Caldwell Universal Rear Shooting Bag - Unfilled

The Caldwell Universal Rear Shooting Bag is an innovative, high-quality leather and polyester shooting bag that will function with most brands of front rests. The leather gives you a secure rest and the polyester, which will not stretch or sag, allows the bag to hold it's shape.

Features

• Unfilled
• Leather gives you a secure rest
• Includes 3 separate compartments, the base and two ears
• The polyester, which will not stretch or sag, allows the bag to hold it's shape
• Exclusive hook and loop tabs allow quick installation and removal from the cradle
• Requires approximately 2 1/3 lbs of media to fill
• Standard rear bag

How do you fill shooting bags?

Proper filling of your shooting bag is critical for performance and durability. Most of the Caldwell bags are available both filled and unfilled. Different model bags will have slightly different filling port designs; however similar techniques can be used.

MEDIA SELECTION:

Some of the most common choices for material to fill your bag are sand and case cleaning medias like ground walnut, corn cob or synthetic. We do not recommend using actual grain or rice as it is likely to attract rodents. We recommend Frankford Arsenal Ground Walnut Media because it provides good density, is light weight and relatively resistant to moisture. Sand works well for smaller bags but is not a good choice for large bags as it will be too heavy resulting in unnecessary stress on seams.

FILLING:

Once you have media selected and ready, locate the filling port on your bag. Most of the ports will be tucked under a flap or secured with hook and loop in a "closed" position. Use a funnel to pour media into the bag. If a common funnel is not available, a piece of thick paper can be rolled into a cone shape and used as a funnel. We suggest packing the media periodically during filling; this can be done with any blunt ended object. A long screwdriver with an ink pen cap or a empty brass casing taped on will work well. It is important to get the media packed densely to provide stable support for your gun. Once the bag is filled and packed, the filling port can be folded and secured in place to prevent leakage.