: New shooting bench
« Reply #8 on: May 30, 2019, 09:58:21 PM »
Awesome!!! 120 yards will definitely work
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Re: New shooting bench
« Reply #9 on: May 31, 2019, 06:19:18 AM »
That's awesome, I'll take two please!

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Re: New shooting bench
« Reply #10 on: May 31, 2019, 08:04:34 AM »
Looks great. It will be there and functional well after all of us are gone from this earth. Looks like a fun project!
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Re: New shooting bench
« Reply #11 on: May 31, 2019, 08:12:10 AM »
I don't see any pictures of said bench? Or is it just me?    :dunno:
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Re: New shooting bench
« Reply #12 on: May 31, 2019, 08:20:44 AM »
shows up at my end just fine.

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Re: New shooting bench
« Reply #14 on: May 31, 2019, 04:15:01 PM »
very nice looking setup  :tup:
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