Ian
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I picked up a Hyskore DLX machine rest to see if I could take a little bit of the "me" factor out of my groups without having to build a whole new shooting bench and raised platform just yet. I have to stand to shoot off of this one, so it's not the best for precision.
https://www.amazon.com/HYSKORE-1003629-Dampened-Precision-Shooting/dp/B002P7YGE2#
The design of the DLX rest looked decent, but I figured there would be a lot of slop and backlash in the mechanisms, and sure enough there was. Once I discovered that the guide rods were 12mm, I ordered some linear bearings, cut off the sloppy tubes, and drilled some holes to bolt the linear bearings in place. Well, not quite tbat easy, but that's the gist. I also abandoned the ill-designed rear fine adjustment and rigged a temporary, adjustable rear leg instead. There was so much lateral slop in the original part that there was no fixing it.
It actually works well. For .223 it needs light springs instead of the hydraulic damper, and with the ones I had on hand it recoils about 3/4", pretty much perfect. Bolted to the bench, it returns to battery right on target, very nice. I forgot to check the straps after a few shots and it threw a few out of the group, but otherwise shoots almost as well as I do from sandbags.
https://www.amazon.com/HYSKORE-1003629-Dampened-Precision-Shooting/dp/B002P7YGE2#
The design of the DLX rest looked decent, but I figured there would be a lot of slop and backlash in the mechanisms, and sure enough there was. Once I discovered that the guide rods were 12mm, I ordered some linear bearings, cut off the sloppy tubes, and drilled some holes to bolt the linear bearings in place. Well, not quite tbat easy, but that's the gist. I also abandoned the ill-designed rear fine adjustment and rigged a temporary, adjustable rear leg instead. There was so much lateral slop in the original part that there was no fixing it.
It actually works well. For .223 it needs light springs instead of the hydraulic damper, and with the ones I had on hand it recoils about 3/4", pretty much perfect. Bolted to the bench, it returns to battery right on target, very nice. I forgot to check the straps after a few shots and it threw a few out of the group, but otherwise shoots almost as well as I do from sandbags.
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