Metal part is good, bag portion not so - Caldwell Rock Deluxe Shooting Rest

This is a good rifle rest for light range use. However, the bag provided is not sturdy and you will need a better bag. The bag is made from faux leather and nylon fabric. The filler is a loose rabbit food pellet looking things. Not going to form to your rifle's forearm like a good sand filled bag would.

I used this for about three months now and had used it primarily to bench my rifle for load testing and zero. I used it with AR style rifles and other bolt action rifles like a Savage Mod 10 in 308.

This rest is superior to the plastic one I had been using and definitely better than the carpet topped wooden blocks provided by the club where I shoot. The adjustments are precise enough, holds where I set it, and has the needed range of adjustments to get on target from 50 yards out to 200 yards. The three pointed screw pins on the base generally held the rest in place on our concrete bench. However, I had positional shift when the gun didn't slide freely on the bag.

The low rating is primarily for the included bag. It worked OK at first when I was shooting my light recoiling .223 and 6.8 SPC ARs. When I fired my 308 the bag broke at the front seams where it "valleyed". The stitchings broke and leaked out the fillers. I recalled the whole rest would rise up upon recoil. I examined my rifle to see how it was positioned on the rest. The front sling swivel apparently was catching the bag on recoil and the recoil impact burst the bag.

I repaired the bag by sewing up the torn portion. I also have ordered a quality 100% leather "owl ear" front rest bag.