Tripods

[CPJ 2.0]

Nice looking 10-22, Jay. Where’d you find that chassis?

[Admin]

This thread is going to cost me money

[Ernie]

The other option aside from an ARCA attached the stock is a “platform “ on the top where you sit a bag. That’s not a bad option, but the bag can be heavy, dependent on the bag.

Well said!

[Ernie]

12.8 ounces...


With my 10" diameter carbon fiber plate, and the lightweight bag above on my smaller/lighter RRS, set-up for a standing shot with my rear grip 22 Creed, to confirm zero, made two shots at 100 yards on steel, from just inside the shop using the thermal optic during the day, and put two shots side by side. I also confirmed that my zero was just off to the left as well in the process.

You can actually use various gamechangers directly on top of the head. I have killed several deer in the 225ish yard range this way.

[Jay]

Nice looking 10-22, Jay. Where’d you find that chassis?

In a moment of weakness, I allowed some Jackass to enable me…. It worked out pretty good.

[Ernie]

Nice looking 10-22, Jay. Where’d you find that chassis?

In a moment of weakness, I allowed some Jackass to enable me…. It worked out pretty good.

Oh, the joy of friends....

[CPJ 2.0]

Nice looking 10-22, Jay. Where’d you find that chassis?

In a moment of weakness, I allowed some Jackass to enable me…. It worked out pretty good.

Oh, the joy of friends....

Yeah. That. My “friends” have cost me a LOT of money.

[Zee]

Just for clarification, a flat plate and heavy bag are not the most effective way to use a spotting scope. Yes, you can do it. But, it doesn’t lock in and hold on a singular spot very well.
So, if the OP wants to dual use for spotting and shooting off of, I’d probably skip the plate/bag.
I’ve done it. Just not my first choice. And it adds bulk and weight to hiking.

[Zee]

It does work well for binos that don’t have a threaded tripod adapter, though.

[Wambli Ska]

Damn! I go away for a day and look at this!!!

Ok, now I'm overwhelmed I'll spend the weekend looking at all the links and posts and start making some decisions (or more likely come back with more questions) but so far I got light=ok for spotting or binds, not good for rifles. I might pick up the carbon tripod just to leave in the Jeep with the sporting scope for scouting outings and off roading with the wife and dog. I'm getting the lockable/waterproof DECKED drawer system for the bed and intend to set it up so I can just grab the keys and go with a compliment of tools that will make being away from people more enjoyable like a few sleeping bags, scope, binos, basic cooking implements and such.

@Zee my intent was to have an Acra plate fabricated/installed on to the Kimber Hunter in 6.5 Creed because of all the guns I have it seems to be the best for all around western hunting allowing me to comfortably spot/stalk in the desert/mountains and still be able to handle the longish shots and work up to elk in mountainous terrain. If anyone sees a problem with this assessment please speak up, like I said I'm willing to learn. I won't be taking any shots past 3-400 yards (personal limit for now) which I have confirmed I can do well with this gun (but want to stay closer if at all possible).

That does not mean it'll be my only gun, it just means that it'll be my "grab and travel" gun that will always be packed and ready to go.

[Wambli Ska]

It does work well for binos that don’t have a threaded tripod adapter, though.

Yeah I have to check mine. They are an older pair of Steiner Peregrine 10x42 (discontinued years ago). I'm not that worried about them at 10X they will do what I need them to do off hand or just sitting and bracing my arms against my knees. Then use the spotting scope to get in closer.

[Zee]

Damn! I go away for a day and look at this!!!

Ok, now I'm overwhelmed I'll spend the weekend looking at all the links and posts and start making some decisions (or more likely come back with more questions) but so far I got light=ok for spotting or binds, not good for rifles. I might pick up the carbon tripod just to leave in the Jeep with the sporting scope for scouting outings and off roading with the wife and dog. I'm getting the lockable/waterproof DECKED drawer system for the bed and intend to set it up so I can just grab the keys and go with a compliment of tools that will make being away from people more enjoyable like a few sleeping bags, scope, binos, basic cooking implements and such.

