Front rest for 25 meter benchrest?

Randolph Machine belt-drive front rest. A rock solid front rest with precise, easy to use controls. Very smooth adjustment with no slippage. I have used one for several years in our local club benchrest matches with good success. Not cheap. Base price for the rest is about $750 then you have to buy a top for $120-150. I have the adjustable top that does not require an additional sandbag. Here is a link to the rest: http://www.randolphmachine.com/front.html



You are also going to need a rear rest. I have an Edgewood Gator bag. Great quality that also does not come cheap. Here is a link to their rear bags: https://edgebag.com/collections/rear-bags

I have a Randolph rest like the one pictured plus the extra piece to make it a full one piece rest it is very nice very stable and excellently made rest. 

I have a Randolph with the adjustable top. it tracks well and covers the entire target within its adjustment range. While not perfect, it is more than adequate for my needs. It is belt driven and there is a tiny bit of backlash when changing direction, but it is completely manageable. The joystick style options in the marketplace are more sexy and expensive but I’m very pleased with the Randolph. I would still choose it over the competitors. 

Corky

Ditto on the Randolf. It's a great product.

I agree with every one for 25-50m br. but I already had the farley for center fire comp. plus I am mentally accustomed to shooting with a joy stick rest (hard to go back to the style if constantly shuffling my hand back and forth between windage & vertical adjustments) but To cover the whole card the Randolf is best deal! ( unless you want a SEB joystick but your looking at about $2000 bucks)

I also have a Caldwell Fire Control rest it looks to be an exact copy of the Farley. It can be bought in front rest only or one piece full rest. It has the joystick. Price is $250 to $350 good rest if you are on a budget. I found mine on eBay for $169 new shipped.

I wouldn’t tell you it’s as good as but It has worked for me for 35 years.

LOL, I love it!

For serious International style airgun benchrest, the best front rest overall is probably the Randolf. The Farley used to have a following, but the ones I tried did not cover the entire target including sighters unless they were modified. There ARE other good rests, but to me the Randolf is easier to traverse which maintaining steadiness. I tried the pricey and beautiful S.E.B. model, and much prefer the Randolf. Stay away from the Caldwel Fire Control unless you are a tinkerer in my experience, since they have tons of sticktion unless reworked. The S.E.B. and Randolf have sliding sidewalls on the top to adjust to any fore-end, which is the best system I've used for accuracy and versatility (I used many different guns).

The above said, there is no huge advantage to these fancy rests, since there are many fine scores being fired with very simple bags up front. The fancy mechanical rests are needed more by folks shooting "free recoil style", where the aim is made, then the shooter waits for the wind to be right and lets off the shot without even looking thru the scope.

Wise money will give more points per dollar when spent on decent windflags than fancy front rests.

Note, the above is for SERIOUS shooting. To me, most any rest is good enough for informal matches, and I've used all sorts of homebuilt stuff too.