Who hasn’t dreamed of having a professional-quality, permanent shooting bench on their own property? Well here’s an article that can help you make that dream come true. This “how-to” feature from the archives of RifleShooter Magazine shows how to build a quality concrete shooting bench step-by-step.

All aspects of the construction process are illustrated and explained. The author, Keith Wood explains: “Construction happened in three phases — first creating the slab foundation, then the support pillars (legs), and finally the table.”

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Each step in the process is illustrated with a large photo and descriptive paragraph. Starting with framing the foundation (Step 1), the article illustrates and explains the 15 Steps that produce the finished, all-concrete bench (see top photo).

Who hasn’t dreamed of having a professional-quality, permanent shooting bench on their own property? Well here’s an article that can help you make that dream come true. This “how-to” feature from the archives of RifleShooter Magazine shows how to build a quality concrete shooting bench step-by-step.

All aspects of the construction process are illustrated and explained. The author, Keith Wood explains: “Construction happened in three phases — first creating the slab foundation, then the support pillars (legs), and finally the table.”

Click image below to load article with slide show.

Each step in the process is illustrated with a large photo and descriptive paragraph. Starting with framing the foundation (Step 1), the article illustrates and explains the 15 Steps that produce the finished, all-concrete bench (see top photo).

Who hasn’t dreamed of having a professional-quality, permanent shooting bench on their own property? Well here’s an article that can help you make that dream come true. This “how-to” feature from the archives of RifleShooter Magazine shows how to build a quality concrete shooting bench step-by-step.

All aspects of the construction process are illustrated and explained. The author, Keith Wood explains: “Construction happened in three phases — first creating the slab foundation, then the support pillars (legs), and finally the table.”

Click image below to load article with slide show.

Each step in the process is illustrated with a large photo and descriptive paragraph. Starting with framing the foundation (Step 1), the article illustrates and explains the 15 Steps that produce the finished, all-concrete bench (see top photo).

All aspects of the construction process are illustrated and explained. The author, Keith Wood explains: “Construction happened in three phases — first creating the slab foundation, then the support pillars (legs), and finally the table.”

Click image below to load article with slide show.

Each step in the process is illustrated with a large photo and descriptive paragraph. Starting with framing the foundation (Step 1), the article illustrates and explains the 15 Steps that produce the finished, all-concrete bench, shown below.

Construction Planning and Progress
SkeetLee tells us: “We added 16′ to the back of the machine shop on one of our farms so I could have a place to practice my shooting. Everything worked out real well because exactly 200 yards out from the new addition is a low spot in the field that doesn’t produce any crop anyway, so we thought this would be a good spot for a berm. I started building the berm this spring before the crop got planted and it is about 60% complete. I am very lucky to have such a place to do all this, and I will be forever indebted to my folks for letting me build this range and loading/shoot room. This range is a gift to me from my folks, and I am very grateful.”

SkeetLee will be using the new shoot house very soon: “I finally have the room at least 95% done. It took the better part of the year to complete and there is still some work to do to the berm once the corn [comes] down next week, but the shoot house is darn near ready for some banging.”

Below are the two benches in progress. SkeetLee set the block in mortar then formed the tops in place with some “T” supports to hold the forms up. He used an 8″ sona tube for the rear leg, then added Re-Bar for reinforcement. It worked out really really well as you can see in the bottom photo.

Shoot House Permits Year-Round Shooting
SkeetLee notes: “This winter when the snow is flying we can stay warm and shoot until our finger(s) get sore. I also look forward to entertaining some guests.” To give our readers a better view of the interior of his shoot house, SkeetLee recorded a two-part video. Part Two is embedded below, and you can CLICK HERE for Part One.