@Zee my intent was to have an Acra plate fabricated/installed on to the Kimber Hunter in 6.5 Creed because of all the guns I have it seems to be the best for all around western hunting allowing me to comfortably spot/stalk in the desert/mountains and still be able to handle the longish shots and work up to elk in mountainous terrain. If anyone sees a problem with this assessment please speak up, like I said I'm willing to learn. I won't be taking any shots past 3-400 yards (personal limit for now) which I have confirmed I can do well with this gun (but want to stay closer if at all possible).

That does not mean it'll be my only gun, it just means that it'll be my "grab and travel" gun that will always be packed and ready to go.

Honestly, for me, I wouldn’t mount an ARCA rail to that rifle, I’d use some kind of clamp on a tripod. I wouldn’t hump a shooting tripod over hill and dale on an ultralight. Mountain Hunt. Well, I might hump the tripod. Probably would. But, I’d use a Pig/Hog Saddle or the likes with that rifle.
I wouldn’t mount have a nice external or internal frame pack and use that as my prone or sitting platform for the light rifle. It would be faster than a tripod to deploy and serve multi purposes. I can show you how to use it for sitting positions. Prone is a no brainer.
I’ve learned the hard way about shooting a light rifle on a mountain hunt.
On a muley hunt, I went light kit and Kimber Montana rifle. Hiking up and down the slopes and draws all day. I hiked up a draw and when I got to the top, a big non-typical buck exploded out of the draw and ran for the opposite ridge. Unslung my rifle and got in a sitting position. Didn’t have a pack with a useful frame. I curled up in a sitting and when the buck got to the ridge, he stopped and looked back at me as they often do. All I had a shot at was his butt and neck and head looking back at me. At 250-300 yards, I couldn’t steady that light rifle to save my life and make a neck shot as I was winded and heart beating with a 6lb rifle in my hands. Wasn’t going to risk that shot.
Had I utilized a framed ruck that day, things might have been different. But, there’d have been no time to deploy a tripod and there were no rocks or trees around to utilize. Pretty sure a framed ruck would have saved that day. Oh well, live and learn. This was back in the early 2000s and I’ve come a long way since then.

And ARCA on that rifle of yours will have the weak point of the screws holding it to that thin, light stock. I wouldn’t trust them to not crack the stock in recoil and any added material to make them solid will kill the purpose of the light rifle.
Not saying you can’t or shouldn’t. Just that……I wouldn’t. I’d save the ARCA for a more suitable rifle in that usage.

[Zee]

This thread needs to be in general Shooting or Hunting forum.

[Zee]

Three different styles and two different brands.

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Left to Right: Two-Vets/Two-Vets/RRS……(Ballheads are RRS)

And the leg sleeves w/shelf expanded.

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The sleeves make the tripod more comfortable to carry on you shoulder. The shelf comes in damn handy for resting things like binos, LRF, varmint calling remote, NVGs, etc. not necessary. But handy. In some circumstances.

[Wambli Ska]

Damn! I go away for a day and look at this!!!

Ok, now I'm overwhelmed I'll spend the weekend looking at all the links and posts and start making some decisions (or more likely come back with more questions) but so far I got light=ok for spotting or binds, not good for rifles. I might pick up the carbon tripod just to leave in the Jeep with the sporting scope for scouting outings and off roading with the wife and dog. I'm getting the lockable/waterproof DECKED drawer system for the bed and intend to set it up so I can just grab the keys and go with a compliment of tools that will make being away from people more enjoyable like a few sleeping bags, scope, binos, basic cooking implements and such.

@Zee my intent was to have an Acra plate fabricated/installed on to the Kimber Hunter in 6.5 Creed because of all the guns I have it seems to be the best for all around western hunting allowing me to comfortably spot/stalk in the desert/mountains and still be able to handle the longish shots and work up to elk in mountainous terrain. If anyone sees a problem with this assessment please speak up, like I said I'm willing to learn. I won't be taking any shots past 3-400 yards (personal limit for now) which I have confirmed I can do well with this gun (but want to stay closer if at all possible).

