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Yes, I haven't been on this forum long enough to have an opinion on who to take seriously and who to take with a grain of salt. It won't take long.

TXRam,

My suggestion that the rifeman consider a soft bag and towel was an alternative. I gave a reason why I use it with the damage to the hard kicking 375. Of course with less recoil they are favored for the bench.

However I also mentioned hunting and to consider the way we test and sight in at the bench work when hunting.

I guess the Sinclair is the general idea for the best or standard

Yes, I agree with aalf. Sinclair's latest GenII is very nice but there's a lot of really nice used rests out there.

When I started BR I was on a very limited budget. I found a used Rock BR and was able to have fun.

This Rock BR weighs 17lbs 11.6ozs with heavy sand in a small sporter bag




Other than a good bag on top, the best option is the Rest Nest to haul around your rest.




And after I got into it on a regular basis I needed a better more precision rest. I tried a few high end rests that other were using out at our range and settled on the Sinclair Competition model. Now I can't use my rest as an excuse anymore.



This rest weighs 32lbs 2.2ozs with heavy sand in a 2.25" bag

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I use my Hart/Sinclair rest for load work and PD's, but when the gloves come off, I use a 1st generation Competition Rest Sinclair made 20 years ago, for a short period of time, that they resurrected the blue print from for the new version like yours.

When the gloves come off I use either a NEO, MAX, or Joy-Pod.

Of course being a dealer sways your opinion.....

Bad azz set up there aalf....I'm liking your Dasher rig too !

Thanks....they're both Dashers.

Although I'm down to the grey Light Gun, I just sold the black/purple HG...

New Dasher on the way?

Cool thing I like about our Sinclairs is the windage and elevation knobs are close together. I can use either one without really moving my hand.

Nope, I'm scaling back. The little I'm going to shoot 1K, I'm going to have at it with just the Light. I have 3 barrels for it, 1 in it's golden years, another in it's prime, and the 3rd is a virgin, so I'm set for a while.

I cut my competition teeth on point blank BR and was never a bag squeezer, and hated the idea of a windage top being so far away, so when Sinclair came out with this one, it was a match made in heaven.

I am biased-I admit it!

Those are some nice setups there y'all have.