This one. I love it. I had zero interest in drilling into my rifle stock.
Strap-on to stock cheek-rest
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This one. I love it. I had zero interest in drilling into my rifle stock.
How do you go about adjusting those? It looks like they have 4 pre-determined height settings and require complete disassembly to make any adjustments. Landed cost to an address in Canada would be around $175.
There are 4 predetermined heights, locked down with Chicago screws, you can leave it on the rifle to adjust. Not that you'll need to adjust it after the initial setup.
People get far too hung up on rapid and infinite adjustability, its almost never necessary.
Exact, after examining carefully the pictures and mesuring my stock I purchased the fixed one. I hate adjustable things when it's not needed. My cheek wont change that much...
The reason i recommended the adjustable Bradley is because then you can happily swap it between rifles if need be. changing heights to suit the rifle etc.
If its going to live on only one rifle, then i agree, adjustable feature is not needed.
As a product designer, I am not able to understand why someone would choose a cheek rest that has predetermined height spacing and is difficult to adjust instead of a cheek rest that has infinite adjustment and is easy to adjust. Especially when the semi adjustable one is almost twice the price. I'm not even going to address the other aspects of the Bradley product.
Can you enlighten me?
I plagiarized this post from another forum:
"I just received my President's Day sale package from Fulton Armory and wanted to share my initial impression of the Fulton-branded Tac-Pro adjustable cheek rest.
A while back I bought a chocolate brown colored Bradley adjustable cheek rest, and found it superb in every respect (I love the color too!).
During an opportunity to promote the Bradley product a few weeks a go, I made the mistake of comparing the Bradley and the Tac-Pro (which I'd only seen in photos) as suspiciously similar, and got drudged HARD for my troubles.
Since then, I allowed for a rejoinder in a thread about adjustable kydex cheek rests by the Tac-Pro folks that stated "...rests should not require removal and dismantling for adjustments sake..." which opened my eyes to the fact that I liked my Bradley for both scoped AND irons use, except for how damn time consuming adjustments are.
The Bradley has had the utmost respect for my ability to fit it to both my Vepr 7.62x39 thumb-hole stocked rifle AND my 7x57 FN49 Venezuelan contract mil-surp rifle.
But as far as my use on my Loaded M1A, the Tac-Pro product wins out.
I wish it was made in a better color, and if the Velcro straps approached the quality of the units supplied by the Bradley company I' be much happier with it. But as far as the adjustability goes, there is no comparison.
Both brands fit the butt stock equally well, but the height adjustment on the Tac-Pro is SO0o much easier, I don't know if the Bradley will ever go back on the rifle that gets used with irons at least as often as it does with the glass.
And anyone who questions "Why?" do you want a cheek rest for iron sighted shooting? Well, either brand picks you up (when all the way down) just far enough to make the site picture totally reproducible EVERY time.
I love them both, but my Bradley will be used on my Euro guns from now on. "
Well i dont know why, but I hate adjustable things when I know I wont need to adjust it (more moving things who can fail for nothing i guess. Also the look, i like the sleek look of a non ajustable). I even had to argue with the seller who didnt want to ship an non ajustable to canada in case it didnt fit... (it's how i hate adjustable...).
I would love to know what are the other aspect of the Bradley product you dont like.
Note : I remember correctly, when I shopped I ended up on your website started the video without reading nothing, saw holes in the stock and closed the page ( le diable est dans les détails comme on dit en français...)
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As a product designer, I am not able to understand why someone would choose a cheek rest that has predetermined height spacing and is difficult to adjust instead of a cheek rest that has infinite adjustment and is easy to adjust. Especially when the semi adjustable one is almost twice the price. I'm not even going to address the other aspects of the Bradley product.
Can you enlighten me?
I plagiarized this post from another forum:
"I just received my President's Day sale package from Fulton Armory and wanted to share my initial impression of the Fulton-branded Tac-Pro adjustable cheek rest.
A while back I bought a chocolate brown colored Bradley adjustable cheek rest, and found it superb in every respect (I love the color too!).
During an opportunity to promote the Bradley product a few weeks a go, I made the mistake of comparing the Bradley and the Tac-Pro (which I'd only seen in photos) as suspiciously similar, and got drudged HARD for my troubles.
