All Weather Durable Front and Rear Shooting Rest Bags, Rifle Rest Sand Bag for Bench Rest Shooting, Hunting, Target & Competitive Sports Shooting-Unfilled
$ 7.77
- Would have definitely preferred metal hardware on the bags, the plastic swivel is chincy, and will probably snap off if it gets caught on something. Would have preferred a clip on both pieces as well. The d-rings on the large bag don’t make any sense to me, I’d much rather be able to clip both to either my rifle (on the sling swivels) or my ruck, and not have to think about it if I got up to move out.I picked up some Spex-lite filling for it, I expect the velcro closures will work just fine for it, and won’t leak. The fill ports are intended to fold under a nylon strap in order to stay closed, but again another snag point that could get ripped in field us, as unlikely as that is. I will probably fill the “rifle sock” but about 85% or so, and probably around 65% for the big bag because of reasons I’ll touch on later.If I intended to use these in a military setting, I’d probably shell out more for something a bit more purpose built (i.e. overbuilt), and probably opt for no front bag. Since I’m retired and will only be using these on competition ranges, they’re probably fine for that role, though. Stitching does look great, and the whole design is clean overall.I do find the large bag a bit bigger than I had wanted, as well. The height is fine, but it’s larger than my tablet overall. It could be 3″ narrower without sacrificing usability, IMO. Hard to justify throwing it in a bag when it will take up a ton of space, and it’s just going to be a big floppy annoyance on the outside of your ruck/shooting bag/shooting mat. I suspect I’ll be using a bipod more often than the front rest here. This is also why I’m underfilling the bag as much as I am. It’s going to be lightweight because of my fill choice, but it’s just unnecessarily clunky.Time will tell how well they hold up, will update my review if they don’t work out as intended.
