Monkey Spanker
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Nice one Matt!
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MS
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Nice one Matt!
It's feedback like that which make it worth the effort of posting the thread!
MS
Rifle stick - rifle sticks - The forester's rifle stick for stalking - I made a set like this but not quiet as exquisite. Not as stable as quads but quicker none the less.
Anyway. I detest shooting sticks, with a rifle, binos, knife and a dog I've got enough crap to worry about without having a couple of bits of wood or plastic clad bamboo sticks to rattle around and weave in between branches, bushes and trees. But that's just me.
Anyway. I detest shooting sticks, with a rifle, binos, knife and a dog I've got enough crap to worry about without having a couple of bits of wood or plastic clad bamboo sticks to rattle around and weave in between branches, bushes and trees. But that's just me.
Monkey Spanker
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Ahh, but looking at your location, you have the luxury of hills and trees! Around here it is very flat Arable land mainly with fields often being in excess of 100 acres and covered in tall crops. The oilseed rape is already at chest height here in April! Longer range shots are common and standing shots have to be taken by necessity to get any kind of suitable backstop. I would say that 95% of my shots are taken standing off quad sticks. I have bipods fitted, but they rarely get used - mainly on the range. I reckon 4 x B&Q garden canes would also be lighter than your hardwood sticks shown and can still be used it the same manner. In fact I'll go and weigh some, hang on.......
Right - 1 x set of monkey sticks just weighed in a 940 grams (2lb 1oz).
I'd be interested to know what a hardwood set weighs of either the bipod variety or quad style?
Anyone got some they can weigh?
MS
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berg
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I don't often get to shot off a bipod and I have to say those stix I got off rob have accounted for a 100 plus deer ,they are great when standing on a ride in the wood lean them forward and the rifle is pointing down when the deer walks out pull back to your shoulder your riffle is in the right direction give a little bark to stop the deer say cheese and bang simple. I love them and they are good for touching the eye with crossing streams ,steadying your self when getting or fences gates lifting branches to be honest I would not go out without them .I was give some wooden ones but there not as good well done ms
The sticks look excellent. Should I camo them or make them out of Hazel, so when the roe gives me the hairy eyeball, I can pretend I'm just a tree, not an awesome killing machine, teamed with my two best friends, Mr Schmidt and Mr Bender?
The sticks look excellent. Should I camo them or make themout of Hazel, so when the roe gives me the hairy eyeball, I can pretend I'm just a tree, not an awesome killing machine, teamed with my two best friends, Mr Schmidt and Mr Bender?
Most certainly.
K
AN DU RU FOX
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will hazel not be a touch heavy,hmmm another item on my wish list now ive made thumbsticks out of hazel on our shoot for beating ,looks like a trip to b/q
berg
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I just tried to weigh some wooden ones that someone gave me they broke my scales
berg
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only joking theres nothing wrong with them ,my wife uses them to grow her runners on
,there to good to take the abbuse i give them so i keep them inside ,they where a bit small for me so spankers stixs are better suited for me
SussexFallow
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I make mine with 12mm aluminium tube. Very light and sturdy and much smaller in the hand. Cost 10 quid plus some tape.
Atb steve
Atb steve
Been through the thread and can't see a diameter mentioned for MS' s canes. What is recommended? Might try a set.
AN DU RU FOX
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b/q green canes cut to length and fixed as per m/ss instuctions they are plastic coated green canes from err b/q i think green they are,and you can cut them down to size you need,just like m/s does,
only joking there all the same diameter same thickness as my third finger on my left hand,atb doug,
only joking there all the same diameter same thickness as my third finger on my left hand,atb doug,
AN DU RU FOX
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dont take that dougie on hes as daft as a b/q brush,a green one,
Glendine,
I can't post photos right now but I used the video below only really to see which way round and where the sticks were connected - I didn't much follow the rest of his advice (for example using bolts with square inner edges). Hope that's helpful. Remember to make one of the sticks on each side shorter at the bottom so that one is always longer.
Foss
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