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CPJ 2.0 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 10, 2025 11:58 pm 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.

CPJ 2.0 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 11, 2025 4:04 am Nice looking 10-22, Jay. Where’d you find that chassis?

Jay wrote: ↑Fri Apr 11, 2025 1:41 pm

CPJ 2.0 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 11, 2025 4:04 am 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 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 11, 2025 2:49 pm

Jay wrote: ↑Fri Apr 11, 2025 1:41 pm

CPJ 2.0 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 11, 2025 4:04 am 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....

Zee wrote: ↑Fri Apr 11, 2025 3:24 pm It does work well for binos that don’t have a threaded tripod adapter, though.

Wambli Ska wrote: ↑Fri Apr 11, 2025 5:52 pm 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.

Zee wrote: ↑Fri Apr 11, 2025 6:38 pm

Wambli Ska wrote: ↑Fri Apr 11, 2025 5:52 pm 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 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 11, 2025 9:42 pm 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.
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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 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 11, 2025 9:54 pm

Zee wrote: ↑Fri Apr 11, 2025 6:38 pm

Wambli Ska wrote: ↑Fri Apr 11, 2025 5:52 pm 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 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 11, 2025 9:58 pm

Zee wrote: ↑Fri Apr 11, 2025 9:42 pm 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 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 11, 2025 10:14 pm 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 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 11, 2025 10:24 pm 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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GrapeApe wrote: ↑Fri Apr 11, 2025 11:10 pm

Zee wrote: ↑Fri Apr 11, 2025 10:24 pm 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