Thread: What's a good rear bag?

Here's what I did.

I cut up some of those cloth bags shops give away. It's not nice cordura or anything just light and semi water resistant. I made a small tube that fits just into my fist, with rudimentary rabbit ears. It had to be narrow to support the stock in front of the sling swivel.

The cut out for the main cylindrical part was 150x210mm. with triangular notches cut out for the ears.
The top was 120x50mm.
The bottom was an 80mm dia circle.
Seams used about 5mm on each side.
I included a hand strap but this was a mistake, it's too tight to get my fingers through so if you do it allow plenty of slack.



The nice woman at the Bernina shop can help you out with strong needles and thread.
Setting up the sewing machine is definitely a matter of RTFM.



Then turn it inside out and it looks neat. I filled it with beads from Spotlight in Te Rapa Rd, used about 2/3 of an $8 bag.



Here's how it fits under the rifle.



I haven't used it for hunting yet, just on the range. Groups were at least as good as I've shot with other gear but I imagine I can see a fine tremor in the crosshairs and its not as inert as my leather Protektor bag with real sand in it. Maybe the beads are a bit slippery and bounce a little. Your hand if its squeezing will always have some 30 hz tremor due to the way muscle fibres contract and sand must damp that out. Perhaps a quick spray of the beads with F2 glue would help matters ?