SITE IN CLEAN Gun Vise?

I'll bet it will work fine, especially with a 223

Remember you don't want to "push and pull" on the gun in the rest to make your shots. If you do, your results won't be very good. Just use the adjustment on the rest to bring your cross hairs to the desired Point of Impact.

Having a gun rest does not mean that you can forget the fine points of shooting. Everything from how you place your finger on the trigger to how your breath to how you squeeze will still affect your rifle as you sight it in.

However, the unit does looks pretty light and you may want to have some sand bags or bags of shot to lay across it unless the bottom body of it can be filled with sand.
 
I recently bought their Predator Rifle/Pistol rest system...figure I should be able to use it for cleaning also.
 
Fox--By no means am I any kind of an expert on this subject, but I do believe that you should sight in your rifle using whatever rest, bipod, shooting sticks, off-hand method you will be using when you have it in the field for the actual kill shots. I use a bipod for 98% of my shooting, so once I get a load worked up that seems to shoot pretty good in my rifle, I do the final sighting in off my bipod.

For load workup I use a mechanical front rest and a rabbit ear rear bag as pictured below:

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One of the photos of the rig you linked us too looks like it has a considerable amount of contact on the sides of the back of the stock. In another photo they show the back rest completely removed. My personal opinion is that if you use the back stock holder in sighting in, it will be unnatural and may not give you the same point of impact you will experience if you shoot it with just your shoulder supporting the butt of the stock. It may work quite well for rough sighting in and load workup, but I'd recommend shooting the rifle for final sightin the way you'll be shooting it in the field.

JMHO and your results may vary.
 
Bought it, tried it, didn't like it, returned it.
It's fine for cleaning, but sorely lacking as a shooting rest. Not enough adjustability.
 
If you are looking for a shooting rest for sight-in load development, look to the benchrest/sandbag type combination. Caldwell has some great new products that are inexpensive but work very well.
 
Thanks Everyone for the input. Silverfox, That was a great reply with plenty of info, thank you very much for that. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif
I was actually looking at the Caldwell stuff and it does look more practicle for sighting in. The Site in see which is the one i have, is great for cleaning, but i might ivest in a caldwell as well.
Its true id say, that your point of impact changes, so i will try and duplicate as much as possible feild conditions when sighting in. I still have no bipod, but will be getting one soon, the only thing that puts me off is it being top heavy for carrying around all day.
Thanks again.
 
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