the thing to remember as most important is their is no one size
or style that suits all. what suits one for his application
might not work at all for another. 50lbs isnt exactly my opinion of being portable for example. yes it comes apart for storage if thats what it takes to be labeled as portable.
being strong and sturdy need not also require being heavy.
adjustable legs are a (must) if theres any chance of using it on eneven terrain. long range hunting is all we do from our camp in n c pa. lots of others in that area do also. everybody
there shoots from a bench while hunting the steep mountainous terrain. many times they are carried for long distances.
while a bench is a valuable asset for long shooting it isnt
always the best choice of options. it allows for pointing in pretty much one direction for example. in order to point over there the bench must be turned to allow for that. that takes time and might require releveling. spend a day in a large prairie dog town and you will start to realize what im saying.
it sometimes just isnt worth the bother. ill let those over there go and wait for another in the direction im facing.
the option is a good shooting tripod. notice i said good and that usually dosent mean cheap also. so if your cheap dont bother to look. check out the ultimate tripod made in blairsvill pa by mcfadden machine co.
there are options for it and you can create a few of your own as we did. this year on the opening morning of the pa buck season we found a group of 4 rack bucks together in the 700 yd
range. within 5 minits 3 of them were on the ground thanks in large part to the tripod. the next day a friends wife took a
buck from the same place using their tripod. it was her first time shooting from it.