That does not mean it'll be my only gun, it just means that it'll be my "grab and travel" gun that will always be packed and ready to go.

Honestly, for me, I wouldn’t mount an ARCA rail to that rifle, I’d use some kind of clamp on a tripod. I wouldn’t hump a shooting tripod over hill and dale on an ultralight. Mountain Hunt. Well, I might hump the tripod. Probably would. But, I’d use a Pig/Hog Saddle or the likes with that rifle.
I wouldn’t mount have a nice external or internal frame pack and use that as my prone or sitting platform for the light rifle. It would be faster than a tripod to deploy and serve multi purposes. I can show you how to use it for sitting positions. Prone is a no brainer.
I’ve learned the hard way about shooting a light rifle on a mountain hunt.
On a muley hunt, I went light kit and Kimber Montana rifle. Hiking up and down the slopes and draws all day. I hiked up a draw and when I got to the top, a big non-typical buck exploded out of the draw and ran for the opposite ridge. Unslung my rifle and got in a sitting position. Didn’t have a pack with a useful frame. I curled up in a sitting and when the buck got to the ridge, he stopped and looked back at me as they often do. All I had a shot at was his butt and neck and head looking back at me. At 250-300 yards, I couldn’t steady that light rifle to save my life and make a neck shot as I was winded and heart beating with a 6lb rifle in my hands. Wasn’t going to risk that shot.
Had I utilized a framed ruck that day, things might have been different. But, there’d have been no time to deploy a tripod and there were no rocks or trees around to utilize. Pretty sure a framed ruck would have saved that day. Oh well, live and learn. This was back in the early 2000s and I’ve come a long way since then.

And ARCA on that rifle of yours will have the weak point of the screws holding it to that thin, light stock. I wouldn’t trust them to not crack the stock in recoil and any added material to make them solid will kill the purpose of the light rifle.
Not saying you can’t or shouldn’t. Just that……I wouldn’t. I’d save the ARCA for a more suitable rifle in that usage.

Thanks for the insight, I do need to re-think that then. Do you think it would work on a solid stocked Kimber Montana?

[Wambli Ska]

Three different styles and two different brands.
IMG_4784.jpeg
Left to Right: Two-Vets/Two-Vets/RRS……(Ballheads are RRS)

And the leg sleeves w/shelf expanded.
IMG_4786.jpeg
The sleeves make the tripod more comfortable to carry on you shoulder. The shelf comes in damn handy for resting things like binos, LRF, varmint calling remote, NVGs, etc. not necessary. But handy. In some circumstances.

I REALLY like that RRS on the right. Any advantages of one over the other(s). Weight differences, not necessarily precise but significant differences?

[CPJ 2.0]

So forget the first ball head I linked, this is the one I have.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/205319243594?m ... media=COPY




That’s a sore richard deal.

[Zee]

Just got this from the Shoe Store today. To be determined. Should work for bench or sitting spotting scope use. No rifle use.

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[Zee]

Damn! I go away for a day and look at this!!!

Ok, now I'm overwhelmed I'll spend the weekend looking at all the links and posts and start making some decisions (or more likely come back with more questions) but so far I got light=ok for spotting or binds, not good for rifles. I might pick up the carbon tripod just to leave in the Jeep with the sporting scope for scouting outings and off roading with the wife and dog. I'm getting the lockable/waterproof DECKED drawer system for the bed and intend to set it up so I can just grab the keys and go with a compliment of tools that will make being away from people more enjoyable like a few sleeping bags, scope, binos, basic cooking implements and such.

@Zee my intent was to have an Acra plate fabricated/installed on to the Kimber Hunter in 6.5 Creed because of all the guns I have it seems to be the best for all around western hunting allowing me to comfortably spot/stalk in the desert/mountains and still be able to handle the longish shots and work up to elk in mountainous terrain. If anyone sees a problem with this assessment please speak up, like I said I'm willing to learn. I won't be taking any shots past 3-400 yards (personal limit for now) which I have confirmed I can do well with this gun (but want to stay closer if at all possible).

