Sebastian Lambang, the creator of the ever popular SEB Neo and SEB Max, was kind enough to send me a SEB Mini for review. I made every attempt to contact the powers that be in an attempt to make this review in the Daily bullentin section, but was unable to establish contact. The point of this review is to give a shooters perspective. The technical aspects will be left to those so inclined. I will just say that the adjustments and movements are plenty sufficient to shoot in F-Class in highpower and rimfire.
Initial impressions:
Pros:
The SEB mini has all of the fine craftsmanship of the NEO. The fit and finish is excellent. This thing is SOLID!!! When the screws are all locked down it does not budge. The engineering is excellent and well thought out. See photo below of how the acme threaded post is captured providing absolute rigidity. It comes in at 12.0 lbs with sand in bag and ready to shoot. To me this weight appears to be optimal, lite enough to travel with but heavy enough to be stable.
Cons:
My one and only gripe is the one piece bag. I have never used a one piece bag before, just trying to figure out how much sand to put in it was a challenge for me. I feel like for those who shoot stocks with thinner side rails, such as the McMillian F-Class stock, the one piece bag would be great. My stocks have a taller side rail which leaves most of it unsupported. Take this for what it is worth, I have no experience with a one piece bag.
Shootability:
For me shooting off the SEB Mini was no different than shooting off the SEB Neo. The fluid motion of the coaxial top and stability were consistant with the NEO. Set up was quick and the ability to set it down in reasonable close alignment and release the clamps on the acme screw to allow perfect rest alignment was a nice feature. Course adjustment was quick with the large mariner wheel and the joy stick has the same size collet as the NEO for those who may have made custom joy sticks.
I shot my rimfire off of it at first, on concrete, and it didn't move at all. No surprise there. So I figured I would shoot my biggest rifle off of it in an attempt to punish this little "mini". Below are some photos and a link to the video and I believe it illustrates just how up to the task it was.
Conclusions:
This thing is just awesome!!! It folds up quite compact and would likely fit in a bag, instead of a pelican case, for travel. I have often thought of shooting my open rifle off of a joy pod when traveling by air but that requires a rail etc for mounting. I would not hesitate to shoot off this in competition.
Regards,
Dan
Please disregard to commentary in the video (love ya Allan!)
Initial impressions:
Pros:
The SEB mini has all of the fine craftsmanship of the NEO. The fit and finish is excellent. This thing is SOLID!!! When the screws are all locked down it does not budge. The engineering is excellent and well thought out. See photo below of how the acme threaded post is captured providing absolute rigidity. It comes in at 12.0 lbs with sand in bag and ready to shoot. To me this weight appears to be optimal, lite enough to travel with but heavy enough to be stable.
Cons:
My one and only gripe is the one piece bag. I have never used a one piece bag before, just trying to figure out how much sand to put in it was a challenge for me. I feel like for those who shoot stocks with thinner side rails, such as the McMillian F-Class stock, the one piece bag would be great. My stocks have a taller side rail which leaves most of it unsupported. Take this for what it is worth, I have no experience with a one piece bag.
Shootability:
For me shooting off the SEB Mini was no different than shooting off the SEB Neo. The fluid motion of the coaxial top and stability were consistant with the NEO. Set up was quick and the ability to set it down in reasonable close alignment and release the clamps on the acme screw to allow perfect rest alignment was a nice feature. Course adjustment was quick with the large mariner wheel and the joy stick has the same size collet as the NEO for those who may have made custom joy sticks.
I shot my rimfire off of it at first, on concrete, and it didn't move at all. No surprise there. So I figured I would shoot my biggest rifle off of it in an attempt to punish this little "mini". Below are some photos and a link to the video and I believe it illustrates just how up to the task it was.
Conclusions:
This thing is just awesome!!! It folds up quite compact and would likely fit in a bag, instead of a pelican case, for travel. I have often thought of shooting my open rifle off of a joy pod when traveling by air but that requires a rail etc for mounting. I would not hesitate to shoot off this in competition.
Regards,
Dan
Please disregard to commentary in the video (love ya Allan!)
