Need help on shooting bench

[jpickar]

Hi all. I bought a place last year with a single car garage in the house. I am building a shop and the single car garage is going to become a gun room. Where the garage door is is going to be a walk in door and a window. I am going to shoot out the window. My question is this......
What height are most shooting benches? So I can frame in the window too the right height.
Thanks, John

 

[Pat-inCO]

You going to shoot from a folding chair, low stool, medium tall stool, or
one that you have to climb up on? That decision will dictate what height
is most comfortable for the bench, thus determine the window height.

How will you look to the right or left to assure the safety of any in the back
of the building? A low cost/resolution, or two, security camera would help.

 

[CoolLogic]

Put it the same height as the other windows in the house to make it match. Build a chair that's the proper height. Oh.... and personal experience says use ear protection!

 

[jlmtr6]

Don't forget to install a 4" diameter PVC pipe through the wall at an angle with the end going into the ground about two feet to a dry sink with gravel or sand. The height, of course, should be approximately 24" from the floor and have a removable end cap painted red (for emergency use only). If you're well endowed or have poor aim a 6" diameter may be sufficient. Have fun and be safe.

 

[JackpineWillie]

I made mine ( outdoors) tall enough to use standing or using a tall stool.

 

[toysoldier]

Don't forget ventilation. The fumes aren't healthy, and the little woman may object to the smell getting into the house.

 

[Sin6Sec63451022]

Why go to all the trouble of putting in a window if you're just gonna shoot it out? I'm confused.

 

[Mobuck]

Chairs/stools come in various heights so there's no real answer to this. I'd make it counter top high so you can do other stuff on the surface when not shooting. My loading bench is about belly button high since I prefer to load standing. This would also be a good height for a shooting bench if using an adjustable height stool. My range bench is about 32-34" and is too low. I built it on bare dirt and added 3" of gravel later and now it's way low except for the Grandkids.

 

[contender]

The idea of having a shooting bench, inside a garage/gun room isn't new.

As noted,, I'd build the window to match the rest of the house, and set it up inside to where I had a comfortable bench. That way,,, down the road,, LONG after you are gone,,, a new owner can use it as a normal room.
Next,,, are you going to shoot rifles or handguns?
Getting the muzzle outside the window will assist in less noise & fumes etc. A set up to where you have a portion of the bench outside, will assist a lot. Build a overhang to protect the outside portion of the bench.
I have also seen a "muffling" device made out of old tires, lined with an absorbing fireproof material will assist things as well.

 

[rimmer]

Don't forget to install a 4" diameter PVC pipe through the wall at an angle with the end going into the ground about two feet to a dry sink with gravel or sand. The height, of course, should be approximately 24" from the floor and have a removable end cap painted red (for emergency use only). If you're well endowed or have poor aim a 6" diameter may be sufficient. Have fun and be safe.

I thought he said he was going to shoot out the window, not piss out it.

 

[artey]

John, I am currently doing the same thing. I already have a small enclosed shooting house I use in the winter but I am building another shack for my reloading.

One problem that I have yet to resolve is in our kind of winters when the outside temps are bitter cold and the inside of the building is comfortably warm, I get bad mirage shooting through a small window opening. All I can figure is the cold air meets hot air, and viewed through a scope at 16 or 20X creates this situation. I have yet to find an answer. Good luck.

 

[#1rugerman]

Make sure you have really good hearing protection when shooting in a enclosed area, I didn't and my ears buzz ALL the time, night and day, really bad in quiet situations.

 

[gramps]

I have two Black and Decker folding tables. One is for reloading, the other is for shooting, both together were less than $100.00. Good luck.
gramps

 

[RSIno1]

Why not just open the door? Any height would work then - prone to standing.