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With a Hoppe's rest and the appropriate bag;
put double sided tape on the top to hold the bag
oil everything up so everything turns easily
set the height with the big screw, slotted hex nut tight to turn the big screw, and then tighten the round nut
leave the slotted hex screw slightly loose so the top turns = rotates easily
Then I think you're there
Any bench rest/rifle, when you move the rifle/rest over, say a few inches, to hit another bull on the target, for example the 100 yard ASSRA bench target with 3 bulls, when you move the gun-the zero changes for a few shots, until the gun/rest settles down. This is with a home made or Hoppe's or Hart or any rest.
Keeping the Hoppe's rest top loose, so it rotates, solves this problem.
With the tight fitting adjustable windage expensive heavy rests, changing the windage will change the zero, the relative place where the bullet hits.
I have concluded that these expensive rests aren't worth the money, that heavy means only heavy, and that these rests are intended to impress other shooters.
That said, I cannot understand why any single shot shooter uses any rest other than a muzzle rest/anti-cant device or as some call them, sled. These are easy to make, cheap to buy, work with purpose-built or modified conventional rests, and eliminate most or all of the bag rest problems. I use muzzle clamps with all single shot including rimfire rifles, bolt guns, and Competitor pistols. The results are amazed.
If you want to impress the other shooters, get a fifty pound micrometer-adjustable wizard rest with $75 bags. If you want to shoot good, get a muzzle clamp and add a plate to your Hoppe's rest.
joe b.
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