Tripod Shooting

[MG5150]

No stilts involved ..
The tripod swings out to the left, slightly rearwards.at about waist height parallel to the ground.
The fingers on the kopfjager "death grip" keep the rifle securely attached.
Not sure how I'd take a pic...maybe a timer ...I'll keep it in mind next time I head out.

That makes sense, are the legs fully opened or do you have them pressed in to make it easier to carry?

[FoxSpotter]

I carry with the legs fully extended.

This is the fastest way to set up for a shot when walking
Don't have to muck about extending legs or clamping in the rifle.

Only have to make sure the legs are spread out after carrying.

[madang55]

Has anyone tried the new SCREE HUNTSMAN tripods? I've got one on my Christmas stocking list. They look and feel to be a very fine piece of kit

[Billo]

Has anyone tried the new SCREE HUNTSMAN tripods? I've got one on my Christmas stocking list. They look and feel to be a very fine piece of kit

I've checked them out twice now and they seem very good value, the CF is very light weight but has plenty of stability

[madang55]

My thoughts as well. And cheaper than a bog

[Fester]

Has anyone tried the Manbilly and vise type rifle holder?

I tried, but got ripped and went a free return full refund on the carbon fibre tripod as it didn't have the ball and socket bit so it was rendered useless.

I would have had to pay about another $150, and it would have added up to a good few hundred $

I am left with just the vice attachment, as it only cost about $50 or less.
I tried it on the cheaper, lightweight eBay trigger tripod, but it is not as steady as the Manbilly tripod.
They are not exactly lightweight enough to take walking, as carbon fibre is only the shafts, and the alloy bits add up.
Very sturdy setup, but need the swivel ball to aim.

[bladeracer]

I have no idea about brand names but I've been using a cheap vice-style attachment this year for shooting and for holding my phone when recording video. I think it was around $40 from either Temu or Ebay, I don't recall. I've never had any issues with it and it's quite a hefty lump of metal.

The tripod I'm using is a Zomei that's pretty good, rigid and stable, though it did blow over in a heavy wind the other week when I was filming us pulling a calf out of a cow, dumping my phone right into a fresh cow pat

Has anyone tried the Manbilly and vise type rifle holder?

I tried, but got ripped and went a free return full refund on the carbon fibre tripod as it didn't have the ball and socket bit so it was rendered useless.

I would have had to pay about another $150, and it would have added up to a good few hundred $

I am left with just the vice attachment, as it only cost about $50 or less.
I tried it on the cheaper, lightweight eBay trigger tripod, but it is not as steady as the Manbilly tripod.
They are not exactly lightweight enough to take walking, as carbon fibre is only the shafts, and the alloy bits add up.
Very sturdy setup, but need the swivel ball to aim.

[Fester]

More ideas and bits to buy, the easy carry sounds good, and I am finally using a Safari sling.

Something about sticks shooting that is not as steady as the hand on a tree, maybe it's just me and body movement transfers to rifle steadiness.
This is where the Manbilly type of sturdy tripod and vice setup may be better for keeping a steady crosshair.
Just need a light hold without extra pressure on the sticks or rifle, I imagine.

The trouble is the good tripod is a bit too heavy for carry.
Getting one and sending it back was good in a way as I garage tested it with the hunting rifle.
It seemed very steady, but no swivel ball rendered it useless.

They get you in with the add, as the photo is a swivel ball included unit but to buy all 3 items is not that cheap.

[Fester]

I just looked up the Kopfjager but no way I would even consider near $1,500 for something else I may hardly even use.
Bogpods are also over a grand.

Sort of makes the Manbilly value look good again.
Will keep waiting for a super special price to get the tripod with swivel ball.
Lots of models so care is needed to get the good solid, full sized one, and no sales seem to be coming up.

[Wapiti]

More ideas and bits to buy, the easy carry sounds good, and I am finally using a Safari sling.

Something about sticks shooting that is not as steady as the hand on a tree, maybe it's just me and body movement transfers to rifle steadiness.
This is where the Manbilly type of sturdy tripod and vice setup may be better for keeping a steady crosshair.
Just need a light hold without extra pressure on the sticks or rifle, I imagine.

The trouble is the good tripod is a bit too heavy for carry.
Getting one and sending it back was good in a way as I garage tested it with the hunting rifle.
It seemed very steady, but no swivel ball rendered it useless.

They get you in with the add, as the photo is a swivel ball included unit but to buy all 3 items is not that cheap.

Yes I've wondered that, do have any experience with tripod use in the field?
I've watched those yanks on YouTube with the chassis bolt guns of every make showing longer range shooting through those "scope cams", and the hold looks bloody wobbly on those very chunky ball top carbonfibre tripods. They have to trip the trigger as the cross-hairs swing past the target.
Is this pretty much how they are?

