Filling for a bench shooting bag

nedcbr6

Hi there
Looking for some advice on what to use or best to fill a bench shooting bag
Cheerz for the help

German pointer

Kitty litter is about the cheapest and best

Bad_alibi

How does the kitty litter hold up if it gets wet.

German pointer

Its in almost a year not got wet yet

Cass

Copper slag.

Bad_alibi

Cass wrote: »

Copper slag.

Where can it be got and at what price

Cass

I get mine at the MNSCI range. Great stuff. Not sure on price as they buy the big bags, and "feed" from that bag. IOW as much as you need to fill the bag.

You can also buy it online. It's used for sandblasting.

FISMA.

I use heavy sand, aka Zircon, Chromite, RiverBed.

Maybe you could source some from Brownell's UK? £61.70 :eek:

German pointer wrote: »

Kitty litter is about the cheapest and best

Ah c'mon? At least head down to Ballybunion and clean some sand!

Cass wrote: »

Copper slag.

What's the particle size on the copper slag like?

Ye using Protektor bags? I'm having some custom bags made up and may flog my #2 and #3.

Anyone try the new silver material Protektor bags? Must decide between cordura (which I like) and the silver, which no-one I know has tried.

OP - a nice article.

If ye're comps allow copper slag, why not use some fine lead shot?

Cass

I'm not getting notifications for some threads so apologies for the later reply.

FISMA. wrote: »

What's the particle size on the copper slag like?

It's less than the 5mm maximum particle size.

Ye using Protektor bags?

Some do. Others include Caldwell, Gatorbag and Edgewood.

If ye're comps allow copper slag, why not use some fine lead shot?

The rules say:

ICFRA Rules - 2.8 wrote:

The contents of the front and rear bags will be a dry, finely (<5mm) divided substance such as, but not limited to, sand, gravel or grain packed loosely enough so that the bag will be visible deformed by pressure of the range officer's finger.

corelokttikka

pop corn kernels. used a sports sock doubled up for end and two big bags for front of rifle. cheap as chips and moulds shape nicely. buy it in most shops.

homerhop

Shotblast or sea sand