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Old 12-07-2018, 09:55 AM
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Was looking at getting a shooting stick or a bipod for next season. Looking at the Primos Gen 2. Question is, when standing, where do you place your left hand (i'm right hand trigger happy)? On top of the barrel, holding the stick, holding both? Different postions for sitting?
Is there a 'proper' way or is all personal preference?
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Old 12-07-2018, 10:01 AM
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Angle sticks away from you so they put pressure back at you when you lean into them. Put your sling swivel on the near side of the yoke right up against it, use your left hand to hold the sticks and loop your left thumb around the swivel and yoke. Do not rest your barrel on the yoke.

This works sitting, standing or kneeling and allows you to load the bi-pod so it is really steady. Take them and your 22 out gopher shooting to practice. When you can hit gophers 80% of the time to 75 yards, you will have no trouble hitting game a bunch further.

If you can, practice shooting off them at the 300 and 200 yard ranges with your big gun. They react a little different with the recoil.
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Old 12-07-2018, 10:12 AM
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I use the Primos Tripod. and my front hand is on the hand grip, so I can squeeze the trigger to make height adjustments if required.I find the tripod more stable than the bipod, and the newer shooters that I take out hunting have found it very easy to use.
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Old 12-07-2018, 11:09 AM
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I use the Primos Tripod. and my front hand is on the hand grip, so I can squeeze the trigger to make height adjustments if required.I find the tripod more stable than the bipod, and the newer shooters that I take out hunting have found it very easy to use.
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Gun mounted bipod all the way---tripod just more stuff to carry
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Gun mounted bipod all the way---tripod just more stuff to carry
Except the OP mentioned shooting while standing, which rules out most bipods that attach to the rifle.
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Except the OP mentioned shooting while standing, which rules out most bipods that attach to the rifle.
Oops, overlooked that. Damn Friday in my eyes!
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Oops, overlooked that. Damn Friday in my eyes!
Being able to shoot while standing, was a huge factor in me going from a bipod to the tall tripod.
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Old 12-07-2018, 11:49 AM
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I bought the tall primos trigger sticks and other than being kind of cumbersome to pack they do work well. Shot my whitetail this year in a standing position at roughly 300 yards.
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My thoughts are using it as a walking stick, as well as a stabilizer. My main areas are mostly cutlines, well sites. I prefer to stand up against or under trees. I need to stand to see over the under brush in many cases so sitting or shooting prone is out of the question in most cases.
The difference in weight may be to deciding factor between a mono pod and a bi pod.
Thanks for all the feedback so far.
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I have a few types of sticks around somewhere, easy enough to shoot off, but a general pain to pack around and set up, be they single pole, bi or tripods. As has been said, takes some practice to use them, but it isn't difficult. Ground slope and height often are an issue to solve when setting up though. And as many "easy to set up" variations as there are, it is seldom quite right. Too high, too low, ground too hard, ground too soft.
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I have a few types of sticks around somewhere, easy enough to shoot off, but a general pain to pack around and set up, be they single pole, bi or tripods. As has been said, takes some practice to use them, but it isn't difficult. Ground slope and height often are an issue to solve when setting up though. And as many "easy to set up" variations as there are, it is seldom quite right. Too high, too low, ground too hard, ground too soft.
I find the regular telescoping tripods or bipods a pain to use, because you need to adjust each leg individually. With the triggersticks, I squeeze the trigger, and the legs all fall to the ground. Then I adjust the height with one hand as the rifle is on the rest, and release the trigger. It is very quick.
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A Harris bi-pod on the gun and a set of Primos two legged shooting sticks.
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I use to use a bipod on the rifle (Harris) to short, to long, in the way, sold them all. Now I just use polecat shooting sticks, stand, kneel, sit, just can't do prone.

There is a bit of a learning curve, but it is short. Hold sticks with 3 fingers, one and thumb LIGHTLY on the rifle. We use them for everything from gophers to moose you will like them and no extra weight on the rifle and easier to pack.
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