Deck friendly shooting bench

[ERSS]

Put together a quick and easy collapsible shooting bench that hooks on to the railing of my deck. A few screws, some scrap wood and one hinge and it was ready to go. Since the Idaho draw came out, it looks like most of my hunting will be rifle this year, so I have started firing off a few rounds each night at 100 and 400 yard targets. Added bonus, can sit on the deck and eat dinner, watch the rocks through the binos and pick off the occasional rock chuck!

Last nights 400 yard group in the last photo, the holes with marks are the previous nights. Starting to get "locked in". Rifle is a Win extreme weather classic .270 WSM with handloaded 140 grain accubonds.

Can't wait for fall!

 

[Oak]

Man I wish I had a place I could shoot off the deck, and not have to deal with Monkeyville.

 

[krshntr81]

Looks like you could hunt right off your deck to!

 

[fowladdict]

That is awesome! The echo from the roar of the rifle in that covered patio has to be a bit intense.

 

[ERSS]

Looks like you could hunt right off your deck to!

We do get mulies, whitetail and moose come through pretty often. The area is a short range weapon only area....kind of ironic, but I can see why.

 

[npaden]

Pretty cool. I bet it makes it pretty easy to just go out and fire off a few rounds in the evening, vs. packing up your stuff and hauling it somewhere to shoot.

I have a nice 100 yard range at my house, but it is about 300 yards or so from the house so I have to pack my stuff up and haul it over there and it just doesn't get done that often. I just added a patio off 2nd floor of my house that would be a pretty good 400ish range for me, but I'm about 2' short of clearing the roof of my barn at the height the deck is at. I think I could do some offhand shooting, but not from a bench supported by the railing.

Contemplating building some kind of a temporary shooting setup that will raise me up off the deck a few feet and allow me to clear the barn roof and give support for the rifle.