The Hunting Times

From my last Shooting Bench post you saw the skeleton of a single bench without a top.  I finally got around to tearing up the old dog boxes to make better use of the DuraPlate (used for the walls of 'dry' semi-truck trailers - thin aluminum sandwiching a hard plastic). I used the DuraPlate to make the tops of each bench.  A second bench, you say?  Yep.  Make a second one, exactly like the first with the exception of the seat.  The plan is to put these on the trailer and haul them to New Mexico to hunt prairie dogs.  Krueger wants to take his own seat, so the second bench has a removeable seat.  When down South, the seat is absent.  When shooting or spotting here at the Ranch, the seat is installed as shown in the pictures. DuraPlate is white, shiny, and smooth.  Bad for reflection and holding your bipods.  I roughed it up with 80 grit sandpaper and then spray painted the tops.  See pictures below.  The colors?  I wanted something mute, non-reflective, and would not heat up