Cuslog - when we met at Ron's were you the fellow with the High Wall with the nicely drawn and filed and polished  octagon stainless steel RKS barrel? It had great sharp corners.

Are you making straight twist or have you copied the Pope/Ron Smith gain twist rifling technique? 
Do you have a deep depth boring machine?

Just a follow-up. After reading the responses, I went out to the shop and built one, based loosely on the photo from Schuetzendave. Built from off cuts / scraps left over from other projects. (Obviously, bought the bags.) Still need to pick up a couple of thumb knobs. A bit taller than some others - trying to sit a bit more erect at the bench - seems to help with the recoil from a 45/70 with a crescent butt plate. Something to start with anyway, may build another some day - after discovering the shortcomings of this one.

With different rifle stock configurations or having to shoot a distance uphill I have found you can run out of elevation adjustment.

So I make a couple of sets of screws for the tripod feet that allows me to obtain the additional elevation that my bench rest requires.

I need the long ones to shoot uphill at the Stars & Stripes Schuetzen Range at Nine Mile Falls, WA.

Schuetzendave wrote on Jul 12^th, 2021 at 3:47pm:


Tried it out last week before paint - at a relatively flat range, I was pretty much bottomed out and it worked OK - 5 or so inches of vertical adjustment left for those uphill ranges - and 2" L/R for those sidehill ones.

All the ranges I shoot at have cement tops and the feet do not cause any damage to them.

Cuslog,
That is why I wear elbow pads when shooting the larger calibers off the bench, including BPCR and also more heavy recoiling modern rifles
beltfed/arnie

"Old Ugly" Built in 1990.A friend built two of them,can change out cradles,side adjust,plenty of elevation. I have a Randle Rest also...