5 Best Shooting Rests

Nearly every type of shooter has something to gain from a quality shooting rest. Whether using a sled, bag, or tripod, shooting rests can improve long-range accuracy and make the most of your shooting experience.

Advantages of Shooting Rests

A proper shooting rest can help improve accuracy, reduce recoil, keep your gun on target for quick follow-up shots, and reduce fatigue from holding up your gun for long periods of time. No matter your shooting style, MidwayUSA has the shooting rest for you.

Types of Shooting Rests

Sleds

Shooting Sleds offer maximum stability for precision target shooting or zeroing a rifle. They also work to reduce recoil, making for a more enjoyable shooting experience, even with high-caliber rifles. Shooting sleds also provide shooters with finely tuned adjustments to ensure they can properly line up with the target for the tightest groups. Check out sleds from brands like Caldwell for the best when it comes to precision

Bag Rests

Bag rests offer unmatched versatility for a range of shooting scenarios. Whether it’s a tactical situation where quick setup is essential, shooting at the range, or out in the deer blind, bag rests are reliable and stable no matter what.

Tripods

Tripods are trusted by spot and stalk hunters, ground blind hunters, and target shooters. Tripods offer a high level of stability while also being highly adjustable and mobile. Tripods can be used in nearly any environment and on any terrain, meaning you can have confidence in your shots no matter where you go. Find tripods from brands like BOG, Primos, and more!
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Caldwell Lead Sled DFT 2 Rifle Shooting Rest

The Lead Sled DFT 2 (Dual-Frame Technology) has been re-designed to provide shooters with the industry's best reduction system and the versatility to fit virtually any shotgun or rifle, all build around a precision shooting platform. Whether you are trying to shoot the very tightest possible groups with your rifle or patterning your favorite shotgun, the Lead Sled DFT 2 provides an optimal platform for shooting without the negative effects of recoil.

Features

  • Reduces recoil by up to 95%
  • Extremely fine windage and elevation adjustments
  • Adjustable cradle system fits almost any length rifle & shotgun
  • Re-designed baffled tray keeps up to 100 lbs. of lead shot in place
  • New revolutionary molded front bag provides a soft touch but firmness for increased stability
  • Improved elevation ram eliminates wobble in the front cradle. 2 1/2" adjustment (over 2 feet at 100 yards)
  • Advanced rear recoil shock absorbing pad cushions the firearm during use
  • Dual frame technology allows the length of the rest to be personalized
  • Increased clearance of the Lead Sled DFT's unique dual frame design, it can accept most detachable magazines rifles (AR-15, AR-10, & lever action rifles
  • An innovative elastic retention strap can be used to "strap in" the forend of the gun, preventing the front of the gun from jumping out of the front cradle



What Customers Are Saying

Works As Advertised

This is a solid rest when used with a 25lb bag of shot or other similar weight. I do not use it to reduce recoil although it does perform that function. I use the rest to initially sight in a new rifle/scope combination or a new hand load to ensure the round is fired from an anchored rifle on a rock steady rest to achieve repeatable accuracy. The elevation and windage dials provide fine adjustment to align the cross hairs to the same aiming point shot after shot. Additionally, the rest is constructed so that it can accommodate the long magazine of an AR which is a feature many other rests do not provide. The rest is, in my opinion, too cumbersome to use for round after round at the range as recoil does require the rest to be repositioned to some degree after each shot. Once I'm satisfied the rifle is sighted in on the Lead Sled I use either the bipod or bags to support the rifle. The rest can also double as a gun vise for cleaning and some maintenance chores on your rifle if it does not require the gu...
- Neal, 1/5/2018

About Caldwell

For the marksman, Caldwell is a brand engineered for perfection to take your shot to the next level. Whether you’re shooting competitively or recreationally, the team at Caldwell aims to make you the best. With quality products like the iconic Stinger, Matrix, and Precision Turret shooting rests, you will have the confidence to take the shot when it matters most with unmatched precision. Caldwell focuses on precision, creating shooting supplies with accuracy in their DNA. They are determined to provide only the best. Adhering to the highest standard of superior quality within the brand and products. Caldwell wants you to have confidence that you’ve hit your target even before you pull the trigger. Known for their shooting rests and bags, Caldwell has also built bipods, chronographs, steel targets, and ear & eye protection to ensure you have everything you need for a great day at the range. With Caldwell, “eliminate the variables that make you miss.”

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Protektor Rabbit Ear Rear Shooting Rest Bag Leather Tan Filled

The original #13 Rabbit Ear Rear Bag was invented by Protektor Model founder Basil Tuller in 1938. It is 2-5/8" H to the bottom of the ears then tapers downward slightly toward the eagle. Each ear is 2-1/2" tall and has a single stitch sewed in between them. It is recommend to use this style ear with most common hunting stocks used today. The taller rabbit ears allow a shooter to use the squeeze technique to adjust elevation while shooting. This is a versatile high quality top grain leather rear bag and is recommended for shooting a wide range of distances. The base size measures 5" W x 6 3/4"

Features

  • High quality, top grain leather construction
  • Sand filled
  • Perfect for a variety of hunting stocks

 

What Customers Are Saying

Great product made in the USA

Study all leather material, works just like it should. Will last years and years. I definitely recommend this bag. I be buying more bags from Proteckor! Made in the USA!
- Regular Joe, 3/12/2020 Shop Now
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BOG DeathGrip Shooting Tripod

  2. Realtree Excape
  3. Mossy Oak Bottomland
3 Color Options

The BOG DeathGrip Tripod is engineered to be the most stable shooting platform for its price. The aluminum legs offer unmatched durability year after year. The patented clamp secures any weapon, hands-free, freeing the BOG hunter to glass or call on the hunt with ease. Take on your UNKNOWN, season after season, with the most reliable shooting tripod.

