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Dear All, Sorry, this is not about reloading but about range accessories: sand bags. This coming fall, I'll be visiting a US friend, who has been unfortunate enough to loose all his reloading and range equipment. I'm trying to piece together a reloading set-up for him, but $$$ is running low. I would dearly like to get hold of some sand bags - preferably for little or next to no $$$. Sadly, neither my friend nor his wife has access to a working sewing machine. That would otherwise have been the solution in combination with cut-up jeans legs. I was thinking, maybe one can find some cheapo cloth bags large enough to hold sand and have a knot tied?? Perhaps something like the bag in this picture (sorry about the contents - try not to get too hungry when you look at this  ) Anybody have an idea?? I suppose if the bags were not too nasty (oil or the like), they could be thrown in the washer, so left over odors would probably not be an issue... Imagine your gunstock smelling of dried fish after a range session  - mike ********************* The rifle is a noble weapon... It entices its bearer into primeval forests, into mountains and deserts untenanted by man. - Horace Kephart | ||
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old shot bags (as in shotgun reloading shot) | |||
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The shot bags is a good idea! Anybody have an idea where I might get hold of some?? - mike ********************* The rifle is a noble weapon... It entices its bearer into primeval forests, into mountains and deserts untenanted by man. - Horace Kephart | |||
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A Crown Royal bag would be pretty classy!  | |||
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It would, and you'd have to dispose of the original content as well! This idea has potential! - mike ********************* The rifle is a noble weapon... It entices its bearer into primeval forests, into mountains and deserts untenanted by man. - Horace Kephart | |||
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mho, Phone round places that sell proper Army Surplus and you may find what you are looking for.. I'm not talking about the old sacking/hessian bags, but the new plastic/nylon ones that are being issued. If you'd asked last year, there were lots lying around not too far from me that were left overs from hasty flood defenses.. Regards, Peter | |||
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mho-Since you mentioned the jeans leg sandbag... When I made a couple pant leg sandbags for myself I used Elmer's sticks all glue to close up the ends because I don't sew and so far it has held up well. I also put the sand (cat litter) into a bread bag which I tied shut before placing it into pantleg to prevent dust and possible sand escape. Best of luck, Jason | |||
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Ask at the local shooting club. Anyone that reloads shotshells likely has a couple laying around. Try useing dried beans or peas in a old pant leg with the ends tied. It won`t leak out like sand and no sewing is needed. ------------------------------------ The trouble with the Internet is that it's replacing masturbation as a leisure activity. ~Patrick Murray "Why shouldn`t truth be stranger then fiction? Fiction after all has to make sense." (Samual Clemens) "Saepe errans, numquam dubitans --Frequently in error, never in doubt". | |||
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I have used old 1 liter I.V. fluid bags. Fill with sand and seal with some silicon caulk. They don't last forever though as the bags eventually crack (~5 yrs). | |||
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The sewn up pants leg is my preferred method, my wifey does the sewing. Tie up the other end with parachute cord or similar. Send me an address and cover the shipping and I'll send you some. | |||
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Hey mho, I was walking through a store today looking for "generic stuff" and spotted Styrofoam Noodles for kids to play with when swimming. The ones I had in my hand were 5' long, about 5" in diameter, with a 1" hole through the middle of the length and were $2 each. A person could cut them into 10" lengths, stack 3 segments together, wind a bit of Duct Tape around them(for my buddy Woods) and have a fairly solid, light weight, inexpensive pair of front Shooting Rests. Or save a piece, split it lengthwise until the 1" central hole is reached and have a fairly usable Rear Rest. | |||
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I was lucky with my first wife in that she was a banker back in the 70s. The bank was cleaning out the vault and storage room and found a stack of empty U.S. Mint coin bags, which make grand sand bags. May want to ask your local bank, Jim "Whensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force." --Thomas Jefferson | |||
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PM sent Mike Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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Man, it is hard to think of a more helpful bunch of people than you guys. You sure do yourselves honour. Thanks guys! - mike ********************* The rifle is a noble weapon... It entices its bearer into primeval forests, into mountains and deserts untenanted by man. - Horace Kephart | |||
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