Im looking to upgrade my current bench rest and would like to know what makes and models have a high vertical adjustment range.
Im looking to upgrade my current bench rest and would like to know what makes and models have a high vertical adjustment range.
It's all chicken, even the beak!
how about various blocks of wood at different thickness
My Sinclair rest has quite a lot of vertical adjustment, I can measure and let you know.
Take a look at the "Farley" front rest.
expensive but well worth it, used by a lot of pro bench rest shooters
Calamity Jake
NRA Life Member
SASS 15704
Shoot straight, keepem in the ten ring.
Is the Hart pedestal rest still made? Worth a look, but I don't know how the maximum height compares with others. Seems more than adequate to me but it may be lacking for some specialized uses.
I built mine back years ago it has a Ron Hoen top on it. At the time I noticed that all the tops use either a 3/4- or 1-inch piece of all thread for the vertical adjustment. All you would need to do is the drill and tap the hole to mount the rest top to it and mill a slot for the lock screw to ride in. You could make it as long as you want. If you went extreme, you might have to make feet to get table clearance. I used Stainless steel but it would not be mandatory.
I bought the Caldwell Rock BR as it is over 9 inches fully extended and I am tall. Got it with deluxe rear bag for $110 from Midway but it looks like they sold out. It's chinese but a deal for me, not willing to pay bench rest prices for load testing.
It weighs 15 pounds. Vertical adjustment is ball bearing, horizontal is a screw with backlash adjustment.
Last edited by Mal Paso; 08-28-2022 at 10:09 PM.
Mal
Mal Paso means Bad Pass, just so you know.
Check out Sinclair International website. They have furnished rests and other equipment to bench rest shooters for years. Frank
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |