Recomend Some Front Rests?

Max Owner

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Hey all.

I have been using bi pods. Tried a Caldwell Firecontrol and not the happiest with it. Need to try some more shooting with it to appease my opinion of it.

My factory guns only have a sling swivel so a Remple is out of the question. Sinclair Int. has allot of nice ones but around the $800 US tag......

What is "gettable" in Canada?

Caldwell Rock BR gets o.k. reviews.

Thinking if I want to take mys hooting to a new level, the bi pod has to be left at home.

Recomendations?
 
If you like bipods, the Remple is the top in this food chain.

I use the Caldwell BR rock. have made a few tweaks to it and it serves me well for F open. Best in it price range right now.

I am hoping to review a new brand from Europe/China whenever new stock hits my dist. Looks like a best of compilation at a very low price.

Time will tell.

Jerry
 
How about the Sinclair Gen II All Purpose Complete Benchrest for 300 US bucks? I have one and really like it....and....Sinclair shipped it right to my post office. It's a big improvement over the Harris bipod I'll tell you.....especially if you shoot from a hard surface like a shooting bench. It's pretty heavy (I think around 20 lbs.), easily adjustable, and stable as heck. It's definitely not as nice as the JJ rest but it gets the job done just as well I would imagine. There's also a guy that lives out in Houston BC that was making some nice rests too. Can't remember his name though....or even if he still makes them.
 
Rifle rests

The machinist from Houston is Gary Eakin, here's a pic of his rests.
I have set my Caldwell aside now that I've used this.



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Max Owner said:
Thanx guys.

One of my fears about ordering from Sinclair would be shipping costs.

The Generation II doesn't look bad. The Windage one looks even better for $75 more.
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Sinclair is owned by Brownell. They probably won't ship it to Canuckastan anyway.

NormB
 
mysticplayer said:
If you like bipods, the Remple is the top in this food chain.

I use the Caldwell BR rock. have made a few tweaks to it and it serves me well for F open. Best in it price range right now.

I am hoping to review a new brand from Europe/China whenever new stock hits my dist. Looks like a best of compilation at a very low price.

Time will tell.

Jerry
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what kind of tweaking to the Caldwell rock BR Jerry?
I've got it and I think it's great, except the windage adjustment could be better made, I think it is its weakest point


CyaN1de said:
Sinclair will send anything they sell other than bullets, brass, powders, primers, liquids, barrels and any other restricted exports.
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Talking about Sinclair, they updated the website to the Brownells layout, it is disgusting at best, the Sinclair webshop was perfect but now this is just :puke:
I had ordered an item that was backordered with a date, and with the Brownells shop update there are no backorder dates anymore?
 
Remple makes a blank adaptor that you can use with a sling swivel, I used on on mine for years before I sold it

It will work best if you put a second swivel in so that it has two attachment points
 
CyaN1de said:
Sinclair will send anything they sell other than bullets, brass, powders, primers, liquids, barrels and any other restricted exports.
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That was true before Brownells. It may have changed some, It seems to me a manufacturer must buy a rather expensive export license to export most anything now.


But Hey make the phone call.

I tried Midway International(a cruel joke). This is a website with e-mail they don't answer and a phone that puts you to voice mail that is ignored and a site that says they don't ship internationally. Canadian calls are directed to the international voice mail phone. I couldn't even get a sales rep to tell me no.


Norm B
 
NormB said:
That was true before Brownells. It may have changed some, It seems to me a manufacturer must buy a rather expensive export license to export most anything now.


But Hey make the phone call.

I tried Midway International(a cruel joke). This is a website with e-mail they don't answer and a phone that puts you to voice mail that is ignored and a site that says they don't ship internationally. Canadian calls are directed to the international voice mail phone. I couldn't even get a sales rep to tell me no.


Norm B
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No it has not changed, I make regular orders, so far 4 this year, all arrived, not problems. Sinclair is a good company
 
The bottom line is BUY AND CRY only once. I have lived it myself. I would personally never invest in anything other than a top notch rest for my style of shooting.

For me it is JJ, Farley, SEB, Viper, Hayes. Those are TOP NOTCH shooting rests. Butch Lambert(Shadetree) makes good coaxial tops that fit nicely on Sinclair bases. There are a few more out there but these stand out in my mind.

They cost a lot but nothing that a bit of OVERTIME cannot pay for.

CBY
 
NormB said:
That was true before Brownells. It may have changed some, It seems to me a manufacturer must buy a rather expensive export license to export most anything now.


But Hey make the phone call.

I tried Midway International(a cruel joke). This is a website with e-mail they don't answer and a phone that puts you to voice mail that is ignored and a site that says they don't ship internationally. Canadian calls are directed to the international voice mail phone. I couldn't even get a sales rep to tell me no.


Norm B
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Midway is in a league of its own when it comes to not shipping internationally, in no way comparable with the Brownells co.

also, Sinclair has been Brownells' property since 2007 but it is only since last week that they have updated the website,
2 orders so far for me in 2010: dies, press, accessories
 
I use a caldwell rock br base with a shadetree engineering coaxial top......works well, especially if you already have a base and can just upgrade the top.
 
cycbb486 said:
The bottom line is BUY AND CRY only once. I have lived it myself. I would personally never invest in anything other than a top notch rest for my style of shooting.

For me it is JJ, Farley, SEB, Viper, Hayes. Those are TOP NOTCH shooting rests. Butch Lambert(Shadetree) makes good coaxial tops that fit nicely on Sinclair bases. There are a few more out there but these stand out in my mind.

They cost a lot but nothing that a bit of OVERTIME cannot pay for.

CBY
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++ agreed, but I think it depends on what kind of shooting you are doing, I found the Remple good for Tactical/Precision shooting as you could swivel quickly to follow targets, but it is not very good for the bench, and is attached, therefore its wt is counted with the rifle. Last year I went with a heavier rifle and sold the Remple and followed the advice of cycbb486, and bought a SEB and cried only once, I am still crying.... but now they are tears of joy :)
 
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