Features

  • Tilt adjustment lever controls up to 25 degrees of cant forwards and back and the head pans 360 degrees with tension adjustment
  • No-slip lever locks provide faster locking and release
  • Non-marring rubber jaw insert protects the firearm and the quick-adjust clamping lever secures the firearm in seconds with smooth rotation
  • Retractable steel feet secure legs into virtually any terrain, then store safely for transport
  • 3-position leg angle lock allows for secure shooting in standing, kneeling and prone positions while the integral bubble level ensures a level positioning



What Customers Are Saying

Little modification can save a lot of $$$$$$$$$$$$$ lol

Great product just add AOKA Now works with ARCA and grip You ll nee 3" long bolt one washer 1,6 od and one bigger size for the top used original part to fit it Beat 100$ carbon fiber tripods
- Mad Russian, 12/15/2019

About BOG

Established in 2006, BOG introduced the BOG-Pod shooting platforms in tripods, bipods and monopods featuring an interchangeable head system. Since then, BOG has developed several patented shooting sticks and shooting rests to accommodate a variety of hunting and shooting situations. BOG offers industry leading shooting platforms in the DEATHGRIP, Adrenaline, and Havoc Tripods, Bipods and Monopods. The modular design allows hunters and shooters options between universal cradle and two-point shooting rests, along with adjustable, clamping rests that secure guns or crossbows hands-free in a ready position. BOG’s hunting gear such as trail cameras and 360 chairs are designed for the obsessed hunter…the BOG hunter.

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MidwayUSA Gripper Shooting Rest Bag Filled

The MidwayUSA Gripper Shooting Rest Bag is a rock solid rest that will keep you on target. The non-slip material keeps your firearm secure between the ears. The bottom is separated into two legs that can be manipulated to raise or lower the muzzle end of the firearm when shooting at several distances from one position. Rest includes shoulder strap so you can have your hands free when lugging your range gear to the bench.

Features:

  • Durable Nylon
  • Non-Slip Surfaces
  • Filled with Walnut Shell Grit Media

What Customers Are Saying

Excellent! Best yet for table-top shooting.

I test a lot of hand-loads, and need good accuracy, and to eliminate the variable of movement in the rifle. I was using the Caldwell TackDriver bag, but the center of that bag, where the rifle sits ended being too low to use with AR rifles, and also limited the rear rest bags I could use for most of my rifles. This bag is larger, taller, heavier, better made and designed, and very stable. I would recommend it for load testing, table-top shooting where you don't have to move (it's heavy), and for both AR and bolt action rifles.
- Oregon Shooter, 7/14/2021

About MidwayUSA

MidwayUSA brand product designers have one straightforward goal: develop high-quality, technically sound products and deliver them to our customers at reasonable prices. Our development team is immersed in the shooting sports industry, and pays close attention to every single detail, ensuring our products are built right, and stand up to the trials and tribulations of everyday use. From our competition shooting mats and range bag systems, to our hunting clothing and backpacks, and everything in between, MidwayUSA brand products carry the legacy of quality and value synonymous with the MidwayUSA name since 1977.

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HySkore Parallax Pistol Gun Vise and Shooting Rest

The Hyskore Parallax Pistol Vise and Shooting Rest has multiple support points coupled with precise windage and elevation adjustments make this shooting rest stable and invaluable at the range. Guns are fully supported for accurate sighting in. This rest and vise is padded to protect the finish on your firearm. The rest features precision elevation adjustment, welded steel construction, a carry handle and will adjust to any barrel length.
Note: Do not shoot your firearm when the vise feature is being used.
Optic not included
Features

  • Multiple support points
  • Precise windage and elevation adjustments
  • Guns are fully supported for accurate sighting in
  • Padded to protect the finish on your firearm
  • Welded steel construction, a carry handle and will adjust to any barrel length

 

What Customers Are Saying

I would suggest that you ...

I would suggest that you read the manufacturer's instructions. This is NOT a sled; you do not fire the pistol after it is clamped in as shown.You start by using just the front as a rest to fire a tight group. Then you clamp in the UNLOADED pistol. After carefully adjusting the azimuth and elevation so that the red dot is precisely lined up on the Bullseye, you then adjust the sight WITHOUT DISTURBING THE DEVICE until the red dot is now on your group. Like magic, your red dot sight is now sighted in! This device is solidly made, very reasonably priced, and it really works. Saves a lot of time and frustration. It is especially good for a red dot sight with selectable patterns where the zero isn't maintained.
- David, 2/25/2010 Shop Now