without the rail, just a bag thrown on the head, quicker than clamping in:
Practicing:
Those look great!
Awesome rigs for their intended purposes and I would not mind having one. I do have something similar that uses a Hog saddle, but don't take it to the field as much as I used to.
In this pic:
I used my trekking poles to make a hasty supported position to allow me to get my rifle over the snow and shoot an elk that was a bit over 400 yards away down at the edge of the timber in the pic. I am sure the OP, in his "My way is the only way" nonsense, will find fault with it too. But the fact is that what I did resulted in one dead elk and a full freezer.
Of course anytime the OP wants actually wants to back up his mouth with something that would give him some credibility, I am all ears. I don't hunt much for horns these days for a multitude of reasons. For one thing, I prefer the taste of cow elk over the bulls and the fact that they are more tender. Plus I simply ran out of room in my house a long time ago for more antlers so I stopped bringing them home.
After a visit to GA Precision in KS MO with the Mrs, we had a demo of the Two Vets tripod system, pretty cool for those who are into that kind of stuff (I wasn't at the time). A month later on my birthday, she surprises me with a nice tripod so naturally I had to educate myself on the accessories and attachment options and to choose which rifle to modify. The 6.5 CM was an easy choice so I bought an Arca rail and installed it on the stock. Not quite sure what I'll do with it at this point but the process has been entertaining. I will take it to KS in December and set it up in a Pop-up for my son who has the tag this year as the shots across the harvested beans and corn can be long. We'll see...