When they first came out I was very skeptical , the question in my mind was how could this thing work with all that contact , and the first models had to be loaded from the rear , looked kind of dificult to load , then they came out with models with a loading slot cut in them , and at the time I was haveing dificulties with dropaways so said what the heck give it a try . I was plesantly surprised turned out to be a excellent rest very accurate , I shoot feathers allso so I was woried about it eating up my feathers , but it does' nt , it works great . My only gripe is it makes a slight sound on the draw . I may try the wetsand trick mentioned earler .