Benthejockey Posted December 22, 2015 Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 Gentlemen I'm looking for ideas on shooting sticks. I'm always out and about often when I'm lamping and it occurs to me they'd be a bloody good idea. But then I go home and normality resumes and I forget that they'd be a good idea until next time I'm out trying to find a handy leaning tree/post to shoot off. So has anyone got any recommendations for a decent but not horrendously expensive set? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandalf Posted December 22, 2015 Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 Shooting stick is to sit on in these parts. You seem to be talking about a rifle rest - quad sticks etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benthejockey Posted December 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 (edited) Thems the ones Grandalf! For resting the bang stick not my posterior. Edited December 22, 2015 by Benthejockey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted December 22, 2015 Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 People will tell you how to make them for peanuts from bits of old runner bean poles and bolts/washers/nuts etc. Or... you could just buy Bushwear bushsticks for about 25 quid and they fold down nicely so you can take kneeling and sitting shots as well as standing, and they fit fit in the boot of your car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essex Keeper Posted December 22, 2015 Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 frenchieboys quad sticks are the best well for me anyway can shoot out to 300yrds + £10 to make Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted December 22, 2015 Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 Maybe I am a rubbish shot, but if I was going beyond 200 yards on anything breathing I would be using a bipod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benthejockey Posted December 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 I'm not a talented DIYist. I have extensive destruction skills but my creationist abilities are a bit lacking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandalf Posted December 22, 2015 Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 I was a confirmed bipod man till I tried a quad stick. Like a rock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benthejockey Posted December 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 (edited) I wouldn't be shooting that far at night. And it's mainly for the wet dirty treks across some of the boggy Welsh fields I shoot over. The places where I can't take thee truck and lean on the bonnet. I'd doubt the Welsh fields are 200yds across otherwise how would we catch the sheep 😜 Edited December 22, 2015 by Benthejockey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essex Keeper Posted December 22, 2015 Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 bipods are good but with quad stick you get a good solid hold of the rifle allowing you to shoot over long grass etc i find it easier with quad sticks than a bipod on a bonnet of a truck say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remimax Posted December 22, 2015 Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 (edited) Maybe I am a rubbish shot, but if I was going beyond 200 yards on anything breathing I would be using a bipod your obviously bettter than me cos there's no way i would shoot out to 200 yards with your 25 quid bushwear bipod sticks.. live shot on the hoof , quad sticks everytime, diy or commercial its a no brainer. i'm on diys but could be tempted by a set of the new Seeland Quadsticks. Edited December 22, 2015 by Remimax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalahari Posted December 22, 2015 Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 A1 decoys do them at a reasonable rate. David. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye Posted December 22, 2015 Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 I have 3 sets and the ones that get used the most are my trigger sticks not cheap but great for uneven ground and with them being tripods very solid... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted December 22, 2015 Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 Quad sticks more accurate than prone or a bench and better in the field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clakk Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 (edited) B n M ,2x green alu garden canes ,1x martindale ring from any horse type shop.job done total cost about 7 quid Edited December 23, 2015 by clakk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodp Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 B n M ,2x green alu garden canes ,1x martindale ring from any horse type shop.job done total cost about 7 quid +1 ^^^ Only I use a length of bike inner tube rolled down to where I want it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjimmer Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 I have 3 sets and the ones that get used the most are my trigger sticks not cheap but great for uneven ground and with them being tripods very solid... +1 Primos Trigger Tripod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 hello, mine are 2 plastic coated garden poles those with pointy end 3 ft for hide 5 ft for walkinf/hunting about a fiver, old piece of inner tube tied 6 inch from top and black taped down to tube, some decent string 1 ft off bottom to hold poles apart giving the top V a rifle rest hold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telf Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 b q plastic coated garden stakes,type in how to make cheap shooting sticks in your search engine,hunters vermin quad sticks for me,modified with bolts,absolutely rock solid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 Hooray. The gardeners have woken up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 +1 Primos Trigger Tripod. Glad I'm not the only one with taste Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 Hooray. The gardeners have woken up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benthejockey Posted December 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 Thanks for the tips gents but in an unusual bout of me wanting to part with my he'd earned pennies I don't want to be strapping two Boy Scouts together with 3 hair bobbles and some sticky back plastic (I never did get my blue peter badge). The tripod trigger sticks sound good though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 I would have a try of them before buying, I have a pair, used them once, and missed a reasonably routine shot. Not blaming them completely (obviously) but as confidence plays such a big part in this game I put the away and have carried on with the Bushsticks for now. Somehow, to me at least, the 'X' type sticks offer more rigidity as they grip the fore-end of the rifle, I prefer that, but will have another go with the trigger sticks sometime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjimmer Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 Hooray. The gardeners have woken up I doubt many on here will know that a Primo is a cabbage, so your comment might be lost on some people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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