Looking for BR machined Front Rest, I would welcome some advise

As Grauhanen has said about recoil, the rifle needs to recoil. Being clamped down so it does not recoil is not allowed in competition, unless you just want to for yourself. I am pretty sure you will find grouping will be worse clamped solid.
 
anyway, I want a "one piece rest", to buy or to make one before next season starts.
Today I visited two guys having several different popular brand "front rests", I had a closer look and tried all five and some pretty expensive fancy looking, but I found all clunky-wobbly-loose fit to my taste, I will not pull my wallet for these.
 
cycbb486 said:
What rests did you try out of curiosity?
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Hi
I don't think it will matter what rest he tries with the narrow rail on the bottom and the huge distance between his scope,rifle bore line, and the bottom rail.
He is going to have a devil of a time keeping the rifle upright, level and in the same position for each shot.
JMHO
 
based on my reading his posts on this and another site mr. I used to shoot arrows
will not listen to anyone, will try to buy his stuff overseas, and usually just tell us he has better ideas

might be best just to let him build stuff on his own
 
Jefferson said:
based on my reading his posts on this and another site ...might be best just to let him build stuff on his own
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I am listening everybody, and trying to learn from every word I am reading, even in this post there were very valuable info from people sitting on different views.
Sorry for that reading my posts didn't impress you ;)
I was competing in shooting sports for over 15 years against way better shooters, but many times...I just did a better homework
Opinions are like butt holes, everyone has one and they all stink.
 
Along my 62 yo I learned that impulse buying the most expensive stuff not always lands you where you wish, but also I am not reach enough to buy cheap things.
As we say in America you throw enough crap on a wall, eventually something will stick. Money alone is not enough or snobbery gets mixed.
I am shopping around for ideas/pictures/design, until snow melts I have a long way to go.

We got to a third page with the OP and still some of you did not tell me what rest you have, what you like about and what would you change next time?
 
This what I learned so far:

"Most of the rests used in sanctioned BR are American made.
Randolph Machine
Cliff Arnold Machine
Precision Quest Products
Pappas
Roger Ahrens

The Farley might be the only decent USA made joystick rest but these don’t have much joystick travel. "

Me personally like the look of the Nota, but a 6-8 months waiting time is just too much for my brain, also I don't like squeezing the bag.
 
You could Google patents for adjustable shooting rests. US8356442B2. That would give you an idea on how the adjustable joy stick ones work.

Put your engineering background to work and make something cool.
 
grauhanen said:
bigHun, it's very possible that a rest isn't the best choice for the model of rifle you intend to use with it. That would be my opinion.
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Yes, I've been told from this guy (he is making those airguns in that picture with the gun on the rest) to get myself a better bipod like a tier-one evolution (I can agree with this bipod) or the fortmeier (I don't want to hang the gun from the barrel), I was even tinkering about f-class tripods (but these also won't hold the bubble without locking). I have the accu-tac clone and don't really like shooting from bipod at 100 meters, maybe 50 is OK but not 100.
This my FX Impact is a very inexpensive tool to train and practice, you would not want to shoot tausands of shots every month with your powderburner. I am seeing my fella's in the club shot maybe 10-20 with a precision rifles and I am doing like 250-300 within the same 2-3 hrs range time.
For now the air rifle is good enough but I am planning a 6.5c purchase next year.
 
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