Thread: Sighting in rifle using a Calwell Lead Sled Solo

The Caldwell Lead Sled Solo has a velcro strap to hold the rifle down into the fore-end cradle. I used one at the weekend to help sight in my rifle. Took a lot of the frustration out of the equation and was a quickly hitting the 200m zero, and then went on to the 300m, 400m and 500m gongs using the Solo before heading home. I'm guessing though, that with the rifle being strapped down into the rest/using that particular rest, what I have done is zero the rifle only when using that rifle rest in that way. In the real world of hunting, I am not lugging that rest around, nor holding the rifle in the same way, so am I correct in assuming that such a rest is only to be used as a tool to speed up the sighing in process (or load development, etc), but the rifle still needs sighting in/confirmation using another type of rest (sandbag, bipod, etc?), or do such rests not hugely affect accuracy.

Sorry, probably a dumb question, but of late I've struggled with my shooting and want to get things back on track and gain more confidence.