Originally Posted by
Vulture6
I'm 6/3" and go 235 and use the Summit Bushmaster -- it has a little larger platform than the Open Shot, but the same seat/top section (no shooting rail), and is only a couple of pounds more. Personally, I like not having the shooting rail in the front. Sometimes when rifle hunting from the stand I take a collapsable monopod up with me for a little extra stability. It also presents a smaller profile when you are in the air, but I guess how important that is depends on where you hunt and how much additional cover is around.
if summit would put hinge on the top rail of the big 3 so rail could be pushed down to floor edge ,GOLIATH,180MAX,TITAN could be only 3 stands they would need to make.
but they sell more by offering all these stands.
think about it, HINGE WITH A PIN so you can move the rail out of your way, if you want.
i may work on this in future but rail has not been problem for me as i stand to shoot my recurve.