CaldwellShooting Rest

Given that All companies are driven buy profit I was prepared to to be underwhelmed by a product that's been optimized/ cheapened with plastic parts everywhere. Boy, I was wrong and very pleasantly surprised. The Lead Sled is a substantial bit of kit, heavy and solid. Plastic feet? Nope, rubber coated steel. Plastic bar clamp? No, cast iron. Hight adjustment wheel: Cast iron. Top windage adjustment bracket: cast iron. Cheep enamel paint job? No sir: powder coat. Well worth the couple hundred it cost. This is a well made bench tool that's up to the task it's designed for.

Awesome gun rest, very happy with purchase.

Seems very well built and adjustable for most any civilian late mod long gun. Heavy duty in an all metal construction other than front foregrip rest. Padded soft rubber rear cradle inside and shoulder side is a big plus with added front muzzle hold down strap securing your weapon. Easy to understand instructions was easy assembled if your are mechanically inclined and takes about 15 minutes. It is helpful to raise front cradle adjustment all the way up to allow for space and access to mount front cradle with supplied allen wrench. All parts fit and work well and comes with all tools needed to assemble. Solid construction with heavy duty parts should make for long lasting heavy use. Baffle weight bags recommended especially for larger caliber guns. Accepts rifles with lower extended mags as the slider bars are spaced and separated with flattened space allowing mags to extend down between the slide bars.

Great deal

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High quality, heavy tube construction, solid function and feel. Provides stable platform on the range.. highly recommended.

Lots of parts to put together but a good sled.

The Caldwell Lead Sled DFT2 shooting rest has a reputation as one of the best in the industry outside of high end bench competition rests. This reputation is well deserved. From my .22lr to my 30-06 it provides a stable, easily adjustable, rest for 100 -1000 yards. IF I was a serious competition shooter, I might go for a higher dollar sled, or perhaps build something myself, but for the average hunter or recreational shooter, it is an excellent choice. While the Sled has an adjustable rear foot that aids with adjusting elevation, my one complaint is that the front feet are fixed, so the sled can not really be adjusted for cant correction if your shooting table is not perfect, but it is not really designed to lock the gun in a single spot like a competition bench sled does. You can still twist the gun in the sled sufficiently to compensate without the gun being so loose as to slip off target during the shot. Still despite this, I stand by my statement that it is one of the best in the industry.That said, the frame can support AR platform rifles or similar, or an HK 91with a 20 round magazine. Both fit without problem, BUT magazines could not be reloaded with the rifle in the sled due to the frame. Neither I, nor any of my shooting buddies have extended magazine bolt action rifles, but I would imagine anything longer than 4 inches below the stock will likewise fit but not be able to change magazines while in the sled. The newer Lead Sled 3, to the best of my knowledge, is not able to be used with long magazines due to the center frame bar.Needless to say a .50bmg Barrett 82 will not fit in the sled :)It may be able to hold some of the larger rifles, it is not really designed for bulky or long precision shooting rifles, but if that is the type of shooting you do regularly, I would wager you have a higher end sled anyway.