Using Rest For Bench Shooting With Handgun.

[arakboss]

I am going to be shooting my single shot AR pistol at the range soon. I decided to run it without a handguard. That means I won't have any convenient spots to mount a bipod. I noticed revolver shooters rest the barrel directly on a rest like in photo below. Does that detract from accuracy potential of the revolver? I could mount a section of picatinny rail on the bottom of a 10rnd mag, insert the mag in the magwell and mount a bipod to that. I suspect the accuracy that I'll be giving up by resting the barrel directly on the rest won't be that great?

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[Lennie]

Yes, that will work. Sandbags will also work. Resting the base of the grip on sandbags also helps. A ransom rest is another great option for properly sighting in a handgun.

Once you have verified that your sights are good to go using a rest, learn to master shooting a handgun without rests. Shooting handguns with rests will often mask poor trigger skills.