General Purpose Shooting Tripod

[robbor]

You guys have any recomendations for a general porpose walking around shooting tripod? I need something mainly for rimfire / small cal for squirrels.

 

[cptjack]

I use 2 sticks about 3/4 inch tied 6 ' from top. bi not tri

 

[Conaso]

Primos - to fit your budget...

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[Lynn Brase]

Bamboo poles tied with innertube cut in strips, third pole for tripod. Works great.

 

[Bill K]

Primos has a good variety of decent sticks. Depending on what you want to spend.

 

[K9TXS]

I use to use a shooting bench for all my PD hunting. Two years ago, I switched over to a SLIK tripod with a level head.

I like to walk the fields and my gear is carried on a game cart. It makes everything so much easier. When I get to a shooting spot, I usually stay there for an hour or so depending on what the wind and PD's are doing. Then I move on to the next spot.

If you're going to do more walking than staying in one place, as others have mentioned, a set of shooting stick may be best for you. You could make a set which would be very inexpensive and try them out. If you didn't care for them, go to a tripod.

If I didn't have a game cart to hall my stuff around with, I would use a carbon fiber tripod just because it's lighter.

Which ever you decide to do, practice a lot before you go on the hunt. It's different shooting off of sticks or a tripod than a bench rest, tree stump, log, etc....

 

[robbor]

Im pretty shakey , lol. Im actually looking at leophoto inverted leg tripod. I guess buy once, cry once.
Prob the small one would be great. But thinking of the big 88lb one for my long range gun for later

 

[Gundog]

I have the BOG Deathgrip that I use a lot. Light enough to carry for Prairie Dogs and Coyote hunting.
I bought the graphite one as it was just a little lighter that the aluminum one. It has three different leg locking positions so I can use it standing, kneeling or sitting. Easy to adjust legs with lever locks for height adjustment and an adjustable angle clamp for the gun.

 

[BuffaloBill]

I too use a BOG Deathgrip. It’s a lot of tripod for the money. I made adapter blocks to allow using the original clamping vise or Arca rail.

link to a post where the adapter is described:

ARCA rail and Deathgrip adapter

The Bog Deathgrip is a pretty solid tripod for the money. It’s clamping mechanism works fine but after seeing how easy it would be to adapt it to an Arca clamp, I did so this morning. Its pivot yoke is bolted to the clamp gizmo with four M6-1.0 screws on a 20.5x45mm bolt pattern. I clamped a...

forum.accurateshooter.com

 

[robbor]

I ended up splurging ang got the leofoto SO-322C inverted tripod
Got a good deal. And wow its tall.
Not to heavy either. Still have to get a ball head and shooting saddle.

 

[Matt_3479]

I’ve been running a fatboy tripod for a 6-8 months now and it’s been incredible! Most solid tripod I’ve ever tried!!

 

[Dusty Stevens]

I ended up splurging ang got the leofoto SO-322C inverted tripod
Got a good deal. And wow its tall.
Not to heavy either. Still have to get a ball head and shooting saddle.

Thats a nice looking tripod. Why the inverted legs?

 

[NateHaler]

I'm guessing it's because the core of the earth might be reversing direction, so the OP would have to use it inverted? https://www.sciencenews.org/article/earth-inner-core-reverse-rotation

 

[robbor]

Thats a nice looking tripod. Why the inverted legs?

I didnt not specifically want inverted legs. What i was looking for was fairly tall and i didnt want 3-4 leg sections. Its mainly for shooting sitting off a chair or standing. The inverted legs though keep the leg adjustment higher and closer to reach. Sage rats lookout!

 

[ExPiney]

Thats a nice looking tripod. Why the inverted legs?

SO-362C - Leofoto

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This is what Leofoto has to say about the inverted legs.

I have one. Pros are it's light, solid and easy to adjust. Cons are it's bulky to carry/transport and had a funny smell (which has faded).