Shooting sticks/tripod advice

[Beretta V]

Hi all I’m after some advice on shooting sticks or tripods.
I currently have a single stick which has been good but I’m thinking of something different and more sturdy.
I have looked at the primos stuff but I don’t like the rest. Is there some different attachment I can get?
I have never tried quad sticks. Does anyone have any advice on where or who can make me a set of sticks?
Also seen various different trigger sticks on eBay. Are they any good?
Regards Dan

 

[SussexSteve]

Buy Viperflex and 5th leg

 

[Tim.243]

Hi all I’m after some advice on shooting sticks or tripods.
I currently have a single stick which has been good but I’m thinking of something different and more sturdy.
I have looked at the primos stuff but I don’t like the rest. Is there some different attachment I can get?
I have never tried quad sticks. Does anyone have any advice on where or who can make me a set of sticks?
Also seen various different trigger sticks on eBay. Are they any good?
Regards Dan

Make a set.....you will learn abt diy....!! What is your day job?

 

[Beretta V]

Make a set.....you will learn abt diy....!! What is your day job?

I did think about making a set. There was a thread on here a while back of how to.
Do you have a link to it?
My job is in automotive body repair.
Regards Dan

 

[SussexShooter]

There’s a video on YouTube for cheap quad sticks;



Personally I use the viper flex as mentioned above but these are a lot cheaper!

 

[EssexBigMac]

I’ve almost finished making my first set copying this video and a set gifted to me from another SD member. Cost me under £20, I just need to cut the tips and add padding. I’m over 6ft and these are fit for a giant. Sticks & screws from B&q and bungies in the middle aisle of Lidl. Might start it as a side line business…

 

[Tim.243]

I did think about making a set. There was a thread on here a while back of how to.
Do you have a link to it?
My job is in automotive body repair.
Regards Dan

All body shops need a tea person....being the youngest (16) in a tool room I got the breakfast rolls for all the toolmakers even after 5 years. I made my own rotary dozer in 1983 with it still in the shed....so making sticks is easy.
Gipfast 60 43 cap on a jga 54

 

[Tim.243]

I’ve almost finished making my first set copying this video and a set gifted to me from another SD member. Cost me under £20, I just need to cut the tips and add padding. I’m over 6ft and these are fit for a giant. Sticks & screws from B&q and bungies in the middle aisle of Lidl. Might start it as a side line business…

They take 35 mins to make so what happened to the other 23hrs and 25 mins in the day ?

 

[Beretta V]

I’ll get to B&Q later. Got all the tools so won’t take long

 

[Herb64]

Viperflex and 5th leg are superb if your static. Easily take the weight of a rifle unsupported whilst thermaling an area.

 

[Pellet Pinger]

I’ll get to B&Q later. Got all the tools so won’t take long

Go for it, they are a doddle if you can use a drill. But be warned, if you get on with them you will end up with the Vipers for that extra tracking ability.

 

[cjm1066]

I started with a single stick, moved to biopod, then tripod and finally quad.

Garden canes and some o-rings allow you to experiment.

I now use viper flex, the easy windage change is invaluable. However it's wh works for you, but few move away from viper flex.

 

[foxdropper]

Viper flex all the way mate .Forget the diy tight wads .Any sticks with out front tracking are a pain in long grass and you’ll miss out on deer you would otherwise bag .The viper flex front rest allows an easy 100m tracking without moving the sticks .

 

[Tim.243]

Viper flex all the way mate .Forget the diy tight wads .Any sticks with out front tracking are a pain in long grass and you’ll miss out on deer you would otherwise bag .The viper flex front rest allows an easy 100m tracking without moving the sticks .

And when you run out of track like the train it crashed....or went on to the branch line...
Guess you never made a set of block lines from a bit of timber or a perp jointer from a bit of hose or bucket handle Tight ground workers

 

[jimmer.13]

I’ll get to B&Q later. Got all the tools so won’t take long

If you have an in excess near by… the poles are half the price

 

[Tim.243]

I’ll get to B&Q later. Got all the tools so won’t take long

Get 5mm bolts as the holes will wear then you can use 6mm USE 6mm and the next size up is 8 which is to big

 

[Tazz]

Viper flex, end of

 

[Beretta V]

If you have an in excess near by… the poles are half the price

What’s an in excess?

 

[Beretta V]

My stalking/shooting is on a budget. So for now I will make a set.
Previously I have used high seats, single stick and bipods.
I have recently started more walk/stalk so will see how I get on with them.

 

[bottletopbill]

I added a fifth leg using the green stick in Pellet Pinger photo to my viper sticks and a swivel garden clip on Ebay