Caldwell Precision Turret Rest with Adjustable Ambidextrous Swivel Design and Detachable Magazine Rest with Pistol Grip Attachment for Rifles, Shot Stabilization, and Target Shooting

Takes a lot of the aggravation out of range trips, with most rifles this is all you need to take to the bench, instead of dragging along a bipod and a sandbag and then having only clunky uncertain adjustment options. This rest is solid in front, allows enough side to side movement in the rear for competition multiple bullseye targets and adjusts quickly and easily. One caution, if you are shooting in competition, check with your match director as to whether you need to remove the rear rest (easily done with two large allen head screws). Most will let you either use the entire rest of just the front as a "bipod". And I find it much more stable than most bipods.

I agree with all the other reviews about the Caldwell precision turret rest as it relates to quality, adjustability, weight as well as a few areas that might need a slight improvement such as the nobs or screws used to tighten or lock the right/left or the up/down movement or to increase the down travel of the rear pistol rest plate particularly for AR style rifles. Otherwise, it is a great product. Now let me give you my experience with the CPT rest and some background info. I am 78 years old and have been around guns all my life. My eyes are not as good as they were. My holding of a rifle or pistol is not as steady as it used to be. My buddies and I used to hunt deer, elk and upland birds. But old age, back operations and other things caused us to give that up. We started shooting prairie dogs, varmints, and targets. Each year we would go out West to shoot prairie dogs. A few years ago, we ran across a married couple at the place we stay. They drove up in a SUV all set up for long-range shooting off of the top of the SUV, the husband was ex-military sniper and his wife was a 110 lb. blond who looked like she just a few years out of high school. We assumed he was the shooter. Well, it turned old Missy G. was the shooter, she was second in the nation for women shooting in a particular class. Anyway, later in the week we watched her (it is recorded on video) hitting prairie dogs at a distance of 1644 yards which broke the old record (1249) for verified shooting at the place we stay. That got us old guys into trying to get better at longer range shooting. So, we decided not to shoot at any prairie dogs that were not at least 400 yards out. Over the next few years, we have tried to improve our accuracy because trying to hit a young prairie dog which is not much bigger than a quart bottle at 600 or 700 yds is tuff. We have used all sorts of bullbags, sandbags and tripods. Two days ago, I got the CPT rest. I took my 6.5mm Tikka T3x Tac A1 all apart for a good cleaning then remounted my Vortex Raszor HD Gen II 4.5-27 x56 FFP so it was dead centered. Headed off to the range with my re-load ammo. Fired a couple of rounds at 50 yards, elevation was right on but was shooting to the right. Adjusted the MOA a few clicks. Fired a couple more rounds at 100 yds and made a slight adjustment to the scope again. I then loaded the clips with the 8 rounds of the reload I know Tikka likes the best. I fired 5 rounds at 100 yds. Made a slight adjustment to the scope. I then fired the remaining 3 at a 200 yds with the same results. Enclose pictures black target is 5 rounds at 100 yds and blue target is 3 rounds at 200 yds. The CPT rest took out my shakes, was more comfortable, eliminated all the adjustment neceassy with sandbag, got the same sight picture in seconds and it was fast, easy, stable. In a month I will be out West and field test it under actual conditions for a few days of shooting. Right now, it is my go to rest, it is unfortunate that it took this long to run across this rest. It is the best !!!

I like this one because it is not as bulky as a lead sled although it does have its job and purpose, I use this at the range to sight in different firearms and works really well. I really like how compact it is as well and rugged. in my opinion, great value and a lot more steadier than using sandbags.

Solid bench rest - Easy assembly - Works great!

This is a decent rest. the pistol grip dialing elevator could use finer thread so it would turn a bit easier while the gun is in the unit. You have to move the rifle up a bit to get the dial to thread up or down. everything else is decent and pretty rugged. but you should be able to adjust the elevation and any other adjustment withou having to touch the rifle. the legs are solid steel so its heavy. I like this unit for AR type rifles. I still like the lead sled type for standard style bolt guns. The retail price is high. but if you get lucky and can catch a sale and get a cpupon then its not bad. I got the lowesr price I could wiggle and still cost near 100.00 shipped. so, its a pretty good rest that clamps rifle into position and front leg adjusts for elevation variations. it has its place just as does my lead sled style and my sand bags style. it makes using longer mags easy if you dont have 5,10 or 20 roumd short mags. not a bad rig for the money. but I beleive it does need to have a rework of the pistol grip elevator. you really cant turn that star knob if the rifle is resting on it.

This bench rest is compact and well made. I was expecting a cheap plastic part and was suprised by how heavy duty it was. It worked well for every long gun I own.

Been using this as my main front rest since I got it, very much well worth the money. I still use my rock BR on my bigger bench rest rifles but all my ARs , 308s , PCCs and anything high cap magazine I ditched using sandbags for this and never looked back. I wish they'd of made all the adjustment knobs aluminum or steel instead of polymer but I understand the price would of went up doing so... but most would happily payed that premium. This takes the abuse and works great, just remember this isn't a leadsled its simply a pivoting front REST , so don't clamp something like a large caliber magnum down then expect it to absorb the recoil.

Love this thing, I have a lead sled as well and the portability, size and weight of this makes it so easy to grab and go, it’s so stable and hold the rifle very well, I’m really enjoying it