Shooting sticks/tripod/bipod

drift1122 said:
I'm terrible with off hand shots, what are good shooting sticks for standing shots? Has anyone made there own or should I just buy them?
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I have made X sticks for about 25 years for hunting and target shooting . I have 4 different heights. #1=Prone ( 20" tall)
#2= sitting on ground (36" tall) #3= sitting on chair ( 48" tall) #4 = standing ( 72" tall ). The 1st. 3 are made from 3/4" hardwood
dowel . #4 is made from 1" maple sapling . For hunting the #2 sitting on ground & #4 standing are the most useful .
When hunting shots are long I use them . I sight in off the sticks to.
To join them @ the X I wrap it with a long strip of rubber to be strong but flexible. On the bottom of both legs I drill & partley
install a #8 wood screw. I cut the head off leaving about 1/2" exposed . This is so it will dig into hard / frozen ground . The tops above the X
I cover with leather to keep the rifle from slipping . They have worked great all these years . To carry them I place 1 leg under my belt on my
left side like a sword. With that I can walk for miles .
 
Seems like store bought sticks are way overpriced I use a bi pod for target and homade sticks for hunting since I've lost a few in the woods
 
Three beaver-cut small trees from a local dam, already de-barked, just had to cut to length, and a bit of paracord.

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I have a Primos bipod trigger sticks that are great for standing shots.

For sitting or kneeling, I use collapsible trekking poles, 2 buckles and some paracord.
You can build a nice stable shooting platform.

 
Learn to use a good shooting sling (I use one from Andy Langois sp), not just a carrying strap. Sucking those straps around your forearm bicep does wonders to steady a shaky standing or sitting or prone position and you can still use it to carrying your rifle without putting up with the extra weight of a bipod or sticks.

Correct use of a shooting sling is getting to be a lost art unfortunately - Some techniques have to be reinvented.
 
Go to a willow bush. Cut two or three long straight poles, depending if you want a bipod or tripod. Bind them together with whatever is at hand, nylon or fibre cord, leather thongs, or even rubber bands. Trim to correct length for your height. Go shooting.
 
used the primos trigger sticks for a couple of season and really liked them. they were fast and easy to adjust but something seized in them. they wouldn't budge when i went to get them this year. a bi-pod is great for the range but the only use I have for them on a hunting rifle is so i can set the rifle down when i need to pee.
 
Can you use the sticks quickly and do they make alot of noise?




cooey43 said:
I have made X sticks for about 25 years for hunting and target shooting . I have 4 different heights. #1=Prone ( 20" tall)
#2= sitting on ground (36" tall) #3= sitting on chair ( 48" tall) #4 = standing ( 72" tall ). The 1st. 3 are made from 3/4" hardwood
dowel . #4 is made from 1" maple sapling . For hunting the #2 sitting on ground & #4 standing are the most useful .
When hunting shots are long I use them . I sight in off the sticks to.
To join them @ the X I wrap it with a long strip of rubber to be strong but flexible. On the bottom of both legs I drill & partley
install a #8 wood screw. I cut the head off leaving about 1/2" exposed . This is so it will dig into hard / frozen ground . The tops above the X
I cover with leather to keep the rifle from slipping . They have worked great all these years . To carry them I place 1 leg under my belt on my
left side like a sword. With that I can walk for miles .
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I have used pretty close to every type imaginable. Some of my favorites are trigger sticks ( bipod and tripod) and some homemade quad pod sticks made from fiberglass driveway marker poles. For a small light set the shock cord type work really well.
 
Every year when I moose hunt I leave a couple of green branches taped at the top with electrical tape wherever I might be sitting and leave them there for next time. These are my shooting sticks. This year a new guy came with us and he found a set at a spot where he set up. He was telling about them back at camp and my son filled him in on where they came from.
Some guys say they don't need them but I figure that seeing as I don't get a lot of shots at a moose in a season or my life, I will do everything I can to make sure that shot is as perfect as I can.

Bill
 
I agree I also don't get many chances and don't want to screw up those few shots.



billbmcleod said:
Every year when I moose hunt I leave a couple of green branches taped at the top with electrical tape wherever I might be sitting and leave them there for next time. These are my shooting sticks. This year a new guy came with us and he found a set at a spot where he set up. He was telling about them back at camp and my son filled him in on where they came from.
Some guys say they don't need them but I figure that seeing as I don't get a lot of shots at a moose in a season or my life, I will do everything I can to make sure that shot is as perfect as I can.

Bill
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