If you cannot tell, it is a scissor jack from my '99 S10 ZR2 (may it rest in peace). I ground off the bump that was on top and welded a strip of scrap metal across it for the bag. Ground off the excess welding and got it nice and smooth so I hopefully won't find any small flakes of metal down the road.
The Protektor bags are not cheap, but my C&R discount at Midway helped a bit. Stuffed them myself with sand. I lost the shoe lace thing that came with the bag in a matter of hours. :banghead: But I found a old piece of leather I think came off a rifle sling a while back, so its all good.
I was thinking of buying a $2.50 valve that a garden hose hooks up to and using the metal knob they come with. Ideally something like a miniature version of the wheel they use on submarine doors would be nice, but I don't know where to find something like that.
But anyways, to the gun porn....minus the guns.
It looks dirty in the pics, but I cleaned off all the grease except for on the threading. I will get the bags stitched up when the sand settles in case I need to add more. Overall I am convinced I cannot by something nicer than this for less than $150. That Caldwell BR thing looks nice and is about $140 I think, but it doesn't come with Protektor bags, so that is an extra $40 or so. If I buy anything it will be either that one from Sinclair, or something comparable. Then this can be for a back up or something. It raises extremely high, so it won't lose it usefulness even with a pricier competition style bench rest.
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