4 Leg Shooting Sticks. Any good?
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Quad sticks are game changing!
Are they versatile? I've seen one that Bush wear are advertising for 75 quid. For that money, I think it'll be worth a punt.
Try it - amazing for stability and quick to deploy once you get used to it. Traversing can be limited but you learn to pivot them on one leg, keeping sight picture if necessary.
I would say so. You can use them as twin sticks for close or quick shots too.
Takbok is being very modest. He offers a kit so that people can make their own quad sticks, at a VERY REASONABLE price, use the search, and you'll find them !
Wouldn't be wothout them. Once you get on to them you will never look back.
Haven't used my bi-pod since I started usig sticks, so much so, that I don't have bi-pods on any of my rifles now.
I shoot a lot in areas of Heather and long grass which often makes the bi-pod redundant anyway but since moving to the quad sticks I hwve never had a problem getting on the animal although sometimes a bit of heather or rushes gets caught in the sticks making moving it a bit awkward but you soon get used to moving it.
Haven't used my bi-pod since I started usig sticks, so much so, that I don't have bi-pods on any of my rifles now.
I shoot a lot in areas of Heather and long grass which often makes the bi-pod redundant anyway but since moving to the quad sticks I hwve never had a problem getting on the animal although sometimes a bit of heather or rushes gets caught in the sticks making moving it a bit awkward but you soon get used to moving it.
They are versatile (if you put the time in) not a fan of "shop brought ones" as I like to make my own stuff, I have a set of @takbok
"V's" he 3d printed for me which fit very well on B&Q canes.
What people forget you can do with quads is close them up and treat them like a set of twins.
It is like a lot of things a fox whistle shooting in gloves quad sticks they all take time until it is second nature.
Flash G 74
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Hello, From what i read on the SD quad sticks are much favoured by stalkers than say a Tripod that i use with a PCP Air rifle, With the weight of many Deer rifles the Quad sticks seem the best way for shooting
DEVON _ DEERSTALKING
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They are so stable its unreal I zero/load development my rifle on quad stick with the 5th leg. viperflex are the ones to go for and most probably the strongest on the market
Heym SR20
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My stalking colleague uses them and I have tried them. I just find them awkward.
Personally I prefer a bipod. If the range is long enough where I need the stability I much prefer to get closer to the ground in a seated or kneeling position, or a I find a tree or fencepost to rest against.
Beauty of a bipod is that it is quick, and gives you the stability to take the shot. A quadstick is too much faff.
Plenty do like quad sticks for standing and waiting for deer. I much prefer sitting.
Personally I prefer a bipod. If the range is long enough where I need the stability I much prefer to get closer to the ground in a seated or kneeling position, or a I find a tree or fencepost to rest against.
Beauty of a bipod is that it is quick, and gives you the stability to take the shot. A quadstick is too much faff.
Plenty do like quad sticks for standing and waiting for deer. I much prefer sitting.
Crastalker
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Another vote for bushwear quad sticks, having used a variety including viperflex and so on, very good value for money
ChrisWill184
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I went to the Limulus sticks from here and I will say they are a game changer if you have never used a set. I now use the 4 Stable Sticks (that my brother won somewhere) and again, they change quite a lot of your shooting, for the better I will say.
No more trying to get steady on a fence post, tree branch, back pack or getting the bi-pod out to its tallest position and still not being tall enough for grass in the summer. Basically anywhere and you have a really solid rest without getting on the ground. Great when its soaking wet which is all the bloody time! You get to the stage where the sticks go out pretty quickly and you are ready. I maybe shoot around 20 roe a year and at least 90% of those are with the sticks. Haven't had a bipod on my rifle for a few years now and it is certainly lighter!
No more trying to get steady on a fence post, tree branch, back pack or getting the bi-pod out to its tallest position and still not being tall enough for grass in the summer. Basically anywhere and you have a really solid rest without getting on the ground. Great when its soaking wet which is all the bloody time! You get to the stage where the sticks go out pretty quickly and you are ready. I maybe shoot around 20 roe a year and at least 90% of those are with the sticks. Haven't had a bipod on my rifle for a few years now and it is certainly lighter!
Freeforester
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Same argument in favour of a tripod; swing forward the front leg, open the back two and you have loads of freedom to make instant adjustments without disturbing the basic platform.
A five-legged stick is great for zeroing the rifle when you have plenty of time - for sure, but in a live shooting situation where a beast may move across the arc of fire, the tripod with good basic lining up and technique of the person behind the rifle takes a lot of beating.
Five legged sticks can be used as a 3 as well if you dont fully open them out. That allows for a bit more movement and a bit more speed
I tend to use the 5s for deer stalking where I need to take a longer shot (200 yards is plenty far enough for me off sticks) and I use the trigger tripod when Im out foxing or stalking deer in woodland.Similar threads
