benchrest

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noun

A shooting sport in which very accurate and precise rifles are shot at paper targets.

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Meanings

nounbenchrest (plural benchrests)

plural benchrests

  1. gun sportsA shooting sport in which very accurate and precise rifles are shot at paper targets.
  2. 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 like a man: There are no benchrests in the wood”, in Field & Stream, volume 109, number 2, page 62

Origin

From bench + rest, since the gun is mounted on a rest placed on a table or bench.

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APA

benchrest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/benchrest

MLA

“benchrest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/benchrest. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “benchrest,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/benchrest.

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