Gday guys anyone using or had experience with the trigger sticks for shooting off?
Any brand you would recommend?
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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.
Haha the ridgeline one rubbish is it?Quote:
Originally Posted by NZ_noddy
Do you know what brand the one from oz is?Quote:
Originally Posted by MB
The primos looks the goods but pricey!
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
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh Shields
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by 7mmwsm
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!
Not a super shot, just proficient. My father, an ex deer culler/rabbit board supervisor, taught me to shoot and the army taught me their way. Shoulder reconstruction adds another dimension to offhand shooting. Anyway, when bush shooting there’s usually a makeshift rest handy if you need it. Open country I’ve often got a nibbie with me so don’t need to lay out money on other needless shit. Old I guess and set in my ways.Quote:
Originally Posted by 7mmwsm
I have no problems decking deer off the shoulder but a portion of my hunting is on private blocks with a thermal and during the summer the grass is too long to use a bipod or pack for a rest on 300m shots hence why i am enquiring about shooting stick as a alternative rest so i can get some height, open to your suggestions on how you pull off your 300m shots off the shoulder and the best way for someone to harden the fuck up…..🤦🏻*♂️🤣Quote:
Originally Posted by woods223
I use a lightweight sunwayfoto hunting tripod for all my thermal work. Your gun just needs an arca or picatinny rail attached though. More stable than trigger sticks with a saddle style mount for long range.
“harden the fuck up” was in reference to the latest trend to carry light/ultralight gear. Build your muscle strength/memory through weight/resistance training, eg. exercise by holding your rifle in front of you with extended arms in your lounge/garage wherever, say 5 reps. of 2-3 minutes. Heavier rifles and support poles lend themselves to a steadier shooting platform/stance. Try wrapping your sling around pole, place fifers between rifle for-end and pole and brace yourself, you’ve got three points of ground contact. Steady as. “hunting is on private blocks with a thermal” suggests hours of walking isn’t involved so it’s not going to kill you to carry a bit of weight. I’ve shot deer out to 330m using this method or using handy fence posts or trees for support when night shooting.
How’s this for an idea, from army training way back using basic sights. Draw some circle targets as follows, all shot at 100 yards. Prone: 2 MOA. Sitting or kneeling supported: 3 MOA. Sitting unsupported: 5 MOA. Offhand : 7MOA. When you can achieve consistent hits at that range move back 100 yards and repeat with same targets, eg. 7” @ 200yds offhand. Repeat out to whatever range. When you can consistently hit targets at nominated range/position go hunting, not before. Maybe don’t need to carry a crutch then. As I’ve said elsewhere, since shoulder surgery I use what’s handy for support if I need it. Otherwise the target walks away.
Hey, I've been trying to contact xhunter and join their mailing list, wanting to buy one of these tripods, but keep drawing a blank. I see that the sticks are out of stock, and the price has jumped up to $180. But I would like to know when they will be available again.Quote:
Originally Posted by MB
Are they a legit company?
They don't appear to be easy to get a hold of, or is it just me being a techno-dumbarse?
I've placed a couple of orders with them for stuff I couldn't get in NZ. No issues. I've emailed them before asking about products and they got back to me pretty quickly. They are (or at least were) a legit company.Quote:
Originally Posted by kidmac42
I bought a Primos tripod a while back to use 17 hmr in orchards. It works very well as a rest, if you are already halfway adept at shooting offhand it is almost cheating.
It is harder to use than a rifle mounted bipod, you have to carry it in addition to the rifle, and it doesn't really offer the option of a quick accurate shot due to the set up time involved. It doen't carry very well with the three legs spread, so you have to spread them before pulling the trigger to deploy them. which sort of makes the one handed trigger thing a bit redundant.
It does work well if you have someone else hunting with you and they can carry it and set it up for you.
Before I bought the primos I was using a piece of 70x45 with a large nail sticking downward from the bottom and a V of plywood nailed to the top with tire tube wrapped around it to make a cradle for the rifle, this was much faster to deploy and surprisingly effective.
For out in the scrub I would lean more toward a stick with a point at the bottom and a V a the top, the tripod will get caught up a lot more in the thick stuff.
Pretty sure thats the Ridgeline model under a different name. i have the Rdigeline and the pics look very similar.Quote:
Originally Posted by kidmac42
I've got 2 pairs of vanguard shooting sticks.
A older set of GBP 1s and a newer set I'm yet to blood.
For ISP(improvised shooting shooting positions) where it's not viable to lay down or the scrub is too tall their a absolute game changer. I carry my shooting sticks in the left side pocket of my pack which I can grab with my left hand and deploy in all of about 2 seconds.I do not use my bipod as a result. Serious shooters sell the vanguards.
For $109 for the cheapest set of vanguards and they weigh like 200g it's a win win.