Hello,
What type of rest do you use with a revolver? Do you use what is available in the field or a commercial rest.
John

I like to use a pair of skiing or trecking poles. I cross the straps over each pole, which makes a nice tall bypod where I wrest across the straps.

I have used a notched stick made of diamond willow for years. It's very functional and tough, and, of course, its readily available. I own other commerical rests like Steady Stix and I like them for rifles, but at practical handgun distances, a good hard piece of wood with a notch or Y at the top has worked the best for me. In addition, it can be used for other purposes like killin' buzz bunnies!

Down in my neck of the woods, we have no shortage of trees and saplings, I mostly hunt on the ground and pick a spot where I may use a tree for a rest. Also, most often I can find a readily available rest when moving through the woods. I have also been known to use my backpack as a rest, with a carpet scrap to protect it from cylinder/muzzle gap blast. My gunbearer quit me, so the three pole shooting sticks are no longer carried. Sometimes when I'm feeling really sporty, I just shoot them offhand.

I use an MTM pistol rest for load developement and sight-in. If memory serves, they cost about 12 bucks. With this or any rest I try to just use it to steady the gun---any downward pressure seems to change POI.

I just got back from setting up a couple of deer hunting blinds in my favorite Wisc. cedar swamp. On both of them, a piece of 3" dia. evergreen was tied horizontally in front of my seating position for a wrist rest. That's one way to hold the BFR steady.

If there isn't any rest around I would sit down and use my legs to support the handgun the 500 mag.

Sitting I use Steady Stix. Standing, any handy tree.

With the ski poles or the steady stix do you rest your hands on the poles? What do you do when the gun recoils? Let the poles fall away?
Thanks
John

Long Grass Shooting Sticks for handgun or rifle.
But most ok the time a tree limb, stump, ground
etc.

Hi John,

Since I usually have an internal frame pack with me (mostly empty, but needed in case I get lucky), I use that. I can shoot prone over it, or stand it upright and shoot sitting with the barrel over the top (works great with a rifle too).

Another way I am experimenting with (and having good results), is this: Take a length of belt (I use a GI web sling), and form a big loop. Then sit down put the belt under your knees, and the other end around your neck. Now, you can lean back without using your neck or stomach mucsles (like leaning back to a tree), and rest the pistol on the tops of you knees.

Doug