![]() (Today the company is in Powell, Wyoming.)Īt that point I really wanted to try one. That’s where Royal started making the benches, but he eventually moved a few times, including to Worden, Wyoming, where he lived when he contacted me. The ranch manager, having seen Royal fix and make all sorts of stuff, suggested he make one. Royal looked and looked, but couldn’t find anything sturdy enough. ![]() They decided they needed a portable benchrest in order to shoot on various parts of the ranch. Eventually he became the manager for a big ranch, where the owner turned out to be a worldwide big-game hunter. He then decided to fulfill a lifelong dream, moving to Montana to become a cowboy-where he could also shoot a lot more. After high school he first worked for a plant owned by the company that makes Crayola Crayons, spending nine years as a production mechanic, learning to machine and weld production tools to keep them running. We talked for quite a while, Royal explaining that his father had been a retail gun dealer, so Royal grew up shooting a lot of different guns. I’d already seen the distinctive advertisements in several magazines, including a photo of a full-sized pickup truck with each tire resting on one of the benches. ![]() In 2004 a self-described cowboy named Royal Stukey contacted me, saying he wanted to send me a test sample of his portable shooting benchrest, then named the Stukeys Sturdy Shooting Bench. Stukeys Shooting Bench is not only sturdier than most other portable benches, but some permanent benches as well. ![]()
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