I've been running one for 3 years now, and love it for my style of hunting. I have written some reviews on other sites from a couple years ago (long range hunting and for Spartan Precision website). If you backpack in somewhere and don't wan't/need the weight of a bipod permanently fixed to the front of your rifle, it's a great piece of kit. Have shot well past 1k now with it and no issues, and in all types of weather. I now have adapter plates on all my rifles (except my comp rifles). Holds up to my 11lb 10oz long range rig as well. Looking forward to reading about the test and seeing what others think! After playing with mine, my circle of friends is slowing adding them to their collections the last couple seasons. Thanks for whoever is putting this shootout on! If anyone has any questions you are welcome to PM me. Like I said, I have 3 hard seasons on mine (have the first one sent to the US, and now the Mark II).