Rick in Oregon
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When out shooting prairie dogs, ground squirrels or chucks of one flavor or another, we usually either shoot from a bench or from prone with a bipod. But what if your pet varmint rifle lacks QD studs to attach a bipod, and you don't want to install them because then they'll ruin your bags when bench shooting. What to do (besides use cross-sticks)?
Enter a new thingie I whipped up this week, a thingie I call a "chuck stake", or varmint stake, not to be confused with a varmint steak.....
Anyway, as long as you're not hiking rock bluffs and humping canyons, this is great for my Cooper rifles when out for rock chucks, as none of them have QD studs or sling swivels of any kind. The basic unit:
The end that meets terra firma and the adjustable height, padded rifle cradle:
"Wicked Wanda", my pet Cooper 204 Ruger showing off her new widget:
I also like to pack a short set of cross-sticks, but for casual chuck shooting when not covering great distances on local ranches, this baby seems like the hot setup. It's made of steel tubing, all heli-arc'd, with a solid insert from the bottom to 16" up for ridigity. I covered the rifle cradle with clear plastic fuel tubing and a stainless steel adjustment knob from a BMC chopper seat.
The thing cost a total of zip, made from scrap material in the shop. Now time to see if it's worth all I paid for it and go shoot some rock chucks. Film at 11:00.
Enter a new thingie I whipped up this week, a thingie I call a "chuck stake", or varmint stake, not to be confused with a varmint steak.....
Anyway, as long as you're not hiking rock bluffs and humping canyons, this is great for my Cooper rifles when out for rock chucks, as none of them have QD studs or sling swivels of any kind. The basic unit:
The end that meets terra firma and the adjustable height, padded rifle cradle:
"Wicked Wanda", my pet Cooper 204 Ruger showing off her new widget:
I also like to pack a short set of cross-sticks, but for casual chuck shooting when not covering great distances on local ranches, this baby seems like the hot setup. It's made of steel tubing, all heli-arc'd, with a solid insert from the bottom to 16" up for ridigity. I covered the rifle cradle with clear plastic fuel tubing and a stainless steel adjustment knob from a BMC chopper seat.
The thing cost a total of zip, made from scrap material in the shop. Now time to see if it's worth all I paid for it and go shoot some rock chucks. Film at 11:00.
