Huntsman22: Thank you so very much for the speedy reply and for all the great ideas I got from your previously and now newly posted pictures, of your innovative self built creations!
I will be adding some holes and slots this evening to my shooting benches in fact!
And maybe even I'll be getting started drawing up a new cleaning cradle!
I built my first cradle for cleaning and for working on Rifles about 35 years ago now.
Way before they were commercially available anyway.
Its made of oak and has a sliding padded "V" type front rest and at the rear I have a small old fashioned "wood clamp" that holds onto the recoil pad area of a Rifle. This set up is rigid and holds the Rifle without harm even when lapping rings and/or cleaning (stroking back and forth) the Rifle.
Thanks again for the great pics and all the ideas!
By the way I just put my all factory Ruger 77 V/T with Leupold 8.5x25 scope on my scale and it came out at 11 pounds 6 ounces!
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy
