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Long Range Tripod suggestions
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I do have the Bog Death Grip. Although the head that holds the rifle is rather generic (it has to be), overall it's a stable platform.
It all depends on your usage, as to whether it'll do what you want.
Night Stalker Shooting Tripod & Ball-Head
The most portable, affordable and universal tripod to date. With lightweight, durable carbon fiber legs with camouflage pads, leveling ball-head and state of the art innovation
www.nightgoggles.com
I've used this for 3-4 years. Still sturdy and stable.
Here's maybe a bit cheaper setup. I used it in Southern Colorado this last year, it worked really well, but it's kinda heavy.
The tripod itself is a Kopfjager K700, the aluminum legged version. They sell a carbon fiber legged version, I just couldn't justify the cost difference. Nice and sturdy, but maybe heavier than I would have liked.
I used this CAVIX H-46 Metal Ball Head because I wanted a tilt ball that would hold a heavy barrel rifle. Did the job quite well. They sell 4 or 5 different sizes, I just wanted a bigger one.
And I 3d printed a rifle cradle, didn't care for the printed cradle, buy I liked the entire system and so I bought a Metal Gun Cradle.
All told I spent $200 and used it to take this:
Don't laugh at the Orangies, they are required in Colorado.
No experience with these but have them on the short list.
stores.hogsaddle.com
Definitely fits the budget and they offer some other more rugged and or lightweight options. Not to hijack the thread but curious if any shooters and more so hunters have experience with these.
PIG0311-G Field Shooting Tripod, OD Green
HOG Saddle Shadow Tech, LLC PIG0311-G Field Shooting Tripod, OD Green , for Tripod Shooting
stores.hogsaddle.com
Definitely fits the budget and they offer some other more rugged and or lightweight options. Not to hijack the thread but curious if any shooters and more so hunters have experience with these.
I bought one earlier this year and have been very happy with it. If I had to carry it very far, I might prefer it be lighter, but I don’t.
I bought mine when they were released, and the older units didn't have a clip-on setting. You have to mail in the older units in to get updated, and AGM doesn't make the update known either that's why asked just lookin out.
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The best budget version imo is the leofoto. I started with the innorel and upgraded. I have really right stuff for work schools and courses and they are amazing but expensive.
Imo if your using it to hunt or for competition the invertered models are the only way to go. So much easier and the only down side is the collapsed height is bigger. I have a ton of use and expuerence with tripods. If you wanna go into detail pm and we can. The leofoto is a clobe of the RRS and worked well for me for lots of rough use.
Ball heads and leveling bases are usually not included in the purchase. If you want a saddle the hog or pig are way ahead of the bog like night and day. They are only required if you arent running arca rails. If you buy the right ball head like a RRS anvil or clone. Or even an adapter for most ball heads u can run arca or they will attach to the standard pic rail.
Sorry typing on the phone and its a pain to get into a ton of detail by tripods are a true game changer.
Imo if your using it to hunt or for competition the invertered models are the only way to go. So much easier and the only down side is the collapsed height is bigger. I have a ton of use and expuerence with tripods. If you wanna go into detail pm and we can. The leofoto is a clobe of the RRS and worked well for me for lots of rough use.
Ball heads and leveling bases are usually not included in the purchase. If you want a saddle the hog or pig are way ahead of the bog like night and day. They are only required if you arent running arca rails. If you buy the right ball head like a RRS anvil or clone. Or even an adapter for most ball heads u can run arca or they will attach to the standard pic rail.
Sorry typing on the phone and its a pain to get into a ton of detail by tripods are a true game changer.
My Wichita and Sinclair are Tripods. They are just short ones.
+1 for the BOG.
This obviously isn't my "long range" rifle on it, but I like the tripod.
Got the ball head top end set-up from a guy selling them on the Hide.
Now I can use the rail system and I like that better than the clamp.
This obviously isn't my "long range" rifle on it, but I like the tripod.
Got the ball head top end set-up from a guy selling them on the Hide.
Now I can use the rail system and I like that better than the clamp.
Last time I checked BOG had a regular version and a carbon fiber version. The carbon fiber version was more expensive, but weighed less. My only complaint about the Death Grip is that the no matter how much I tighten it, the vertical pivot is just to loose. None of my rifles will stay horizontal on their own like the pictures shown above.
I don't have a scale, but my estimate would put the carbon fiber variant at about 5-7 lbs. Funny enough, I tried looking on their website and OpticsPlanet for the weight, however they are conveniently missing. Not like that's a useful spec anyone would like to know.
I don't have a scale, but my estimate would put the carbon fiber variant at about 5-7 lbs. Funny enough, I tried looking on their website and OpticsPlanet for the weight, however they are conveniently missing. Not like that's a useful spec anyone would like to know.
No experience with these but have them on the short list.
PIG0311-G Field Shooting Tripod, OD Green
HOG Saddle Shadow Tech, LLC PIG0311-G Field Shooting Tripod, OD Green , for Tripod Shooting
Definitely fits the budget and they offer some other more rugged and or lightweight options. Not to hijack the thread but curious if any shooters and more so hunters have experience with these.
These are an excellent setup, not terribly expensive either. Personally, I recommend their shorter field tripod. One thing to consider is that you absolutely can go too tall on the tripod. Another one to check out if weight isn't a higher concern is the SLIK AMT700. It's labeled a camera tripod, but it's all the same and you skip the oper8r tax by not having the word tactical on the packaging.
I own a BOG, I've used a hog saddle, and I've been around a lot of very nice lightweight carbon fiber tripods. I don't take my BOG to competitions because it's too heavy for the type I shoot at. At my last competition we were squadded up with some young snipers from 10th Mountain and the one guy really liked his Leofoto. He mentioned there were better ones out there, but it was carbon fiber setup that a young enlisted guy could afford. I thought it was pretty darn nice, and for about the same price as the BOG I had some buyers remorse.
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