Since then, I allowed for a rejoinder in a thread about adjustable kydex cheek rests by the Tac-Pro folks that stated "...rests should not require removal and dismantling for adjustments sake..." which opened my eyes to the fact that I liked my Bradley for both scoped AND irons use, except for how damn time consuming adjustments are.
The Bradley has had the utmost respect for my ability to fit it to both my Vepr 7.62x39 thumb-hole stocked rifle AND my 7x57 FN49 Venezuelan contract mil-surp rifle.
But as far as my use on my Loaded M1A, the Tac-Pro product wins out.
I wish it was made in a better color, and if the Velcro straps approached the quality of the units supplied by the Bradley company I' be much happier with it. But as far as the adjustability goes, there is no comparison.
Both brands fit the butt stock equally well, but the height adjustment on the Tac-Pro is SO0o much easier, I don't know if the Bradley will ever go back on the rifle that gets used with irons at least as often as it does with the glass.
And anyone who questions "Why?" do you want a cheek rest for iron sighted shooting? Well, either brand picks you up (when all the way down) just far enough to make the site picture totally reproducible EVERY time.
I love them both, but my Bradley will be used on my Euro guns from now on. "
Thats a really nice looking unit.
I can get behind the infinite adjustable positions - makes perfect sense and it is a shortfall of the bradley, but as for speed of adjustments - to me at least, its non feature.
if i have to remove my scope from my rifle, then im also removing the cheek riser.
If im changing the optic to something else, im taking the time to mount it up properly, whats an extra 2 minutes to change the cheek riser height as well?
some might raise the point that the bradley would be terrible to work on in the field - how often do you really do that?
6P - prior planning prevents piss poor performance
set up your cheek riser properly before you take it out to shoot. its that easy.
thats my feelings on it anyway.
Im going to order a TacPro riser - it does look awesome, and as said, the infinitely adjustable height is whats missing from the bradley.
Bradley adjustable is 190.00cdn shipped as of today. Just ordered one...Ouch...
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manicmechanic
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I am also looking for a cheek rest/riser for a Savage LRP with a HS Precision stock and a Mark II FVSR tupperware stock- and am also unsure I want to ventilate the stocks.
The gent on CGN I bought the LRP from had the regular TAC PRO model on a couple rifles and highly recommended it - plus its a Canadian company in Thornhill Ont - and I like to support the local talent.
Price is about half of the Bradley for the no drill model ($80), and the drill mount is $50 (plus shipping for both). Looked at both models on Youtube and they appear to be well made - just have to decide if I can live with a permanent solution.
Anyone using the no drill TAC PRO and can comment pro or con?
Thanks
Tom
The gent on CGN I bought the LRP from had the regular TAC PRO model on a couple rifles and highly recommended it - plus its a Canadian company in Thornhill Ont - and I like to support the local talent.
Price is about half of the Bradley for the no drill model ($80), and the drill mount is $50 (plus shipping for both). Looked at both models on Youtube and they appear to be well made - just have to decide if I can live with a permanent solution.
Anyone using the no drill TAC PRO and can comment pro or con?
Thanks
Tom
Obviously I am not charging enough for my products.
Anyone using the no drill TAC PRO and can comment pro or con?
Thanks
Tom
This will answer your question.
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One important factor which is neglected by most buyers of cheek rests is the width of the cheek rest where the cheek is resting. If the cheek rest is too wide, the eye will be pushed out of alignment with the scope.
Another factor is the shape of the cheek rest where the cheek is resting. All hand-made cheek rests have a round shape which is easy to form over a block of wood, but which lacks a discernible "shelf" to enable the user to index the cheek in the same place each time.
Another factor is the shape of the cheek rest where the cheek is resting. All hand-made cheek rests have a round shape which is easy to form over a block of wood, but which lacks a discernible "shelf" to enable the user to index the cheek in the same place each time.
Yes. Both styles of cheek rest have the same shape and same width at the top.
The strap-on rest is just as steady as the bolt-on rest because of the precise forming and form fitting shape of the saddle.
+ 1 on the 3M vetwrap. 3$ a roll and some pieces cut off a camping foam mattress.
Cohesive tape / vetwrap can be removed and reapplied multiple times, and only sticks to itself, so nothing left behind when you remove it.
I'm not sure, I used that rifle for several clinics last season and re used the wrap and foam materials on my new rifle this season. Its quite durable.
It does not get a lot of rough wear on the stock, no apparent damage from normal use.
It does not get a lot of rough wear on the stock, no apparent damage from normal use.
