Brett248Vista
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I have been putting off buying a sled for a while and it's to the point where I just think it's worth buying for sighting in rifles.
I went to Gander Mountain the other day after work with the express purpose of picking up a sled of some sort. They had no less than five models from Caldwell priced from 49 all the way to 349 and I wasn't overly impressed with the build quality. I turned around and on the bottom shelf was a sled by Stoney Point. I picked up the box (heavy) and started checking it out and it didn't take long to convince me.
I did take it upon myself to do a modification though. Out of the box this thing is set up so that you can split it and use the front part as a stand-alone rest. That to me seemed fairly pointless I have Bi Pods for that purpose. I bought this to be able to accurately hold the rifle for sighting purposes.
The way they had it designed there was a bolt that threaded down through both square tubes and acted as a foot and bolt at the same time and they also used an alignment pin. I eliminated that and replaced it with a pair of stainless steel 3/8-18 Allen Head Cap Screws with Serrated Lock Nuts.
Some of the nice features are the fully welded tubular steel construction, the fully boxed in butt end holder, the use of very thick vinyl coating on all parts that will touch the firearm and the cast iron vertical height adjuster.
I went to Gander Mountain the other day after work with the express purpose of picking up a sled of some sort. They had no less than five models from Caldwell priced from 49 all the way to 349 and I wasn't overly impressed with the build quality. I turned around and on the bottom shelf was a sled by Stoney Point. I picked up the box (heavy) and started checking it out and it didn't take long to convince me.
I did take it upon myself to do a modification though. Out of the box this thing is set up so that you can split it and use the front part as a stand-alone rest. That to me seemed fairly pointless I have Bi Pods for that purpose. I bought this to be able to accurately hold the rifle for sighting purposes.
The way they had it designed there was a bolt that threaded down through both square tubes and acted as a foot and bolt at the same time and they also used an alignment pin. I eliminated that and replaced it with a pair of stainless steel 3/8-18 Allen Head Cap Screws with Serrated Lock Nuts.
Some of the nice features are the fully welded tubular steel construction, the fully boxed in butt end holder, the use of very thick vinyl coating on all parts that will touch the firearm and the cast iron vertical height adjuster.
