When you say secured with velcro do you mean the front rest or do you mean that the rifle is being held by a velcro strap? I don't know about the newer models but the one I have does not secure the rifle with velcro,the riflejust rests on a front bag (whichis secured to the sled by two velcro straps, the rest that is) and then the butt rests in an L shaped bracket. I'm able to hold the rifle pretty close to how I would shoot off a sand bags, the big diffrence is that my LOP has been altered. I don't know, it works for me.