Are you saying you thought the Springbok shooting sticks increased the recoil on your rifle?
No. Where did I state that?
A rifle will recoil and jump off regular shooting sticks as well, the only difference is they're not attached to the rifle and you have to reposition the rile on them while holding them with your other hand. That's what shooting sticks are.
Please point out where I wrote “shooting sticks”.
Shooting prone I reccomend a bipod or small tripod.
And in every other position a hiking stick used as a monopod is faster, as stable, and does not break down every shot and have to be rebuilt. In every position other than prone, two crossed hiking sticks with loops linked is just as fast as the Springbok, much more stable, doesn’t break down under recoil, and the rifle tracks consistently and predictably during recoil- spotting one’s own hits is relatively easy- not so with the Springbok.
You think you can shoot/hunt more accurate free hand too 300 or 400 yards than with sticks?
Is that what I wrote? Because I’m pretty sure it isn’t. I stated-
“Prone it was no real help over just shooting prone unsupported”
The main target that the 3 people shot is 15” at 510 yards.
The wobble zone is slightly better with the Springbok prone- if time is taken to make sure it is splayed perfectly, if not, it is not good; however, as soon as you shoot you loose the target, the rifle jumps left/right/down/up- there’s no rhyme or reason, and you must rebuild the position. Conversely in prone unsupported, the wobble zone is slightly larger (.2-.5moa) yet is consistent and repeatable. You watch your impact, run the bolt, and follow up with no issue.
I call total BS sorry. Pretty sure most of us understand on here that if you can add stability you add accuracy.
It isn’t- “does the Springbok add some level of stability to shots?” It’s- “does a $400 floppy, slow to adjust and setup, and unstable rubber legged bipod that does not allow you to spot your own shots- work better than $40 hiking sticks, a pack, tree limbs, etc.”
Prone on a tripod is always the best option.
Prone on a tripod?
I think you were looking for way too much in a pair of shooting sticks and all rifles jump, it's called recoil.
Please educate me about recoil, I’m sure that I have no idea what it is, or how to manage it.
Your rifle will not stay put free hand either, it will jump up. When you shoot free hand you have to hold the rifle more study with both hands you can't get relaxed, when you shoot with sticks you can relax and concentrate on accuracy.
If you do not hold the Springbok or the forend, the whole thing is a floppy, jumpy, mess.
When shooting sticks you still have the option of holding the rifle firm to prevent as much jump also if you choose. Most of us would use the off hand to support the back of the rifle allowing more jump. If you look at the pictures you're posting that's exactly what you were doing, holding the back of the rifle. You can't do that freehand. If you're not holding the front of the rifle then yes the rifle's going to jump more. Not sure what you expected a rile with one hand holding it to do besides jump a lot?
You mean like this?
The only way to make the Springbok functional is to hold it- as soon as you do that, it’s no better from that aspect than crossed hiking sticks, and way less stable during the entire shot process.
Will sticks get you a better shot on a walking coyote a few hund hundreds of yards out? Answer is yes and not even debatable, any shooting stick will.
Thats correct- any will. So why exactly is an expensive, floppy, slow to adjust, rubber jointed one that slides, jumps, and moves every time you touch the trigger a better choice?
They were designed by a professional predator manager.
Neat.
How does that have anything to do with its comparative performance against other alternative methods or designs?
I stand behind the product, think it does 100% what it's supposed to. I think you were looking for too much out of a simple pair of super light attached shooting sticks. This is not a 4 pound ARCA rail tripod or precision tool.
No, it’s a bad design for the full shooting process. But since you stand behind it- what’s the time to hit difference on say a 3-4 MOA target between carrying the Springbok in your hands, attaching it to the rifle, adjusting the leg length, leg angle, and burring the feet in so the don’t splay out; and say dropping a pack down to shoot off of from prone/sitting kneeling? And what’s the hit rate difference for first shot and follow up shots?
And then same for the Springbok compared to say two hiking poles, that are useful for more than one compromised thing?
Now, let’s get into the fact that friction locks for the leg adjustments randomly unscrew/unthread and you can’t lock down the adjustment until you stop, out the rifle down, use two hands on the leg, and reverse thread it. This happened 3-4 times in 20-25 strings.
