Quick little project: Trap Shooting Shotgun Rest.

[Littlef]

I made this little Shotgun Rest with an imbedded magnet for a friend of mine.  This gives you a place to rest the shotgun muzzle for a couple minutes while waiting for your turn, during a game of trap.  In trap, you rotate shooting positions after every 5 shots.  When it comes time to rotate, the magnet sticks to the muzzle of the shotgun, so you don't have to bend over and pick it up.  Then, you just step on the front of the pad, and pull off the barrel when it's your time to shoot.  

I wet formed around the magnet using a paper creaser.  When I got it shaped, I dropped magnets around the perimeter until it dried.  I backed it in suede to give it some grip to minimize it slipping around.  I sealed it in tan-kote, and then I used Fiebings spray water protector on the suede.  Wworks pretty slick.

[DieselTech]

Looks nice! Great work.

Did you dye it? Or is that just the tan-kote giving it that color? 

Thanks.

[Littlef]

5 minutes ago, DieselTech said:

Looks nice! Great work.

Did you dye it? Or is that just the tan-kote giving it that color? 

Thanks.

Thank you very much.  

The main pad is Spanish brown, the cover over the magnet is Cordovon.  I applied a resist, and antique.  The antique bled a bit when I applied tan-kote, so its a little darker then when I started.  I also think my Tan kote went bad.  Its way thicker than it should be,.  Its almost a gel.  Which is odd, cause I bought it in the last year.  

[DieselTech]

11 minutes ago, Littlef said:

Thank you very much.  

The main pad is Spanish brown, the cover over the magnet is Cordovon.  I applied a resist, and antique.  The antique bled a bit when I applied tan-kote, so its a little darker then when I started.  I also think my Tan kote went bad.  Its way thicker than it should be,.  Its almost a gel.  Which is odd, cause I bought it in the last year.  

Thanks. I really like looks of the Spanish brown dye. 

That's reason I was asking. 

 

[Littlef]

5 minutes ago, DieselTech said:

Thanks. I really like looks of the Spanish brown dye. 

That's reason I was asking. 

 

Thanks.  I like it too.  For the thread I used Ritza Tiger thread in Colonial Tan.  I think the thread contrast pops against the Spanish brown.  I saw Chakotay made a video on youtube using this color combination, and I really dig it.