I have an MTM, but it hardly (if ever) gets used anymore. It's just too cumbersome and bulky. Also, most of my rifles (and some of my shotguns) are set up with either picatinny rails or ARCA rails on the bottom. As such, my cleaning station is my tripod with RRS anvil-30 ballhead, that can take either rail system. I just set it up when needed, tip the ballhead down (so all the oil/patches and gunk can drain out), and commence cleaning, with a box or shop rag on the ground beneath the muzzle. No fuss, no muss.
Similarly, I have machined a plate to mount a generic ARCA mount, as well as mounted a Rem 700 picatinny mount and level to the top. I clamp this into the tripod, level the plate, and then use it to mount scopes into rings. This lets me set up the tripod outside, hang a plumb line 50 yds away, and mount the scope into rings so that the reticle is perfectly aligned up/down. When all set, I remove the rings (with scope) from that mount, and then mount the whole thing onto the destined rifle.
Tri-pods are good for more than just shooting off of, or mounting a spotting scope.
