Front Bags

[trevort]

Raven the discussion is about front bags on a benchrest. Benchresters are well known for their penchant for rubbing their forend ( not Doreen) on abrasive materials and then trying to get some in their tight tolerance actions but perhaps we can convince them to save the weevil


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[The Raven]

OK got it now! Doreen...

[Target]

As Tony said, firm packed is good - a good stock design wont bounce on a hard bag. Remember that after you fill it the first time, you will need to go back and re-fill after half a dozen range sessions as the sand will settle and the bag stretch a bit.
As for type of sand, beach sand is too coarse, sand blasting sand is the best, but if you must, dune sand or brickies sand (being much finer) is a good compromise - thats whats in my front and rear bags and they work well ( I live near the beach and dug my sand out of the back yard ).
If you have the protector bags, the leather nags respond well to being slicked up with talc, and the cordura bags work OK clean, but using a bit of silicon spray really makes them slide about perfectly. I re spray every two or three weeks and it keeps it nice and slick, but I also shoot a fair few rounds ever week at the moment.

[macca]

I can’t make out Trev’s reply other than the implication that getting sand etc out of the bag and into the rifle is fairly slim.

Noting most bags are pretty well sealed these days I could see a small possibility/eventuality of some grit (Whatever) leaking. If you use a range bag etc then some could be transferred closer to the action than I’d like.

Perhaps me being somewhat risk averse thinking the idea of using an abrasive near machined parts...


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More chance of dust blowing in me thinks. Granite dust is abrasive enough.
Never had a bag break but I do replace them occasionally.
Treat mine the same as Target said in his post but mine filled with blasting sand/media.

[Tony Z]

Garnett is pretty much everywhere. Get the pre-used grit from either a sandblaster or water jet operation. Smashed garnett is dust that can leak out of the stitching.
Zircon can be sourced from anyone doing ceramic pottery or from a supplier of such. Beach sand, unless sifted into something beyond 20 mesh also makes it out through the stitching. Rice is for dinner Raven but i like your train of thought if one was a prepper

[Camel]

Whatever you use, don’t try dries dog kibble, they absorb moisture and go rotten and become quite smelly

[DSD]

Whatever you use, don’t try dries dog kibble, they absorb moisture and go rotten and become quite smelly

But the cheaper stuff would also swell and really fill out the bag and make it harder wouldn't they?

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[The Raven]

Something wrong with the title of this thread.

Agreed! No one has suggested silicone yet.

[Rabbitz]

Something wrong with the title of this thread.

Should I edit it to say "Fun" instead?