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Butch · Guru

Blind Seats

Mark · Guru

Butch, I watched the you tube video.... looks really nice, functional etc.. I built something similar years ago.. Bass Pro had some seats that had folding adjustable tripod legs with a really cheap seat....I removed the seat, purchased a swivel base and a nice cammo boat seat with a back. I put it all together and that's what I use.. They are somewhat heavy and don't fold up. but very comfortable.. I like what you bought.. Wish they had been available when I was looking.... All the best..

Butch · Guru

Mark,
Was about to do the same and try and come up with something when I found these, another down side to them is they are made in "China" which I go to extremes not to buy anything from. After we use them hunting a few times I will post up how they do for us.

Butch

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Mark · Guru

Here's a picture of mine just after a shoot.. I'm planning on building a few in the near future. Not as smooth adjustability as what you ordered.. But the seat can take some hours of sitting with comfort..

-- Edited by Mark on Monday 26th of January 2015 08:28:53 PM

Butch · Guru

Mark,
That's a great looking seat, if the seat on mine is uncomfortable I now know what to do, thanks.
By the way looks like a war went on in that pic, I like the look of a well used blind!

Butch

Mark · Guru

That shoot was a really good one.. over a peanut field and uneducated crows.. We trashed the place up during the shoot for sure..We were set up in the middle of a field that had an island of trees.. when we were cleaning up after the shoot we found a few grave markers in the small island of trees..spooky.. Killed two with a rifle that day.. they landed about 75 yards out from the blind and I had my 17 HMR in the blind.. nasty is what that little bullet does to one.. it was a great day..

Mark · Guru

Any update on the new seat?? How'd did perform?

Butch · Guru

Mark,

Not yet, hoping to try them out this coming weekend.

Butch

Old Artilleryman · Guru

Butch wrote:
Have been on a quest to find a comfortable folding swivel chair for the blind, I have used folding stools, 5 gal. buckets with the swivel top and they offer little comfort. Think I may have found a swivel folding chair that is going to make the sit a lot more enjoyable. It's called the Black-Out Chair, I ordered 2 and got them a couple days ago. They have a backrest, adjustable legs for hgt. and uneven ground and swivel 360 degrees plus they store in a bag an are the same size as a bag chair. Have not field tested yet only in the home but from what I can tell this is what I have been looking for. Down size is price, to the door about $90 and I will have to Camo them. I can tell they aren't bomb proof but with care they should last hopefully.
Just throwing it out there if anybody is looking for some comfort and portability to the blind, and if you have used one hunting, your opinions on it would be appreciated.

Butch

Butch:

My quest is to find a swivel seat that will fit on my 5-gal bucket. I have one of the swivel cushion jobs that works real well, but could use the back support just like you're talking about. So, I'm looking for one with a folding back that snaps onto the usual 5-Gal bucket and swivels. I have seen one that sits permanently mounted on sort of a square base; OD-colored, but that looks too heavy.

Anybody seen one like I've described?

Craig

Mark · Guru

OA, I'm pretty sure I have what your talking about. Let me look for it and I'll send you a PM..

Mark · Guru

Is this it?

CrowbustingSkeeter · Member

This is what I use. It will hold plenty of shells, gloves and stocking hat. This is a very comfortable chair. I load mine in a sled and pull it to where I am hunting.Good back support

Bob · Guru

Our seats are not fancy, just a 7 gallon bucked with a padded lid.

Old Artilleryman · Guru

Bob wrote:
Our seats are not fancy, just a 7 gallon bucked with a padded lid.

Same here, Bob, but my back has problems and a bit of support sure helps. I use a little tripod job in my deer blind where I don't need to swivel like when crow shooting and it makes a lot of difference after sitting still a few hours. Looking for the same help on a "spinner" arrangement atop of the usual drywall 5-gal plastic can.. I'll send a photo of mine later today.

Craig

Butch · Guru

Bob,
Been shooting off 5 gal bucket with a homemade padded swivel top my Dad made for me in the early 60's to Dove hunt on, it has served me well over the years, gettin older and as O.A. said just need some lower back support. Plus if this chair works out it saves a lot of room on the "carts of death" we use when we have to walk in to a hunting spot, which can be a fair distance during prime time.
Hoping to make a 2 day hunt end of this week and try them out and give a report.

