One piece rests
- Thread starter 22forever
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- Location
- West Quebec
Any Brands / models that seem to be the standard ?
You would think that someone that is so interested in benchrest shooting would know that.
At my club we shoot ARA rules where one piece rests are allowed and there are as many as 18 of who do compete amongst ourselves and about 1/2 of us use one piece rests. I shoot the unlimited class and even the Sporter class allows one piece rests. ( http://archive.americanrimfire.com/Rules.htm scroll down to 8.0.0 to 10.0.0 for classes) Here is the target we shoot, high scores take a lot of practice as they are scored worst edge meaning if the shot touches the line the lower score counts. http://www.americanrimfire.com/media/ARA_Target-2012-1(1).pdf All is well though, being fairly new to this sport I was only looking for opinions from more experienced shooters.
- Location
- Northeastern Ontario
The OP presumably wishes to discuss the Hall Manufacturing one-piece rest. Perhaps many shooters are unfamiliar with them. I had not heard of them before reading this thread. It seems that Allan Hall, the maker of the rest, is not unfamiliar to BR shooters elsewere. Steve Boelter, President of Anschutz North America, and a very experienced shooter himself, said of Hall:
"Considered to be one of the Godfathers in the world of Benchrest Competition, Allan Hall has forgotten more about accuracy and manufacturing than most of us will ever have collectively known. He’s from a time when Benchrest competitions were a family event, where everyone showed up with their RVs and gear, spending the weekend at the range pushing their rifles and skills to limit.
Seeing the birth of the PPC cases, custom actions, and composite stocks has given him a first-hand experience of evolution that’s unique to say the least. From his time in the 1960’s and 1970’s working at Shilen Inc., building rifle barrels and centerfire actions, and then venturing out on his own, Allan has been involved in nearly every aspect precision shooting. He has made actions, barrels, and stocks, and even the machines to make actions, barrels, and stocks.
Nowadays you can find him hidden away in a quiet corner of Alabama, working in his own shop building some of the finest rimfire actions and one-piece aluminum rests for rimfire shooting." See http://www.rrdvegas.com/hall-mfg.html
It appears that one-piece rests are not as unusual as some might suggest.
"Considered to be one of the Godfathers in the world of Benchrest Competition, Allan Hall has forgotten more about accuracy and manufacturing than most of us will ever have collectively known. He’s from a time when Benchrest competitions were a family event, where everyone showed up with their RVs and gear, spending the weekend at the range pushing their rifles and skills to limit.
Seeing the birth of the PPC cases, custom actions, and composite stocks has given him a first-hand experience of evolution that’s unique to say the least. From his time in the 1960’s and 1970’s working at Shilen Inc., building rifle barrels and centerfire actions, and then venturing out on his own, Allan has been involved in nearly every aspect precision shooting. He has made actions, barrels, and stocks, and even the machines to make actions, barrels, and stocks.
Nowadays you can find him hidden away in a quiet corner of Alabama, working in his own shop building some of the finest rimfire actions and one-piece aluminum rests for rimfire shooting." See http://www.rrdvegas.com/hall-mfg.html
It appears that one-piece rests are not as unusual as some might suggest.
