Sandbags \u2013 they seem simple. \nBut, I never thought I would have to comment on sandbag etiquette:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We get our sandbags from the Allen County Highway Department.\u00a0 The Highway Department is \u00a0very co-operative, we just go out to the south barn, fill the bags, load them in the truck and bring them out to the range.\u00a0 The bags are not terribly high quality, so we double bag the sandbags.\u00a0 They should last a long time, but several factors make our bags wear out a lot quicker than they should.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FIRST:<\/strong>\u00a0 People rest the muzzle of their rifle on the sandbag.\u00a0 This is the biggest single factor that damages sandbags.\u00a0 The blast from the muzzle burns a hole in the woven cover on the bag.\u00a0 It only takes a couple of shots to melt through both layers of bags and the sand starts to drizzle out of the hole.\u00a0 If we catch this soon enough, we can put what is left of the bag in another bag, but many times the bag is thrown on the shooting deck, the sand runs out in a pile and we end up having to clean up the mess and throw away the broken bag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n POINT OF ETIQUETTE\nONE: Don\u2019t lay your muzzle on the\nsandbag. Not only does this burn a hole in\nthe bag \u2013 it is not a very stable shooting position.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n SECOND:<\/strong>\u00a0 Picatinny Rails:\u00a0 A Picatinny Rail on the underside of your rifle will cut up the bag. Back to Point One, these are not really durable bags.\u00a0 That rail is very hard on the bags.\u00a0 We try to keep some carpet squares on the shooting benches to lie on top of the bags.\u00a0 If the squares have wandered off, sit the rail on your hat and remember to bring a towel or something to put under the rail the next time you come out to the range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n POINT OF ETIQUETTE\nTWO: Don\u2019t lay a Picatinny Rail on a\nsandbag without some protection between the rail and the bag.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Third: <\/strong>Wet Sandbags: Please don\u2019t leave sandbags lying in a place that\nwill let them get rained on. In the first\nplace, it makes the bag about 50% heavier and harder to move around. Most people don\u2019t want to lay their rifle on\na wet bag. In cold weather, a wet bag freezes\nsolid and turns into a block \u2013 not useful for bench shooting. That frozen bag sticks to the bench and tears\nthe bag when you try to pry it loose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n POINT OF ETIQUETTE\nTHREE: When you finish with sandbags,\nplease move them to a location where they will not get wet from rain or snow.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The bottom line:\u00a0 A little thought and courtesy will reduce the work associated with maintaining sandbags and will give everyone more bags and nicer bags to shoot from.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0 Thanks to everybody!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sandbags \u2013 they seem simple. But, I never thought I would have to comment on sandbag etiquette: We get our sandbags from the Allen County Highway Department.\u00a0 The Highway Department is \u00a0very co-operative, we just go out to the south barn, fill the bags, load them in the truck and bring them out to the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fwrrclub.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fwrrclub.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fwrrclub.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fwrrclub.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fwrrclub.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2171"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fwrrclub.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2172,"href":"https:\/\/fwrrclub.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2171\/revisions\/2172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fwrrclub.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fwrrclub.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fwrrclub.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}