A Cheap & Easy Tripod Shooting Rest
07-06-2012, 09:43 AM
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Boone & Crockett
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A Cheap & Easy Tripod Shooting Rest
Need something to rest your gun on for shooting from a seated, kneeling, or standing position?
A neat tripod rest can be made from second hand camera tripods which are often available in thrift stores for just a few bucks. They have a 1/4-20 turn bolt for mounting the camera.
All you need is one of those brackets used on chain link fences, a 1/4-20 hex nut, some solder, foam rubber, and duct tape.
I used this one to take a nice little eight-pointer at 83 yards with my peep sighted .54 caliber Lyman Great Plains while sitting behind a brush pile. I would not have attempted the shot without a rest.
A neat tripod rest can be made from second hand camera tripods which are often available in thrift stores for just a few bucks. They have a 1/4-20 turn bolt for mounting the camera.
All you need is one of those brackets used on chain link fences, a 1/4-20 hex nut, some solder, foam rubber, and duct tape.
I used this one to take a nice little eight-pointer at 83 yards with my peep sighted .54 caliber Lyman Great Plains while sitting behind a brush pile. I would not have attempted the shot without a rest.
Last edited by Semisane; 07-06-2012 at 08:43 PM.
07-25-2013, 06:55 AM
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Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 21,193
That's really cool. I saw a "used" one at a thrift store but what they were asking for it, for a few dollars more I could have purchased a brand new store bought shooting stick. But that is a good idea.