If so, what's the fascination with these things? Just asking.
Seems like it'd be a right pain carrying one hunting. Marketing in action? Consume ya b@stards?

[Fester]

More ideas and bits to buy, the easy carry sounds good, and I am finally using a Safari sling.

Something about sticks shooting that is not as steady as the hand on a tree, maybe it's just me and body movement transfers to rifle steadiness.
This is where the Manbilly type of sturdy tripod and vice setup may be better for keeping a steady crosshair.
Just need a light hold without extra pressure on the sticks or rifle, I imagine.

The trouble is the good tripod is a bit too heavy for carry.
Getting one and sending it back was good in a way as I garage tested it with the hunting rifle.
It seemed very steady, but no swivel ball rendered it useless.

They get you in with the add, as the photo is a swivel ball included unit but to buy all 3 items is not that cheap.

Yes I've wondered that, do have any experience with tripod use in the field?
I've watched those yanks on YouTube with the chassis bolt guns of every make showing longer range shooting through those "scope cams", and the hold looks bloody wobbly on those very chunky ball top carbonfibre tripods. They have to trip the trigger as the cross-hairs swing past the target.
Is this pretty much how they are?

If so, what's the fascination with these things? Just asking.
Seems like it'd be a right pain carrying one hunting. Marketing in action? Consume ya b@stards?

In Africa they swear by sticks because of long grasses making standing shots the only option..
Funny thing is none of this fancy crap, just 3 sticks tied together.

I actually tried a practice from the garage into the back yard and at short 20yd range this morning, the vise on the cheap FleBay tripod was OK and had enough slack to make vertical adjustments and can swing horizontal as far as you wish.

Then I swapped the vice with the simple plastic v and it still held on target with dry fires.
I need to do a range practise session to see what I can do at 100m.
Also, do you even get those 10 seconds to set the tripod in place.
With high pressured deer, it can be off-hand snap shot or nothing, as they are gone.

I have no faith in anything the Yanks do with their chassis things, and if they want to stretch the ranges much past 400, I think they need more than a Fagmoor and tripod.
6.5 cals have got to be marginal on anything of decent size and so have sticks at longer ranges.

I have carried the light weight tripod a few times, but only used it as a walking stick, and a sitting on my ass shot so far.

I have been caught out a few times, and it's off-hand or nothing, move to a tree and they are gone, freeze or drop, and a shot may present. This is why I started the practice and improved my off-hand shooting 100%
It took a long time though, and now the local ranges have gone full Fudd, so I can't practice as regularly.
Hence the home practice and I can do longer range out the garage door but too many walkers now, and they come from the suburbs, so not worth the risk.

[Wapiti]

Yeah thanks Fester.
And your humour is appreciated!

We shot some meat this arvo, off the rest in the buggy. We disturbed a young wallaroo that was plainly buggered, it could hardly drag itself along, so I jumped out and went to shoot it offhand, in the head. I missed 3 times before I put it out of it's misery. It's neck was a nest of ticks, poor thing. It was anaemic.
The offhand stuff caught me by surprise, most days I'm onto it straight away, but today I just couldn't get anything to click.
The Mrs with her 7615 was pinpoint on fire.

Would I have dragged out sticks or had time? No.
But I see them bloomin everywhere now, and that's why I asked, I couldn't see how they could be any use to me so thanks for some insights.

[Fester]

You may have just stumbled onto the answer.
So many blokes just can't shoot offhand at all, and most won't put in the time to get proficient at it.
Sticks would help them, and the African guides consider their basic woodies to be mandatory for most shots.
As no one has their skills, the first thing the hunter may see is is the guide jump in front and set the sticks in place.

It took a few years of range practice for me, and can still be hit and miss at 100yds.
I am pretty confident at anything under 60 or so.

Where I hunt, I was often caught out and all I could do was look at the deer quickly walk or run off.
I hunted on foot with a conventional sling and you would not even get away with racking a round without them being onto you.

I did the garage practice to have a round ready, but safe.
I would freeze at the sighting, rotate the rifle into the shooting position with my body shielding the movements.
Close bolt, safety clicked of and shoot.
The practice of a few minutes every few weeks also had me on target (sight picture) always with both eyes open.
Unless I forgot to wind the zoom to minimum, I am on target when the rifle is shouldered.
The practice also avoids the old safety on missed deer.

It all paid off once when a few does were sighted on the track and the youngest yearling was slower to get away.
I shot it mid animal and expected a clean miss as it was about 130yds.
Trecked into the thick s**t where they headed in case of blood and heard it jump from bush to bush, but not bolt off.
I just steadied with a hand on the tree I hid behind and when it popped it's head up, I shot it.
The first shot was mid animal, and a classic gut shot, but that meat was the best I had ever eaten at the time.
I will see if I can dig up a pic and add it.