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

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 !!!

This is a heavy duty, quality product worth every penny IMO. It holds my rifle tighly without damaging it and has nice big functional metal knob-wheels. I'm very impressed.

I shoot long-range competitions, competitions with targets out to 1,000 yards. This device made zeroing my rifle and scope super easy. It's stable, easy to transport, set up, and use, well-built and rugged! Every serious shooter needs this and the price point is excellent for what you get.

I like the sturdiness of this rest and the adjustability. I was a little concerned it may not work well with non pistol grip chassis’s but that is not an issue at all with my rifles.

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.

Caldwell no help so both of these may be returned if second tilt clamp has play, then back to sandbags.Not all rifles have pistol grips, the ones that do, the issue is minor. The ones where I cannot use the rear platform makes vertical steady tricky with the 1/8" slop. Works fine when heart stopped..Next up is no easy way for scope level on the slab sided forearms. I have to innovate with shims on one rear leg. With two identical rear legs why are they marked left and right? Me so dumb!When I'm lucky enough to have a level, solid, non portable bench rest with a stock that contacts the rear platform: I'm golden. My old sandbags standing by...Edit: 2nd one has no slop, yea! However, like the first, the turret bearings rough, feel over tightened as they "cog". I loosened the bottom bolt which helped so will tear apart during next rainy day.

I bought my first Caldwell Precision Turret rest in 2021 - liked it so much that within a few months I bought a second for my 21 year-old Grandson who also does a lot of benchrest shooting. Although I originally thought I'd be using it more for my centerfire rifles, I found both of us were using it primarily for our .22 caliber shooting. At the range where we usually go, in order to qualify to use the 200 yard range you have to get a 5-shot group in a 5 inch circle at 100 yards - he got 5 within 3". (Even knowing the drop of a .22 at 200 yards he had respectable grouping there.)I would highly recommend this rest for anyone needing a stable shooting platform.NOTE: It is not intended to be like a shooting sled which cradles a rifle for sighting-in a scope.

Very happy with this, built to last forever, American quality, I should’ve bought one sooner, perfect at the range, very simple to assemble, excellent quality hardware throughout

After the gun ban I stopped buying gun related products. This was the first product that I bought since the ban. It’s a very well made product. The stand is made with heavy steel that will last through many range trips. Seller was very good to deal with and shipping was very fast. Thank you!

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Bon produit reçu bien avant la date prévueMerci. Stable pour réglage précis.quand le nouveau réapprovisionnement. Merci

lo avevo già visto , buono come me lo aspettavo

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