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<blockquote data-quote="Rupe" data-source="post: 1008048" data-attributes="member: 10746"><p>This past summer I had the opportunity to test the Idleback shooting chair for a day out in the high desert of Oregon. I found the chair to be made very well. High caliber materials and workmanship. Put together was straight forward. But i 'm sorry I have to stop the praise there. I found it a pain to adjust. Shooting with a .5 moa Striker specialty pistol in .270win and a .5moa .17 caliber rifle, we could not come up with groups smaller then 5 or 6 inches at 100 yards. We had wind blowing around 5 to 10 mph and you could not hold on target at all. We wanted to use it for Sagerat shooting later in the day, but there was no way we could have hit any of the little ground squarrels the way the chairs gun rest and arm rest wobbled in the wind. We tried several different adjustments trying to get it stable in the breeze but it would not work. We set it up "as instructed" so it wasn't a matter of us not knowing how to adjust it. Maybe without wind it would be better, but how many times are you in the high desert when the wind is not blowing? </p><p>It was very disappointing, we were both looking forward and excited to test it. But after working with it for quite sometime we gave up and used my old homemade shooting bench and started shooting sub moa again.</p><p>Unless this chair was changed a lot sense then, I would not own one myself. Which is very disappointing. Because it is such a well made chair. Quality as I said is first class! It just did not work for what we need it to do, shoot long range in the high desert. Maybe indoors with no wind or a protected environment it works, but not out here. If we couldn't hit a target at 100 yards how could we hit a sagerat with a body only 2"'s wide at a couple hundred yards. </p><p>I am only writing my opinion of the Idleback shooting chair and I suggest to anyone thinking of buying one to find one and test it where you will be most likely to hunt or shoot. </p><p>That is a lot of cash to spend not to be sure it will work for you. </p><p>It was such a shame it didn't work for us because it really is a cool chair. </p><p>Like I said this was my experience and my opinion.</p><p>Just so you know I have been shooting my whole life. I am not someone that just picked up a weapon a couple of years ago and thinks he knows everything there is about shooting.</p><p>I was also in law enforcement for 17yrs, I know what I like and what works for me.</p><p>Rupe</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rupe, post: 1008048, member: 10746"] This past summer I had the opportunity to test the Idleback shooting chair for a day out in the high desert of Oregon. I found the chair to be made very well. High caliber materials and workmanship. Put together was straight forward. But i 'm sorry I have to stop the praise there. I found it a pain to adjust. Shooting with a .5 moa Striker specialty pistol in .270win and a .5moa .17 caliber rifle, we could not come up with groups smaller then 5 or 6 inches at 100 yards. We had wind blowing around 5 to 10 mph and you could not hold on target at all. We wanted to use it for Sagerat shooting later in the day, but there was no way we could have hit any of the little ground squarrels the way the chairs gun rest and arm rest wobbled in the wind. We tried several different adjustments trying to get it stable in the breeze but it would not work. We set it up "as instructed" so it wasn't a matter of us not knowing how to adjust it. Maybe without wind it would be better, but how many times are you in the high desert when the wind is not blowing? It was very disappointing, we were both looking forward and excited to test it. But after working with it for quite sometime we gave up and used my old homemade shooting bench and started shooting sub moa again. Unless this chair was changed a lot sense then, I would not own one myself. Which is very disappointing. Because it is such a well made chair. Quality as I said is first class! It just did not work for what we need it to do, shoot long range in the high desert. Maybe indoors with no wind or a protected environment it works, but not out here. If we couldn't hit a target at 100 yards how could we hit a sagerat with a body only 2"'s wide at a couple hundred yards. I am only writing my opinion of the Idleback shooting chair and I suggest to anyone thinking of buying one to find one and test it where you will be most likely to hunt or shoot. That is a lot of cash to spend not to be sure it will work for you. It was such a shame it didn't work for us because it really is a cool chair. Like I said this was my experience and my opinion. Just so you know I have been shooting my whole life. I am not someone that just picked up a weapon a couple of years ago and thinks he knows everything there is about shooting. I was also in law enforcement for 17yrs, I know what I like and what works for me. Rupe [/QUOTE]
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