Improving shooting from shooting sticks

[M14AMU]

This is what has worked best for me of all of the things I've tried so far:

Bog Pod tripod with a Stoney Point tag-along-arm, a little bit of Teflon tape around the Bog Pod arm to increase the diameter to fit the tag-along-arm.

I use this system for pretty much everything long-range in the field where a bipod won't work. Great for coyote hunting as it free's up both hands to call with, etc. There is some side-to-side wobble that I've learned to minimize through technique and practice. This works great on rifle stocks with a butt-hook as the tag along arm 'locks' into the butt-hook perfectly.

What I do is hold and tension the rifle sling in the left hand that is also gripping the left tripod leg, pulling enough to move the crosshairs to the left of the POA (works best with a sling on the left side of the forearm). Then I brace my right elbow on my knee using something like this:

... and push gently, applying enough 'counter-tension' to bring the crosshairs back on target.

I've taken coyotes out to 749 yards and elk to 889 yards with this setup, including taking an elk at 750 yards last weekend. Also, my POI matches my bench POI with this setup.

Go to your local Tractor Store and get you some wheels and a tow bar and you're good to go!! ;D

 

[370bc]

I had an extra seat cushion and tried using that as an under arm support and it worked! Probably not as good as the one in the pic, but it was a vast improvement none the less. Great info!

 

[LenBackus]

Regarding use of the quad sticks, I mentioned above the need to work on controlling the vertical.

I think I have it figured out so there will be minimal special technique required to learn and practice.

Yesterday at the 600 yard range I simply added another "leg" which came from a Stoney Point (now Primos) system I hadn't been using. You can accomplish the same thing with any number of similar thingy's

Now there is absolutely NO vertical movement. The 5th leg is set on the ground forward of the rifle and you can slightly push into the whole system to "ground" the tip of the 5th leg.

I was able to easily "hold" on a 2 inch spot on my steel at 600 yards with no vertical jiggle. And of course the horizontal was already taken care of just with the quad sticks themselves.

This whole unit is now seriously capable at very long ranges!

Quad Sticks at the LRH Store..

http://www.longrangehunting.com/store/quad-sticks.html

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