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  • browndog2

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    What is the thickness of the tops of the shooting benches?
    I'd like to clamp my Ransom Rest to one for some 50 yard accuracy tests.
     

    browndog2

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    No worries.
    My Ransom Rest is mounted to a 7/8" thick wood plank.
    I'll get clamps with rubber or plastic pads.
    I've removed the Ransom Rest trigger pull mechanism, so it has to be fired by hand.
     

    TJ Kackowski

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    No worries.
    My Ransom Rest is mounted to a 7/8" thick wood plank.
    I'll get clamps with rubber or plastic pads.
    I've removed the Ransom Rest trigger pull mechanism, so it has to be fired by hand.
    Great idea ... the club cannot afford a repeat of the Ransom Rest incident from the late 90's / early 2000's (at least I think this was the time frame ... it sucks getting old and forgetting things)
     

    browndog2

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    TJ,
    Agreed.
    Its unlikely I'll repeat the Paulo catastrophic event.
    I've used this Ransom Rest before without incident,
    and I won't be firing a previously unfired pistol I made myself albeit under the tutelage of an internet gunsmith.
    First magazine will be loaded with one round just in case.
     

    browndog2

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    000245,
    Don't worry, I won't . . . because those shooting benches are there "for me to poop on"
    (google "Triumph the Insult Comic Dog" for clarification)
    They won't be able to "unsee" that on the surveillance cameras. :)
    Anyway, thanks for all the info.
     

    brotherbill3

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    I thought Ransom rests were prohibited after the incident that TJ mentioned ... ???? ya know "rulez" and all that (which I've noticed a lot have been added "lately")
     

    browndog2

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    Bill, if you are correct, I will not use my ransom rest at our range.

    However, at least one board member has responded to this thread.
    I just searched the Range Rules document available on the club's web page and neither "ransom" nor "rest" were found in the text.

    Back when the PP incident happened they cut off the threaded bolts from the ransom rest concrete block on the south end of the range.
    The issue was not with the rest but with the operator.
    But AFAIK there is no rule addressing the use of ranson rests.
     
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    brotherbill3

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    Bill, if you are correct, I will not use my ransom rest at our range.

    However, at least one board member has responded to this thread.
    I just searched the Range Rules document available on the club's web page and neither "ransom" nor "rest" were found in the text.

    Back when the PP incident happened they cut off the threaded bolts from the ransom rest concrete block on the south end of the range.
    The issue was not with the rest but with the operator.
    But AFAIK there is no rule addressing the use of ranson rests.

    I recall that from the "Oops I had to re-enroll and redo the safety talk more than once" talk(s) - could have been a mis-interpretation.
    i wasn't even in Indiana back when that happened. I was asking for clarity and so no one gets in unneeded trouble.

    I agree from the story I heard Poor Operator Judgement and Error. ... was the root cause of that incident.

    Good to know. and "carry on" ...
     
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