benchrest
A shooting sport in which very accurate and precise rifles are shot at paper targets.
Noun
- A shooting sport in which very accurate and precise rifles are shot at paper targets.
- 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...
Origin
From bench + rest, since the gun is mounted on a rest placed on a table or bench.