That does not mean it'll be my only gun, it just means that it'll be my "grab and travel" gun that will always be packed and ready to go.

Honestly, for me, I wouldn’t mount an ARCA rail to that rifle, I’d use some kind of clamp on a tripod. I wouldn’t hump a shooting tripod over hill and dale on an ultralight. Mountain Hunt. Well, I might hump the tripod. Probably would. But, I’d use a Pig/Hog Saddle or the likes with that rifle.
I wouldn’t mount have a nice external or internal frame pack and use that as my prone or sitting platform for the light rifle. It would be faster than a tripod to deploy and serve multi purposes. I can show you how to use it for sitting positions. Prone is a no brainer.
I’ve learned the hard way about shooting a light rifle on a mountain hunt.
On a muley hunt, I went light kit and Kimber Montana rifle. Hiking up and down the slopes and draws all day. I hiked up a draw and when I got to the top, a big non-typical buck exploded out of the draw and ran for the opposite ridge. Unslung my rifle and got in a sitting position. Didn’t have a pack with a useful frame. I curled up in a sitting and when the buck got to the ridge, he stopped and looked back at me as they often do. All I had a shot at was his butt and neck and head looking back at me. At 250-300 yards, I couldn’t steady that light rifle to save my life and make a neck shot as I was winded and heart beating with a 6lb rifle in my hands. Wasn’t going to risk that shot.
Had I utilized a framed ruck that day, things might have been different. But, there’d have been no time to deploy a tripod and there were no rocks or trees around to utilize. Pretty sure a framed ruck would have saved that day. Oh well, live and learn. This was back in the early 2000s and I’ve come a long way since then.

And ARCA on that rifle of yours will have the weak point of the screws holding it to that thin, light stock. I wouldn’t trust them to not crack the stock in recoil and any added material to make them solid will kill the purpose of the light rifle.
Not saying you can’t or shouldn’t. Just that……I wouldn’t. I’d save the ARCA for a more suitable rifle in that usage.

Thanks for the insight, I do need to re-think that then. Do you think it would work on a solid stocked Kimber Montana?

The Montana is a light stock as well. Still defeats the purpose and the screws would likely be compromised.

[Zee]

Three different styles and two different brands.
IMG_4784.jpeg
Left to Right: Two-Vets/Two-Vets/RRS……(Ballheads are RRS)

And the leg sleeves w/shelf expanded.
IMG_4786.jpeg
The sleeves make the tripod more comfortable to carry on you shoulder. The shelf comes in damn handy for resting things like binos, LRF, varmint calling remote, NVGs, etc. not necessary. But handy. In some circumstances.

I REALLY like that RRS on the right. Any advantages of one over the other(s). Weight differences, not necessarily precise but significant differences?

Slightly less weight. The advantage is the RRS is more compact and fits a ruck mo betta. When you need to pack it in. Getting out of your truck and walking, the 2-Vets is nice and more stable. And, it can be strapped to the outside of a ruck.

[Zee]

So forget the first ball head I linked, this is the one I have.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/205319243594?m ... media=COPY




That’s a sore richard deal.

That’s a good deal! And a spitting image of the RRS ball head for half the price!!

[Zee]

Honestly, if I was buying a shooting/spotting tripod, I’d go 2-Vets over RRS for the money. And they have several models to choose from.
LeoPhoto tripods would be my minimum. They are good for the money and use. Just a tier of stability and cost.

[GrapeApe]

Just got this from the Shoe Store today. To be determined. Should work for bench or sitting spotting scope use. No rifle use.
IMG_4792.jpeg

58" legs, extended, You can make a stand-up teepee out of it, if nothing else

[Zee]

Just got this from the Shoe Store today. To be determined. Should work for bench or sitting spotting scope use. No rifle use.
IMG_4792.jpeg

58" legs, extended, You can make a stand-up teepee out of it, if nothing else

Probably it’s best use.

[Centermass]

I use a BOG.
It does what I want it to do. Y’all have seen it in my Silencer video