sako751sg Posted July 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 Thats very kind of you. But I'm still not that way inclined, and I'm definitely not interesting :blink: Ill give you that one fella,i couldnt agree more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 do you know where to buy a window bag thing as I've no idea where to buy one Follow the link to Equifix off my earlier post or try your luck at www.shootingbags.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 Ill give you that one fella,i couldnt agree more. I see you're getting ever more desperate.Sad and very predictable. I'll have toleave you to your own devices Dave. My dinners on the table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sako751sg Posted July 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 I see you're getting ever more desperate.Sad and very predictable. I'll have toleave you to your own devices Dave. My dinners on the table. No probs fella.Are you on to solids yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sako751sg Posted July 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 (edited) You've got me sussed now guess il have to remake it with gas pipe or do you know where to buy a window bag thing as I've no idea where to buy one I wouldnt bother with the bag fella.We made one but we found standard bag material was not strong enough and over time the material,no,i mean the stitching started failing,so we made two from solid gold as weight was no problem and only scrapped them when we sold the rolls.They lasted a while but then we made a copper stand and cradle and would never go back to anything else now.If you look at the picture of the bag,i can already see the stitching is all picked,and if you look really really hard enough you will be able to imagine that the stuffing is in fact snow which will melt.Believe me,i wrote the book,starred in the vid and have got a few tshirts too,the ones with no sleeves that make you look tough too.I can post a link to my door if you want a good deal on a cradle too. Edited July 25, 2011 by sako751sg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guss109 Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 Sounds like a good deal to me. Cheers for saving me a fortune on the special spiders web silk id have to buy to repair the window bag :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cushies Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 (edited) It's like this, some of us enjoy making things and using them to good effect, others haven't the time but plenty of cash so just buy eveything and some just try making things. Arthur Carter window rest £60+P&P, i'll keep my cash, and when this rest fails i'll make another and another for the price of Arthur's using scrap copper and off cuts off lagging + fittings We're a canny lot and won't be riving it about as the idea is to sit quietly and swing the rifle into position when the fox is at the bait, not down a ravine or up a mountain. The only failure point could be the tee as you've said but as the pivot point is the centre of balance of the cradle and rifle i doubt it and if so not for a long time with the treatment it will get. You've 18 posts more than half of them slagging off and critisising on this thread Edited July 25, 2011 by Cushies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 What can one say but good luck. Whats £60 these days? Most lads I know can spend that and more on a night out. Factor in your time and the buggeration element when the thing fails and you've had to repair or replace it twice over before you decide to scrap the darn thing it and buy a window bag and you'll been quids in. The enjoyment of making things can work out more expensive than you first imagined. Hopefully we all live and learn. Some just take longer than others. Atb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingbat Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 Just read the comments and to be honest with some, its like being back in the play ground at the infants school. There is just no need for some of the comments. Whether it all folds up after a few outing then so what, you can bet you bottom $ it will be back in the shed to knock another one up, but this time a better one,a great improvement on the proto type.And you can bet again that it will be shown to every man and his dog, something home made by him or her self, and bloody proud of it too. What it costs is irrelivant its hand made,it wont matter how long it took to make either because its time spent to do with the sport and hobby that is loved by the maker of there new gadget. Some folk on here would be a rite joy to meet over a pint have a good old chat swapping stories, then there are the others who we have all met hopefully just the once inthe local, who confess to know it all. Those i am afraid are scattered all over the place you just cant shake them off some times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger955i Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 Hi Sako. Brilliant rifle rest. I was asked a while ago to make one for a friends 90 and never thought of using copper. Well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sako751sg Posted July 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 Bumped due to tranny bhoy Cocker asking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gixer1 Posted July 30, 2012 Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 It broke didn't it ... :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sako751sg Posted July 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 It broke didn't it ... :lol: Nothing has failed on it yet fella,and still great for foxing at night and just using the moon for light.Its bound to break shortly with the bad write up it got though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sako751sg Posted September 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 Had someone asking for pics of the rest elsewhere so dug oot this thread again. Just to say its had pretty decent work for over 4 years and nothing failed yet,still spot on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentalmac Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 Lol but 8 inches of copper pipe.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shufti Posted September 7, 2020 Report Share Posted September 7, 2020 Thank you Sako That has certainly planted a seed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted September 8, 2020 Report Share Posted September 8, 2020 Hello, I made up one in ally, a bit heath Robinson but works ok, your copper tube one looks 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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