looking for a Cartridge block

[Joe Mendham]

  I'm looking for a cartridge block, the kind that mounts on your front rest and puts it up near the rifle.  Can't seem to find anything, I know there out there I've seen them.   Any body have one or know where I can get one

[Lawrence Hanson]

Joe,

I use a “speed-loader” made by Joe Cowan.  It’s adjustable, stable, and fairly inexpensive.  You can get different shell blocks for different cartridges.

Joe Cowan
R.D. #1  Box 593
Altoona, PA 16601
(814) 946-3302
cowanhaus@verizon.net
 
LE Hanson

[cyanchycki]

Lawrence, I believe Scotty Crawford makes one as well that is quite similar??

That would work for Joe.  He has a JJ rest so he would need to come off of the front screw unless he decided to drill and tap the base.

[Fergus]

There is a guy offering a line of these on BR central classifieds that look to be tailor-made for the JJ rest:
http://benchrest.com/class/index.php?a=2&b=2904

I have one of the Bruno offerings which appears to be very similar to the Scott Crawford model that Calvin mentioned. This is the Bruno block set up on my Farley rest:



The Bruno model has gone up in price since I bought mine, but it is a very solid, well made unit:
http://www.brunoshooters.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=BSS&Product_Code=BACCS

I did consider the Joe Cowan model, but was worried I might grab for a case in a hurry and bump it off line - that it was maybe not as rigid as the Bruno model. Having said that, there is a video of what appears to be this cartridge block and it looks to operate fine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2QSXmY7S6Q&NR=1

[Joe Mendham]

  Thanks guys , a lot of good ideas from the reasonable to pricey.  I like the looks of the Bruno one  , can't seem to find anything about the Crawford one though.