FEB, that item, being from the realm of "modern" benchrest, is new to me at least.  It looks like a real slick solution to your (and a lot of our) problems.  I may have missed it in my quick read through, but how is the base plate secured to the table?  Am I right in assuming that there would be some sort of C-clamp to hold it down?  Otherwise that long arm would be WAAAAY overbalanced with a scope hanging down.  I like the concept and would be very curious to know how it does for you.

Regards,
Froggie

Travel trailer shooting house? I think that's a great idea. Had thought of it before and think a guy would want to be able to use some RV jacks to isolate it from the springs and tires.

I sure would want to use some of the space for a loading bench.

As to that scope stand, I've seen several in use here, and they were in use, un-clamped.

I cain't afford no big ole Kowas, have merely a small Leupold. I can see the base being made from a steel or lead block and having enough rigidity for my purposes. No wind of course, that's the whole idea of the travel trailer, to isolate the shooter from the ambient conditions as much as possible.

Don't forget that our ambient conditions here in The Deep South are, all too often, an uncomfortably high temperature accompanied by an even more uncomfortably high humidity. The main idea of the shooting house is to enable the use of an air conditioner, desirable in these latitudes for at least nine months out of the year.

The trailer of course is equipped with the usual jacks at each corner that provide enough rigidity for shooting anything short of a 50 Ma Deuce. But it's mighty small inside and by the time I add my reloading stuff it'll be cramped enough so that I'll appreciate the compactness and sheer usabillty of the pictured scope stand, also the fact that the whole outfit is easily stowed away when not shooting.
Thanks much, Joe

What Joe just said.  In fact, what (ahem) Froggie said earlier. 

The concept shows a lot of promise but there MUST be some provision for making it secure to the table or the whole thing becomes a broken scope waiting to be touched off.  I LIKE the concept, I just need to know how it will provide for the safety and stability of the scope.    Remember, a shaky scope is just a useless tube full of (potentially broken) glass. 

More info please!

Froggie

Brent, I have used three scope stands for my 82mm. Kowa. I have the Champions choice..... waves with the wind, the Jim Owens stand aka jarhead stand...... a little finicky, and a Bogen camera stand....built hell for stout , but the movable mount is worth the agravation. So now I have options when I shoot . The Champions choice stand works well when shooting prone, but that about it's strongpoint. All the above statements are just in my humble opinion....and you know what they say about opinions.... Thanks,45/70sharpshooter

Here goes nothing boys. I have several scope stands and Brent's old one on the way. If you want a stand that will stand up to 40 to 50 mph winds with a scope like my Kowa 82 then get a TILTON. If you wan one that stands up to the light brezzes of 20 to 30 mph then get the one from OK WEBER. Hey my first scope stand I built in 1966 is still with me and gets use. It just takes a lath to build one and a welding out fit, it has a FREELAND head that I bought from the late great AL FREELAND at Camp Perry in 1967. All these and more have there place.

Now if Brent has come up with something better, that works for every situation then I got to have one also.

If you guys think that one stand will work for every situation, this I've got to see.

Well, funny you should bring that up Al.  This is the Almost Perfect Scope Stand for Bench and Offhand Shooting.  It would have been perfect except that the router gave me some backtalk.

The stand is made of cherry, with a solid sugar maple rifle rest on the right hand side for offhand and another block of the same for the scope attachment.  The foot piece is Baltic birch ply with t-nuts and thumbscrews for compensating for any unevenness in the bench's edge.   The clamp is a 4" quick-release Bessey C-clamp that does about a 1000% better job than a pipe clamp.  The rigidity comes from a really secure foothold on the bench and the rigidity of the triangular T-beam design.  

As an added benefit, it has a very small footprint on the bench top - maybe 3.5x5.5" or less. 

The scope and rifle rest attachments can be moved up and down to any position, and even swapped to the other side.  They are held on with 3/8" bolts and big knobs.  Additional attachments for powder measures, drop tubes, and hat racks are easily added as needed.

The pictures are massive and I don't have any sizing software on this machine so I have just posted urls.  Please be patient  - they will come up.

By the by, that's my new Borchardt in the process of being birthed.  It's coming along slowly.

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