Home made sticks - why?

[Chris Rob]

hi, i remember a while ago, that they were selling a set of shooting sticks in one of the mags,they were quad sticks and opened up,and allowed the shooter to be able to shoot with both the barrel and stock serported at the same time,does anyone on th name and were they can be bought,?

There you go bow, quad sticks Home

Cheers

Chris

 

[andibrains]

I know magnets could be used but if they are strong enough to take snags against the ground to stop the two pieces parting, would they be too strong to open easily with a single hand?

Honestly, the sticks are great, easily operated with one hand, when together they are just the right, diameter to provide a strong sturdy support can also use them for dragging aswell.

 

[old keeper]

You can get an extension for the Polecats I think it's called the "Tag along" which provides a support for the butt, I haven't tried one but a mate swears by his.

 

[sweep 6.5x55]

These are good quad sticks and the same as the ones above but half the price.

http://www.decoying.co.uk/?page=show-item&item=689

Or make them yourself using 4 garden canes and 6 martingale stops I think Jamross posted a how to guide

 

[devilishdave]

sweep, I make them the same but with only 4 martingale stops. what do you use the other 2 for?

Dave

 

[Orion]

Ahhh, thanks Orion, I should take the time to read about them instead of just looking at the pretty pictures!!!

No probs, I'm the same when I flick through the magazines at the 'library', (aka W H Smiths), usually the ones on the shelf you have to reach up to!

 

[bow]

cheers chris,
thats the one

 

[Scarlet]

I find it quite amusing that we recommend to all new guns that they spend a small fortune on some exotic glass for the top of their gun and under take an allmost spiritual process when it comes to cleaning which borders on OCD all in the name of accuracy , but when it comes to the very thing we rest our guns on for a steady shot it seems that some garden canes bound together with brown paper and string seems to be the norm!
I some time back invested a bit of money ( about £100 I seem to remember) in a decent set of sticks - a tripod setup from Bogpod . They are brilliantly stable and due to having a pivoting head allow you track a target on the sticks. I regularly range shoot of these sticks and have happily taken long shots off them - yet I regularly hear people saying that they would not take shots of sticks further than 80m - is this because home made sticks are - how should I put this tactfully - thinking - on well - shite?

Some more shite home made wooden sticks held together with an elastic band for you to view