Shooting sticks and bipods

DogginYotes

DogginYotes

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Anyone have any experience with these? They worth a bunch of pretty penny’s?
 
Personally I thought it wasn’t as stable for me as the swagger QD bipod. I also didn’t like the mounting cup because I couldn’t attach a regular pic mounted bipod to it. The swagger was cheaper and more versatile.

But I ultimately got rid of both and just kept the swagger hunter 42. That has its down sides with being bulky though. Now I primarily shoot off a tripod but the swagger will get some use from time to time.
 
Duhhh said:
Personally I thought it wasn’t as stable for me as the swagger QD bipod. I also didn’t like the mounting cup because I couldn’t attach a regular pic mounted bipod to it. The swagger was cheaper and more versatile.

But I ultimately got rid of both and just kept the swagger hunter 42. That has its down sides with being bulky though. Now I primarily shoot off a tripod but the swagger will get some use from time to time.
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I run allot of tripod also. But there’s definitely days I don’t want to pack it around. So I was looking for a light weight solution. But stability was a concern. I should have enough room on my rail to keep my standard bipod.
I’ve looked at the swaggers and used my buddy’s. Awesome system but the bulky aspect of it kinda killed it for me.
 
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DogginYotes said:
I run allot of tripod also. But there’s definitely days I don’t want to pack it around. So I was looking for a light weight solution. But stability was a concern. I should have enough room on my rail to keep my standard bipod.
I’ve looked at the swaggers and used my buddy’s. Awesome system but the bulky aspect of it kinda killed it for me.
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Gotcha. I have a fairly light Leofoto with a MA-30 head so it’s not too bad to pack around in my pack.

But for me personally, I thought the swagger QD 42 was more stable than the spartan. I bought both of them used. At the time I was shooting a 6.5 creed that was a bit over 12lbs. So I may have been pushing the limits on the Spartans system.
 
I have a couple tripods, one attached bipod. And for day coyote calling in my country they stay in the shop, they are just a pain. For me shooting cross sticks work best. When a coyote comes in from a unexpected direction your rifle is free to swing any direction without hanging up and can be very accurate if you practice on them..
 
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Gotcha. I have a fairly light Leofoto with a MA-30 head so it’s not too bad to pack around in my pack.

But for me personally, I thought the swagger QD 42 was more stable than the spartan. I bought both of them used. At the time I was shooting a 6.5 creed that was a bit over 12lbs. So I may have been pushing the limits on the Spartans system.
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Ya I’m getting this for my Sig Cross which is just a tad over 8 with bipod. And I’ll shave that weight down once my Proof 22 creed comes in and I knock that bipod off. I’m going to try out that spartan system. Just because the way their system is designed, with the ability to swap bipods from gun to gun, tripods, spotters, binos.
If not I’ll sell it or give it to my brother
 
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And for day coyote calling in my country they stay in the shop, they are just a pain. For me shooting cross sticks work best. When a coyote comes in from a unexpected direction your rifle is free to swing any direction without hanging up and can be very accurate if you practice on them..
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Absolutely! Cross sticks easy to make and are light weight. As Erich said, need a quick shift you can set up your rifle sling with a loop near swivel and drop loop over one leg of stick as shown below, grasp sling/sticks and you can pick up as a unit or simply lift rifle off sticks and let them fall for runners if so inclined.
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Cheap and easy to make from garden stakes
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AWS said:
I have a couple tripods, one attached bipod. And for day coyote calling in my country they stay in the shop, they are just a pain. For me shooting cross sticks work best. When a coyote comes in from a unexpected direction your rifle is free to swing any direction without hanging up and can be very accurate if you practice on them..
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I agree on the mobility. My only issue with shooting sticks has been for those shots over 300 yards. I start to fall apart at that distance on sticks.

The swagger hunter 42 with my pack as a rear support has been decent. Think my furthest coyote kill on that has been 682 ish yards.

The tripod is not ideal for mobility but it’s helped me tremendously with making longer shots and spotting impacts.
 
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