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05-27-2013, 11:45 AM
There is an old yankee saying that "even a blind hog occaisionaly finds an acorn". Happened to me last week. I have been fighting with the 360 degrees shooting bench that I bought from Cabella's for the last 4 years. It was poorly engineered, clumsy, awkward & slow to set up, seat adjustment was a pain, and the seat uncomfortable, and in no way compact, and I paid over 150.00 for the thing.
I have always admired the bench that my hunting partner Lee, had as it was compact, easy to set up, the seat was stable and comfortable, etc. He paid well over 200.00 for it at Cabellas and they no longer carried the brand. Soooo---!
I googled the mfg of his bench and got a quote of $130.00 something plus a ship price of 35.00, and tried to order one. For some reason, and after cussing the computer for not being able to order on line, on a whim, I looked up shooting benches on e-bay. There was one that looked just like Lee's, for "buy it now price" $129.00", and free shipping, so I took a chance and bought it. It came from Mo. and was on my front porch the next day via UPS, (which sometimes amazes me). "Mfg in China", and I figured I had been suckered again by e-bay. But I was wrong. The engineering is almost identical to Lee's bench, with a couple of minor engineering updates. The welding is solid, the top is grid covered by fabric which makes it a bit lighter in weight than Lees, and the seat is positive and comfortable. We shot p-dogs last Fri, and our set up and take down times were identical. Unloading and loading the benches time from and back into the bed of the old Dakota was far easier with the new bench.
I usually am part of the bad mouthing crowd regarding Chineese made ****, but this was one time I have to eat crow, and admit that I was a blind hog that did find an acorn.
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I have always admired the bench that my hunting partner Lee, had as it was compact, easy to set up, the seat was stable and comfortable, etc. He paid well over 200.00 for it at Cabellas and they no longer carried the brand. Soooo---!
I googled the mfg of his bench and got a quote of $130.00 something plus a ship price of 35.00, and tried to order one. For some reason, and after cussing the computer for not being able to order on line, on a whim, I looked up shooting benches on e-bay. There was one that looked just like Lee's, for "buy it now price" $129.00", and free shipping, so I took a chance and bought it. It came from Mo. and was on my front porch the next day via UPS, (which sometimes amazes me). "Mfg in China", and I figured I had been suckered again by e-bay. But I was wrong. The engineering is almost identical to Lee's bench, with a couple of minor engineering updates. The welding is solid, the top is grid covered by fabric which makes it a bit lighter in weight than Lees, and the seat is positive and comfortable. We shot p-dogs last Fri, and our set up and take down times were identical. Unloading and loading the benches time from and back into the bed of the old Dakota was far easier with the new bench.
I usually am part of the bad mouthing crowd regarding Chineese made ****, but this was one time I have to eat crow, and admit that I was a blind hog that did find an acorn.
1Shirt!:lol::coffeecom