Thread: Trigger stick

Gday guys anyone using or had experience with the trigger sticks for shooting off?
Any brand you would recommend?

I'd give the Ridgeline speedstick tripod a swerve

I bought one from xHunter in Aussie for not many pesos. Looks identical to the expensive Primos product. They even used some of the same marketing photos. Something dodgy there. Anyway, it works, but I prefer my DIY quad sticks for stability. That said, the trigger sticks are adaptable to terrain and height, and quicker to deploy.

Originally Posted by NZ_noddy

I'd give the Ridgeline speedstick tripod a swerve

Haha the ridgeline one rubbish is it?

Originally Posted by MB

I bought one from xHunter in Aussie for not many pesos. Looks identical to the expensive Primos product. They even used some of the same marketing photos. Something dodgy there. Anyway, it works, but I prefer my DIY quad sticks for stability. That said, the trigger sticks are adaptable to terrain and height, and quicker to deploy.

Do you know what brand the one from oz is?
The primos looks the goods but pricey!

https://xhunteronline.co.nz/products...t=895330353196

Go out in the bush and cut yourselve a length of Manuka or Lancewood. Instant Nibbie/musterers stick or shooting stick. Better when dried out. Free and if you can't shoot off that, sell your rifles because you can't shoot for shit anyway. If the weight is too much, Harden the fuck up!

I had a Ridgeline one. Awesome bit of gear for the money. Great for shooters who aren't confident shots or have trouble holding a rifle up.
I said "had" as a dumb arse client decided to swat flies off a deer while I was away getting the side by side, and snapped the top off it.

Cut two sticks of 20mm dia bamboo at 1.9m. Tie them together with a heavy duty rubber band 100mm down from the top and you've got a free bipod

Originally Posted by Hugh Shields

Cut two sticks of 20mm dia bamboo at 1.9m. Tie them together with a heavy duty rubber band 100mm down from the top and you've got a free bipod

Great if you are shooting on flat even open ground. But uneven broken ground a trigger stick setup is quicker and easier to use. Plus you are not carting a couple of two meter poles around, which would be a pain in the arse.

Originally Posted by 7mmwsm

Great if you are shooting on flat even open ground. But uneven broken ground a trigger stick setup is quicker and easier to use. Plus you are not carting a couple of two meter poles around, which would be a pain in the arse.

FFS. It seems like everyone seems to be carrying walking sticks/poles these days, instant shooting stick. If your clients or anyone else can’t make do then maybe they should take up another hobby.

First up, dont FFS me.
Not everyone is a super duper hunter/shot like you.
Youngsters, newbies, older frail people are quite difficult to get on to an animal. A tripod that adjusts to the ground at the pull ot a trigger and is free standing is brilliant for those types. I've had very experienced hunters, both new Zealanders and from overseas comment on how good trigger sticks are after using mine(Jim Shocky promotes them).
They pack down to about a meter, and with the use of a make shift sling are very easy to carry around.
Really your six foot manuka poles don't have a lot going for them in comparison.

For fixed position shooting, or in tussock long grass etc, they really can't be beat

I have both the Ridgeline model and the Jim Shocky trigger stick. The Ridgeline is Ok if your on a Budget, mine has had fairly hard use and is still going strong. The Jim Shocky model is better built and a little mode user friendly. With a trigger stick I fell pretty confident out to 300m from a standing rest over the trigger stick, they are definitely worth giving a shot.

I have used sticks of one kind or another for rabbit shooting on farmland and for shooting pigs from a fixed seated position. I couldn't imagine carrying them around the bush or up a mountain, but each to their own!