There was a recent post that made mention of a Ransom Rest, and that sent me looking for information on how to set up a Ransom rest to keep it from moving when testing a pistol. The first of my search results was an article from American Handgunner:
https://americanhandgunner.com/build...a-ransom-rest/
Here's where I immediately lost interest ... right at the beginning of the article:
It has been said, but obviously bears repeating: "Never generalize." Apparently, the range where the author of that article shoots has some nice, cast concrete shooting benches. Good for him. I've shot at public and private ranges in three states, including a number in my home state, and visited a number of others without shooting, and I don't think I have ever seen a range with concrete shooting benches. I'm sure they exist, and I think that's an ideal base for setting up a Ransom rest, but ... in my experience they just don't exist in the wild.Getting the most from a Ransom Rest means building a mounting board for it, that way it can be secured to the shooting bench at your local range. Most ranges have shooting pedestals made from cinder block with a concrete top.
Which means I stopped reading the article at the second paragraph, because it obviously isn't based on what's happening in the real world.
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