Thread: Shooting Rear Bag

I started with a Potektor leather rear bag with black sand fill - heavy and very stable made for great shooting. It needed to be set up reasonable level though and if not straight at the target could cause recoil problems - because of this I felt it wasn't ideal for field use. I moved onto a home made bag with foam balls and black sand - the foam gave it a bit of flex while the sand allowed for smooth motion and gave it weight for stability. I didn't like this either (was shit when it got wet) and soon shifted to BB pellets. BB pellets worked well but then I found the bag shape about 4"x5"x1.5" wasn't as usable as I wanted. I stuck with this bag and the protector bag for a while and then I brought a TAB Gear rear bag along with another couple of items I got off them. I have been very impressed with the TAB Gear bag, good shape, good amount of fill and good fill density/texture, good for a fore end support off barricades and for adding height to a day pack as well without being too heavy.

I have since brought one of the larger TAB Gear rear bags and this one being larger is more useful when shooting from a less than ideal "tall" prone position such as may be required in one of the field target matches. Depending on the match I will choose which rear bag to take with me.