Is mounting the rifle on a tripod steadier?

[MuleyFever]

Are the various tripod mounts/clamps easier to shoot from than just resting on a tripod? Have a pronghorn hunt with the wife and trying to decide if it would be better for her. She has shot everything she has killed so far off trekking poles or a trigger stick tripod out to 200ish yards. I want to get her consistent to 300 yards for this year.

 

[WKR]

Tripod in a sitting position with a rear rest is almost like shooting from a bench

 

[dirtytough]

Clamping in with an Anvil-30 is way steadier than just resting on treckers or trigger stiks.

 

[MuleyFever]

Tripod in a sitting position with a rear rest is almost like shooting from a bench

What would one use for a rear rest when sitting?

 

[EdP]

What would one use for a rear rest when sitting?

A backpack works. Anything to fill the gap between your leg and the buttstock, or the ground and the buttstock.

 

[Tullis94]

What would one use for a rear rest when sitting?

We use a trekking pole. I rarely practice prone anymore. A tripod is way more versatile in hunting situations and with some practice is nearly as steady as prone.

 

[WKR]

What would one use for a rear rest when sitting?

You've got quite a few options. Shooting sticks, trekking poles crossed, your pack, even another tripod at the rear with a bag on it.

 

[rifletuner]

A good tripod is great. A cheap tripod will just frustrate you. RRS with an Anvil30 is the benchmark for steadiness from a shooting tripod. I have an innorel carbon tripod which are just okay to shoot off, but its much more work to get steady than off an RRS.

 

[dirtytough]

An Anvil30 integrated into RRS legs is the way.

Which legs do you use? And which RRS legs have you tried?

 

[NSI]

Agree with all here. Standing tripod requires some skill. Seated tripod, with or without a backpack to fill the cavity between the legs, chest, and shoulder, is - as others here have stated- as steady as most benches.

Big debate is popping the rifle on a git-lite shmedium game changer or clipping into an anvil 30. I have both (well, the LeoFoto fotocopy). The bag on a tac table is great. Clipping in is inarguably more stable, though requires practice to understand where to crank the head closed relative to the target to still enable natural front-loading.

-J