Super nice, DMCI...You have more stuff!!

All good stuff too..sakofan..

Is the light weight version as stable as yours??

That is one heckuva good looking unit!

TBC

How can this be a desirable set-up? With the seat being attached to the center support post with a short lever arm and the top only supported by the center post, obviously any shifting of the user's weight will cause a change in the level of the top. I would think the seat should be unattached to the bench itself or at least have its own support leg directly underneath for stability.

I'd go with a solidly built 3 or 4 legged bench with a separate, unattached seat for the shooter. This is the design several versions of which I've built. Well designed range benches are constructed using this design principle.

Looks like a nice set up. I build tables informally, using 2 pcs of 3/4" plywood glued/screwed together, 24" W x 38" L. Nice rounded corners, stained, R or L or both shooter cutouts. Leg used are 1 1/4" threaded steel pipe (3), table top is 33" high. Pipe brackets are welded to 1/4" plate, then bolted to table. Still very portable and solid. Legs can be removed for transport if needed. Folding chair used for seat. Also as an option, I can add an umbrella bracket, for those hot summer days. A patio umbrella used for needed shade. contact ....tikkanut@yahoo.com UPS shippable..

I bought one of these at DMCIs recommendation, and I can attest to it's stability. Every one of my friends that has shot from it has wanted one. I have shot 1/4" groups from this rest, no problem at all. The top has plenty of room for a reasonable rest (the one in the photo looks to be a huge one piece job), your rifle, binocs and lots of ammo. It's not a workshop table after all, it's a portable shooting bench.

Good luck,
Ian

Are these a proximate cause of Plumber's Butt?

About 5 years ago I purchased a portable bench for shooting woodchucks and deer. The company is in Oklahoma that made my bench. It looks very similar in nature to what DMCI has. The seat is attached to the center post. When you sit on it and turn (swivel) you are always "with" your rifle. The clearance between the top 1/2 and the bottom 1/2 of the unit is only .003" total. When sitting on the seat your weight forces the movement in one direction and it doesn't wobble. When I purchased the bench originally it came with a 3/4" thick plywood top. After the first summer I removed the top (held on with 3 carraige bolts and butterfly nuts on the underside) and took it to a local kitchen cabinet maker. I had a laminated, 3" thick, maple top made for it. The 3/4" thick plywood was to "spongy" for me. It is now solid. I have used it for 5 deer seasons and 5 woodchuck seasons. One of these days I will take a picture and show it for all to see.

I like the leg adjustments on DMCI's better then the one I have. On uneven ground his is easier to adjust then mine. His seat looks closer to the ground then the one I have and I wouldn't care for that but looking at the "screw" adjustments on the legs I imagine the legs could be made to raise the entire top "up" for us long leg types.

Last summer I killed a woodchuck at 675 yards using the bench. It can't move to much to do that.

Don

Don:

The seat has a clamp that moves it up and down the center column, so you can move it anywhere on the column. If you look at the above picture, you can see the black T-handle at the center of the collar. There is also a keyway for it, so that the table and the seat move together when you rotate the table top.

You can build your own, but $500 isn't much if you value your time.

Mine is showing some wear, but not bad. I was supposed to finish the top, but I didn't and it warped a little, but didn't affect the usability of the unit.

Try it you'll like it and Rick is a heck of a good guy.

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I have seen one of the benches that DCMI is taking aobut and have sat on one at Whittington Center in NM that is very similar and it is rock steady. It is without a doubt the best field varmint bench I have ever seen. One is in my future whether I build it myself or buy one.