Butch

Mark · Guru

I found two more pictures of our seats.. They are very stable and perfect for uneven ground as the legs telescope and also pivot for storage and transport. I added some ~2" x 2" 10ga steel pieces on the bottoms to keep the legs from sinking on wet ground.. The user can get his legs tucked between the legs for comfort and a quick stance . The seats swivel 360 degrees.. I took the smaller seat off and purchased a larger more comfortable padded seat.... I was thinking of building a few as I can't find these frames are not available from Bass Pro.

Bob · Guru

I carry a pick axe with me to level off un even ground so by bucket is not ****eyed when I sit on it.

Mark · Guru

A "bucket" for a base? Been there, done that. That's like trying to have sex in a hammock, while standing......just kidding... biggrin

Old Artilleryman · Guru

OK. Like lots of you out there I've been using the standard 5-gal bucket with the $10.00 swivel cushion that simply snaps on the bucket.

This is my upgraded bucket seat that I had previously camouflage painted and also added a shoulder strap. But after this past deer season, there was a tool bucket cover in camo on sale at the local Menard's (our regional big-box store; sorta like a Lowe's) that I just added.

This works just fine, but I would like to replace my current swivel top seat with a swivel seat having a back, for some back support for those times between crows (all too often and lengthy around here cry ).

Mark · Guru

And another seat.. Not for "The Blind."

Butch · Guru

Mark,

That's thinking ahead or should I say "behind"

Butch

Island Shooter · Guru

This morning I shot with a friend who recently came back from hunting doves in Argentina. They were using a stool that everyone raved about. Simple, but comfortable. He took pictures and made one on his return. It could easily be made with a backed-seat, so I am including the pictures. The seat was stuck in the ground at a slight angle so it was more comfortable. Also, the fit between the post and the seat allowed the seat to swivel.

Demi

Butch · Guru

Update
Made a short hunt this A:M, 3 hrs in the blind and my report on the new blind seat is all good, didn't get to go on the 2 day hunt had to postpone till next weekend so I will be able to use it under more rigorous conditions then. I must say as of now I'm optimistic that it is going to be what I was looking for.

As far as how the hunt went I got humbled by Mr. Crow, killed 5 and heard very few. But I still got to go and enjoy a good a:m with a hot thermos of coffee, better than work anytime!

Butch

Hizzoner · Senior Member

Hello Butchy,

I don't have a picture cuz I leave my seats in one particular blind but I made em out of boat swivel seats,I cut some galvi

fence pipe 2" welded it on about 40" then I cut the bottom at a long angle like you would a fising rod holder and drove it into

the ground/marsh/ mud etc.spray paint and away you go.they pivot 360 cheap way out. I have carry stools also but the boat seats make for comfort on a long sit. smile smile smile

Butch · Guru

Hizzoner,

Thanks for the laugh! Haven't been called Butchy in 50 yrs. Brought back some good memories. Thanks for sharing your set up, if these don't work out I will have to do the same and make what I need and it will be easier thanks to everybody sharing what they have made or use.

Butch

Bob · Guru

Butch,

If you keep killing the crows we will call you "butcher" !

Butch · Guru

Bob,

L.O.L.

How many more hunts will you make till spring?

Butch

Big Honkers · Guru

Butcher...I like that.

It might stick around these parts.

BH

Bob · Guru

Butch,

I quit at the end of last month, I'm tired of shooting them by this time of year.

Dick my partner will be at it for about two more weeks and then he will be done for the season.

Had to get a new breach bolt for my Beretta model 391 Urika because part of the bolt broke in that 3 below zero weather I was hunting in last December. Cost me $ 400.00 bucks for a new bolt plus parts & labor from the gunsmith.

Mark · Guru

Bob, $400 for a breach bolt and labor? Dang.. Beretta and Mercedes " expensive and built to stay that way." do you think it was fatigue? How many rounds do you think you put thru it before it broke. Was this just a simple part change out?

nhcrowshooter · Guru

I think your gunsmith saw you coming. I have never owned a 391 but I can't imagine they are very hard to disassemble and repair, it's a gas operated auto, they are simple designs. A breach bolt is a $90 part and it should take someone about 15 minutes to tear down the receiver, install it and put the gun back together. I still have a few Rem 1100's kicking around and unless the magazine tube separates from the receiver there isn't anything inside of one you can't replace yourself easily. That was some fast money.

