If someone tells you that you need an exercise bike..say OK - The Firearms Forum

etcher1 · 06-10-2012, 06:19 PM

The electronics gave it up.

After looking around the internet and forums, I decided I needed as shooting bench. After stripping the recumbent bike down this is what I came up with. Had to do a little whittling on the front post. It is very stable.

Here it is with the fold out arm for rifle shooting.

Here it is with the rifle

Any comments or suggestions welcomed.
Thanks for look'in,

76Highboy · 06-10-2012, 06:27 PM

That is cool. Way to use your brain.

JLA · 06-10-2012, 06:38 PM

flippin GENIOUS!

Shooter45 · 06-10-2012, 07:33 PM

You could have left the pedals on to increase your heart rate.

Nice.

raven818 · 06-10-2012, 07:40 PM

Forced myself to ask. What is the Lever looking piece in front of the trigger guard?

It's so nice to have opposing thumbs.

Nice work.

JLA · 06-10-2012, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by raven818

Forced myself to ask. What is the Lever looking piece in front of the trigger guard?

It's so nice to have opposing thumbs.

Nice work.

Thats an old crossman BB gun. I have 1 just like it but not gold.

Bindernut · 06-10-2012, 09:19 PM

Actually that's a Sears Ted Williams 799. AKA a fancy version of the Daisy 880. Sears also sold a plain-jane 799 that looks identical to the regular 880.

I've still got my old Daisy 880 sitting in the shop down at the farm. The seals are pretty well hammered out but it'll still push a pellet out 200-250fps, which is enough to knock down a mouse or bird if we can't get em chased out the doors. An 880 in good shape will beat the pants off of any of the Crosman 760 variants.

Back to the bench...
Nice job of reworking some junk into something useful!!!

raven818 · 06-11-2012, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by JLA

Thats an old crossman BB gun. I have 1 just like it but not gold.

Killer looking BB Gun. I've got the shoot-your-eye-out Red Ryder, for the squirrels that drive my dogs nut in the back yard.

JLA · 06-11-2012, 07:27 PM

I loved my ol red ryder, shot lots of birds and squirrels with in in my youth.

oneoldsap · 06-12-2012, 06:21 PM

That's the best use of an excersise bile I've ever seen ! You weren't born in new england were you ?

etcher1 · 06-12-2012, 08:39 PM

No just an old hillbilly.
I need to quit play'in with my junk and get to reloading some more, that way I can use my stuff.

raven818 · 06-12-2012, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by etcher1

No just an old hillbilly.
I need to quit play'in with my junk and get to reloading some more, that way I can use my stuff.

Uh

Zane71464 · 06-12-2012, 09:46 PM

Made for a NICE portable shooting bench, awesome.

etcher1 · 06-12-2012, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by raven818

Uh

Not THAT junk the other junk.

06-10-2012, 06:19 PM	#1
etcher1 Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: NW Arkansas Posts: 23	If someone tells you that you need an exercise bike..say OK The electronics gave it up. After looking around the internet and forums, I decided I needed as shooting bench. After stripping the recumbent bike down this is what I came up with. Had to do a little whittling on the front post. It is very stable. Here it is with the fold out arm for rifle shooting. Here it is with the rifle Any comments or suggestions welcomed. Thanks for look'in, -->

06-10-2012, 06:27 PM	#2
76Highboy Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Meridian, Idaho Contributor Posts: 7,094	Re: If someone tells you that you need an exercise bike..say OK That is cool. Way to use your brain.

06-10-2012, 06:38 PM	#3
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,407	Re: If someone tells you that you need an exercise bike..say OK flippin GENIOUS! __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!

06-10-2012, 07:33 PM	#4
Shooter45 Administrator Join Date: Feb 2001 Contributor Posts: 8,790	Re: If someone tells you that you need an exercise bike..say OK You could have left the pedals on to increase your heart rate. Nice.

06-10-2012, 07:40 PM	#5
raven818 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Jax, Fl. Contributor Posts: 4,439	Re: If someone tells you that you need an exercise bike..say OK Forced myself to ask. What is the Lever looking piece in front of the trigger guard? It's so nice to have opposing thumbs. Nice work. __________________ Firearms and Salt Water Fishing Retired 42 Years LEO

06-10-2012, 09:19 PM	#7
Bindernut Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ND, USA Posts: 2,489	Re: If someone tells you that you need an exercise bike..say OK Actually that's a Sears Ted Williams 799. AKA a fancy version of the Daisy 880. Sears also sold a plain-jane 799 that looks identical to the regular 880. I've still got my old Daisy 880 sitting in the shop down at the farm. The seals are pretty well hammered out but it'll still push a pellet out 200-250fps, which is enough to knock down a mouse or bird if we can't get em chased out the doors. An 880 in good shape will beat the pants off of any of the Crosman 760 variants. Back to the bench... Nice job of reworking some junk into something useful!!! Last edited by Bindernut; 06-10-2012 at 09:20 PM..

06-11-2012, 07:27 PM	#9
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,407	Re: If someone tells you that you need an exercise bike..say OK I loved my ol red ryder, shot lots of birds and squirrels with in in my youth. __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!

06-12-2012, 06:21 PM	#10
oneoldsap V.I.P. Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 102	Re: If someone tells you that you need an exercise bike..say OK That's the best use of an excersise bile I've ever seen ! You weren't born in new england were you ?

06-12-2012, 08:39 PM	#11
etcher1 Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: NW Arkansas Posts: 23	Re: If someone tells you that you need an exercise bike..say OK No just an old hillbilly. I need to quit play'in with my junk and get to reloading some more, that way I can use my stuff.

06-12-2012, 09:46 PM	#13
Zane71464 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Ohio NRA Member Contributor Posts: 5,415	Re: If someone tells you that you need an exercise bike..say OK Made for a NICE portable shooting bench, awesome. __________________ Two Words; "Simple Man", song by Charlie Daniels sums up my thoughts on a "few things"!