Thread: Thumb stick / shooting stick

Looks great! Be interested in how you find using it. I bought a collapsible one to double as walking pole and shooting rest. I found it disappointing as a shooting rest being a mono pole. Bloody thing wobbles and amplifies every small movement I make if used out in front with rifle resting in V. I'm looking hard at a set of tripod shooting sticks that are hinged at the top and lash together lower down to form a walking pole. But maybe I'm using the monopole wrong.

Jhon, yer that would be the go have a look at quad sticks very sterdy and fold in to one pole the timber ones do anyway. You can make some cheap ones out of garden stakes great things I have a set I use now and again.

Originally Posted by Samsamdjt

Jhon, yer that would be the go have a look at quad sticks very sterdy and fold in to one pole the timber ones do anyway. You can make some cheap ones out of garden stakes great things I have a set I use now and again.

yes, had a look around, seen them in use in UK vids, open fields and woodland would be awesome. prices are up there! making a set might be on the agenda I think. be great for paddock shooting hares, rabbits and magpies for sure. i hate going prone, let me rephrase that, if i go prone I may never rise again lol

Originally Posted by Samsamdjt

Jhon, yer that would be the go have a look at quad sticks very sterdy and fold in to one pole the timber ones do anyway. You can make some cheap ones out of garden stakes great things I have a set I use now and again.

Some of that garden centre bamboo is bloody strong for its weight and thickness, great for making a prototype.

Originally Posted by Jhon

Looks great! Be interested in how you find using it. I bought a collapsible one to double as walking pole and shooting rest. I found it disappointing as a shooting rest being a mono pole. Bloody thing wobbles and amplifies every small movement I make if used out in front with rifle resting in V. I'm looking hard at a set of tripod shooting sticks that are hinged at the top and lash together lower down to form a walking pole. But maybe I'm using the monopole wrong.

Have you tried turning your body towards the target then (RH shooter) place the bottom of the stick against the inside of your right instep and the stick resting against the inside of the left leg just above the knee, then rifle fore end grip pushing away to lock the stick ?

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

Have you tried turning your body towards the target then (RH shooter) place the bottom of the stick against the inside of your right instep and the stick resting against the inside of the left leg just above the knee, then rifle fore end grip pushing away to lock the stick ?

No, but I will now