Just found this video in a minute of looking, disassembly looks pretty simple and you would not have to field strip the gun as far as he goes to replace the breach bolt.

-- Edited by nhcrowshooter on Wednesday 18th of February 2015 02:40:48 PM

Mark · Guru

"Saw you coming" reminds me of a joke long ago about the Pope, Japanese man and a $1m camera..I'm sure some of you remember..

-- Edited by Mark on Wednesday 18th of February 2015 03:04:20 PM

Bob · Guru

Hi Pete,

The chrome breach bolts are expensive that was just for the block, he still used everything else from the old breach bolt. No way to repair my old bolt, no way to weld that piece back onto the old bolt. Steel changes in sub zero weather and as it turned out my breach bolts number was up, bad news for me! If my memory serves me correctly barrels are $ 400.00 , butt stocks range from $ 380.00 to $ 500.00 depending on make and model. I also had a broken tuning fork in back of the breach bolt that goes into the butt stock when the breach bolt moves back& forth from the recoil. The tuning fork was $ 18.00 I got off easy on that part. Beretta parts are not cheap.

Bob · Guru

Hi Mark,

Yes it is an easy job to just pull the breach bolt out and put it back, the cost was in the part it's self.

I believe it was fatigue due in part because of the extreme temperatures that day.

I did not put many rounds through it that day before I had problems with it. Perhaps 150 rounds as near as I can remember.

STP22 · Veteran Member

How many rounds did that shotgun see throughout the years before the breech bolt failed? Berettas are expensive, but I bet it was worth every penny considering the heavy use it sees.

Steve

Bob · Guru

That Beretta has had roughly 50,000 rounds shot through it just on crows over the past 10 seasons.

motiondecoy · Guru

HA HA HA HA!!!

Very practical though out in the woods and fields!

motiondecoy · Guru

(Referring to the toilet seat) prior to the broken bolt posting which was scary to read because at $400.00 strictly speaking for me I would get another shotgun however I emphasize if you can do whatever you can do then of course do it. At that price too bad it wasn't with a warranty...

STP22 · Veteran Member

That's an impressive number.
Steve

Bob · Guru

Steve,

Here is another stat for you in regard to numbers:

In 41 crow seasons I have been on 1,539 crow hunts. This season I was on 36 crow hunts and the amount of crows Dick & I shot together was 6,233 crows for an average of 173 crows per hunt.

In 41 seasons the grand total with the help of several other partners over those years comes to 235,062 crows!

I have not added up the total amount of ammo shot with in the last two seasons yet. But as of 2012 (end of 2012 season) I have shot 204,940 hulls at crows up to that point in time!

STP22 · Veteran Member

WOW! I can't even imagine the crow activity in the areas you hunt.
Steve

motiondecoy · Guru

I use a folding chair with a little pouch for a couple boxes of ammo or calls...great and it works okay...but the one used by the big English guy is the best I've seen yet!
What's his name George Digweed or something?He is as big as Haystacks Calhoun!!!

Butch · Guru

We used both chairs this past Sat. and they worked well, takes a little getting use to but that's normal for me with almost everything.
If I were to score them 1 to 10 with 10 being the best it would be comfort-81/2, portability-9, back support-10, durability will be determined after a full season but I think with care they will be worth the cost. They won't be for everyone but what is. I don't recommend many things but if you have back issues and won't to save room and weight you might won't to look into these.

Butch

Butch · Guru

Update on the Blackout chairs, after a lot of hard use they have been great, comfort and back support has made a sit in the blind a lot more relaxing. Only problem I've had is my boxers tend to ride up during the battle (lol) but have to admit its one piece of light weight crow Huntin equipment that will never be left at home.

Butch

Magoo84 · Newbie

sportsmans guide sells a boat seat base that you can attach a swiveling boat seat too. I have sat in it all day in my deer blind.

http://www.sportsmansguide.com/product/index/wise-standard-boat-seat-stand?a=1586528