Rear bag for person who cannot squeeze well

I'm sorry you lost your hand but it's awesome that you aren't letting it stop you from shooting!

If your stock has an angled bottom, this is a good bag. It offers a lot of adjustment and is pretty solid. You just have to slide it back and forth the find the right height.
https://www.longrangeonly.com/store/#!/Hunters-Wedge-Bag/p/146645844

I've been using this bag lately. It's light, offers 3 different heights and is adjustable for the amount of squish. Set your stock on it and push it down into the bag for fine adjustments.
https://www.phoenixshootingbags.com/products/medium-ridge-runner

slick Nick said:

I have 5 bags made from socks, each are filled with (inside plastic bags of course) rice, beans, peas, each has a particular rise and fall. I have been using them since in the military, and for the years since.
At the range I see several using the same set up. Cheap easy and adjustable for each person. But then I'm a cheap retired warrant hahaha. Try different ways and textures some like beads from hobby stores but I like having extra chow as well. Good luck with your choices.

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I'm with this guy. I've used tube socks filled with rice or sand since the military. They can also be thrown over any shooting surface and used as a rest.

nksmfamjp said:

This is for field use with a front bipod. I have a good bench setup. I'm looking for a good rear setup for shooting prone.

I'm missing my left hand. I wear a hook. At this point, squeezing is just pushing into a rear bag with the hook. Not ideal, but offers some squeezing. I'm hoping to manipulate the pump with my right hand up near the grip.

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In your situation I would dang sure give that a try! I used two bags, one smaller brick shape then a large one and the more I use the big one the more I'm liking it since you push to fill not pinch, I can push it back onto my chest to lift and there is a lot of support for the position. It's ultra lite fill so it weighs the same as my smaller bag.

First off, GOOD ON YA! Way to be, not letting anything hold you back from shooting. Secondly, I don't see any reason a bag like the one you posted wouldn't work.

There are also the little inflatable Jack's that you can get at home improvement stores. Just a pump up bladder like the one in that bag. They often can lift several hundred pounds and could be used under an existing bag. I personally have an assortment of rear bags that I use. However, if you need 1 bag to take hunting or something of that nature, I would say look into the lightweight bags with a cinch strap as being another alternative. Basically a rear squeeze bag with a strap to either let the filler flow out more to shrink the bag, or cinch it down and force the fill the the outsides to make the bag taller.

Putting a bladder under a standard bag is a recipe for BOUNCE - doing this is NOT the same as using an Airfoil bag.

I use the Airfoil bags for ELR competition. I have the original Airfoil, Airfoil L, and the newer EndGame. The Endgame is a fantastic evolution of the Airfoil bags, offering better tracking with the rudder trough on top. The adjustability to aim the rifle on target with the rear bag, with no tension in your hands, no fatigue, no heartbeat, and then realign quickly and smoothly on target after recoil is phenomenal. I have all kinds of rear support bags, from socks full of beans and airsoft pellets to barricade bags to the Airfoils, and for fixed position shooting, the Endgame is phenomenal.

For a shooter with one hand, I can't imagine a better rear bag option. The inventor of the Airfoil came up with the idea after a car wreck which nearly cost him his arm, as he couldn't pull the trigger or work his rear bag with his hand - and we all realized how perfect they would be for competition shooting. I think for you, with one hand, the Airfoil Endgame would be an ideal solution for a rear bag.