ok i have my sbhh ready. rings are lapped scope mounted. realoads. now for the bench tests.i have heard a few things about benching a pistol and most are saying that no part of the gun (barrel,frame,grip)should be toching the rest.if so why do they sell pistol rest where you set the barrle and or grips on them.they say it will effect the accuracy baddly. so how do you shoot of a rest. some say rest you hands on sand bags with pistol hanging over it, what do you guy's think. some input please!

For a hunting sight in, I like to have the barrel supported with the front sand bag. The rear sand bag or rest is sloped up to the front sand bag. I grip the pistol and rest my hands on the rear sand bag making no pistol cantact with the rear bag. Your set-up should be, when the pistol is fired and under recoil it comes free from all support. This has worked well for me.

I pretty much do what Ed said.

i don't rest a revolver barrel on bags. the barrel/cylinder gap could easily burn em etc.
i shoot my revolver from a caldwell handgun rest on the rare occasion i rest a revolver. i rest the portion in front of the trigger guard on the redhawk and 22/45 22lr auto.

on the single shots, i also have used bags. i rest the forearm on two stacked bags, with my hands resting on the single rear bag.

i'll post a pic of my new c&j handgun rest

here's the .223 contender sittin on the c&j handgun rest. soon as the weather breaks....get enough time etc. i'll try her out.

here's the 300 win mag cut down from a 26" factory rifle barrel. total length is 18.5" including the OTT muzzle brake.
this is a wider view of the c&j handgun rest.

My method is about the same as Ed P. For load development with the revolvers I rest the barrel on a sand bag lightly. I use a piece of blue jean to protect the bag from the barrel cylinder gap blast. I use the same two handed grip as hunting. My left hand extends just below the grip and it rests lightly on a small flat sandbag. The rest of my arms are unsupported. When the gun fires it recoils freely from the bags just like you were standing unsupported. Basicaly the bags just help me steady the gun. I have found that the point of impact is the same or very close to the same as shooting freehand. Just a reminder, a consistant repeatable grip is the key to accuracy with a revolver.

KYODE
Thats a nice pistol rest. Where did you get it?
Paul

Eddie P's got it right. If you don't use something that will give slightly under recoil, the impact point down-range will change after sighting in. A friend of mine missed a big mule deer by sighting in over bags, but when he went hunting he rested the gun on the log with no cloth or glove or anything under it. I warned him about it! He shot over the buck by almost a foot at 70 yards. It was heart-breaking to see the big buck run off, but as a spotter, I had to laugh. Rack it up to just another day hunting!!

http://specialtypistols.infopop.cc/eve?s=9066056864&ORIGINAL_REFERRER_URL=http%3A%2F%2Fspecialtypistols.infopop.cc%2Feve


got it from "fuzz" at the specialty pistols site. he has a banner ad there.
"C&J machine pistol & rifle rests"

ain't shot off of it yet.....but i don't see how it could be any better.

looks like it should work with a variety of handguns here's the 44 mag redhawk/2x burris.

Yea, it sure looks nice. Thanks... Been looking around for a good rest. I'll check it out.