Need rest suggestions.

[Blooze]

I bought my new X-Bolt HC 6.5CM (22” with the Hawg brake) a few weeks ago and finally had the chance to try it out last weekend. I’ve been away from rifles for decades so my gear acquisition is pretty much non-existent. My wife got me a MTM HLST for my birthday and I used it to shoot off of. I don’t really have proper bags or a rest so it was somewhat of a PiTA, but I got it close at 100 yards and then proceeded to keep shooting a couple boxes to feel more comfortable. I was able to get right at 1 MOA with ELD-X and American Whitetail close to the same POI by the time I was done. Scope sux ( VX Freedom 3x9-40 with duplex) with my lousy vision so that’ll be upgraded next year. In the meantime I’m looking for suggestions on bags or rests to look at. Looked at a Caldwell BR (with some mods) and a rear bag. Something in that $250 or less area for now. There are so many bag selections I’m not sure which ones would be best with my stock?

 

[Bigsky108]

Congratulations on the new rifle!

Unless you are trying to shoot competition, I would just pick up the Caldwell Deadshot combo front and rear set. I wanna say that I picked mine up years ago for like $35 and they work great

Happy shooting.

 

[bsnedeker]

Congratulations on the new rifle!

Unless you are trying to shoot competition, I would just pick up the Caldwell Deadshot combo front and rear set. I wanna say that I picked mine up years ago for like $35 and they work great

Happy shooting.

Yep, no reason to get crazy on a set of bags with sand in them. I also have the same caldwell set and I've been using it for over 5 years. It works fine for me, For reference I go to the range at least twice a month...weekly during the off season and I shoot targets out to 400 yards (longest shot my range has). I've never felt the need to "upgrade" my shooting bags.

 

[Steve300xcw]

Have not been to a real range in years. I do all my shooting from a bipod, a pack, or the mirror of the toyota.

My folks have been using the same sandbags for over 20 years now. Sandbags made outta the legs on wore out levi's