This Manbily Shooting Saddle Is everything that it claims to be. It is an updated design that offers improvements from an older model. This model was designed so both jaws travel and that keeps the center of the saddle over the tripod column for greatest stability. The shooting saddle is made from finely machined aluminum. Fit and finish are excellent. The rubber jaw covers are very soft and robust. I have no fear of the saddle damaging my well cared for gear. The removable Arca Swiss mount also has both 1/4 and 3/8 tripod mounts built in. It also has stop screws that are removable. It fits and works fine on all of my Arca Swiss heads. I have tripods ranging fro nine inch to nine feet and this saddle can take it’s place on top of any of them. Jaw travel is 0.98" to 3.15" (25mm~80mm), adequate for the saddles intended use. It would be more versatile if the jaws closed all the way. I know that would require a lot of locking lever turns. If we are going that far, let’s add a hex nut on the end of the locking lever bolt so that you can use a power driver to fully traverse the four inches of travel. As helpful as this saddle rest is at the range or in the field, it is equally useful on a Gunsmithing bench. I am going to rig a tabletop mount for it. This is another place narrower jaws would be helpful. One thing to bear in mind is that the jaw width, where ever you set it, is fixed and parallel. The jaws will not adapt to irregular or stepped surfaces. I set up an AR in the saddle and because of accessories, the only way it would fit, was to split the jaws between the hand guard and receiver. The two parts had slightly different widths so the jaws only grabbed onto the widest part and the rest was unsupported. The saddle grip was less than ideal and not to be trusted by taking your hands off it. It was still more solid than a shooting yoke. All things considered, this is a useful and excellent product.

I've only used it on my 22lr target rifle and am very impressed with it so far very nice glass for the money exactly what I was looking for and I have owned a number of different scopes over the years. Good bang for the buck if you are looking for a first focal plain scope and on a budget it's a good option 👍