benchrest
nounEtymology From bench + rest, since the gun is mounted on a rest placed on a table or bench.
1
A shooting sport in which very accurate and precise rifles are shot at paper targets.
2
The infrastructure for benchrest.
- Since deer usually give you no time to get into a nice, steady position like sitting, and since there's a shortage of benchrests in the woods, it pays to be able to shoot upright.2004 June, David E. Petzal, “Shoot like a man: There are no benchrests in the wood”, in Field & Stream, volume 109, number 2, page 62:
- Derived terms
- benchrester, benchrest rifle