Is this rest worth investing in?

[Arkyvarminter]

I can get a Shadetree engineering rest for 375 but this one is cheaper but doesn't look all that great. I know the bag is junk. What about the rest of it?

http://ads.midwayusa.com/product/95...ell-_-956104&gclid=CLnJjMOS7s0CFQQbaQodlSYBbA

 

[sdneil]

Go to bullets.com and take a look at their offerings.....they are a site sponsor

 

[DeltaBravo]

Arky,

All the ones I've seen or laid hands on were SLOPPY! Get Butch's ShadeTree top and be done with it.

Dennis

 

[GSPV]

A friend has one. The "action" is nowhere as good as a Farley, Shadetree, or a Seb.

There is, or was, another coax rest called something like "Magnum Metal". I'd heard that it was on a par with the Farley, but don't have first-hand experience.

 

[Big Mc]

I can get a Shadetree engineering rest for 375 but this one is cheaper but doesn't look all that great. I know the bag is junk. What about the rest of it?

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Had one. Butch has a FAR BETTER rest. Call Butch Lambert.. Just my two cents.. Tommy Mc..

 

[normmatzen]

I and my friend in Australia both bought one about 6-8 years ago. They wore out quickly and taking them apart we found the tension adjustments were really crude hardware that used the inner surface of the cross-piece for a bearing. Well, it galled severely and quickly.

We both "hot-rodded" our rests. We epoxied a piece of a cabinet makers scraper on the bearing surface of the unit and replaced the adjusting screws with Allen screws that we drilled for a small spring and home made brass mushroom bearings. Coated the steel plate (easy to cut and drill a large hole with a Dremel) with grease and went shooting!

I replaced mine with a Sinclair rest but have recently gone back to the Caldwell. There are better rests that don't need improving as this one did, but now I have both an improved Caldwell and a stock Sinclair and I use the Caldwell more.

 

[Uthink Uknow]

A co-axial front rest has more going on than what meets the eye. Will Caldwell or Mid-Way respond immediately if you should have any problems? Butch Lambert will. Is that worth the difference in prices? I think it is.
Oh, and buy American.

 

[6MMsteve]

if you lube the rest they work much better, some people just buy them and expect them to work. you have to tinker a bit

 

[boltman223]

It looks like it would be to flimsy to me, but that is just an assumption from looking at a picture.

 

[LHSmith]

The Caldwell Fire Control Rest is a fine rest.....if you use it once a year. The internals are pot metal and plastic.

 

[6MMsteve]

 

[6MMsteve]

It looks like it would be to flimsy to me, but that is just an assumption from looking at a picture.

I just shoot around the house so I have a Bald Eagle Wishbone, after installing a alum plate and polishing the cross feed it's smooth so it's good enough for me,

 

[6MMsteve]

if I was buying, and the funds I would buy best as possible a Seb would be my 1st choice I guess, whatever the top shooters are using would be my choice

 

[Hal]

Arky


Give Butch a call and ask him a few questions.
He's a great guy and make quality products.

Hal

 

[Steve Ladino]

Seems like you are after the co axial adjusting feature.....difference being the Caldwell is like a covered wagon and the better co-axial models ( More costly ) are cadillacs. Basically you will want a better one later and you will lose money on the caldwell if you can sell it.

 

[LHSmith]

Seems like you are after the co axial adjusting feature.....difference being the Caldwell is like a covered wagon and the better co-axial models ( More costly ) are cadillacs. Basically you will want a better one later and you will lose money on the caldwell if you can sell it.

^^^Great analogy^^^.....the Caldwell will impress those at the local gun club who know nothing about precision shooting

 

[Shynloco]

Arky,

All the ones I've seen or laid hands on were SLOPPY! Get Butch's ShadeTree top and be done with it.

Dennis

+1.

Arky,
What is your goal in a rest? I believe the two rests aren't even in the same neighborhood quality wise, If you want precision, the Caldwell isn't capable of that. If you want a general ballpark plinking rest, the Caldwell approaches that goal. I've got a Caldwell "The Rock" in a box sitting on a shelf that I once used for general load development...hunting load development. But once I got into "precision" reloading, I quickly found you need quality equipment to get quality results. And no offense to Caldwell products, but they simply never intended their equipment to meet that necessary element.

Alex

 

[dickn52]

Get the Bald Eagle, throw that stupid backlashing cable thing away. Take the top apart, reverse it if right handed, get two washers and an o'ring and a screw that fits. Point the screw end with a grinder and backlash gone.

 

[7mmshooter]

if I was buying, and the funds I would buy best as possible a Seb would be my 1st choice I guess, whatever the top shooters are using would be my choice

 

[Arkyvarminter]

I'm going to get the Bald Eagle. I didn't realize you could get one for that price. I was looking in the wrong places. I guess the heavier rests are better when comparing cast iron vs Aluminum?