How about a nice pair of shooting sticks that cost near nothing to build?
Stuff you need:
Two 36 inch half inch dowels
1 10 to 12 inch piece of 1/2 inch inside diameter tubing.
Radiator hose, automotive water or fuel line or clear tubing at the hardware store works.
Two 2 inch deck screws.
Two 3/4 inch nails
Two 1/2 inch nails
Two cans of inexpensive spray paint, colors to your choice.
Here's the dowels and tubing. I found this re-inforced clear tubing at the local Tru-Value hardware store along with everything else on the list above. You can see where I marked the tubing to be cut. The reason for four dowels and two pieces of tubing is I made a pair for the Grand daughters.
Cut a notch out of the tubing in the middle about 2-2 1//2 inches long. Leave about half the thickness of the tubing in the middle.
Drill a small hole an inch deep in one end of each dowel for the deck screws.
Put the deck screws in so they have around an inch or so protruding. I left the heads on the deck screws, but you can cut them off and grind them to a point if you want. Leaving the heads on holds as well as a point and if you've got youngsters it won't stick them.
Slip the dowels into the tubing like this.
A couple of brads in the tubing keeps it from slipping. I put a 3/4 inch piece on the bottom with a couple of short brads just cause it looked neat.
Spray paint with a light base color then daubs of a darker on top and your done. There's no need for a pivot point on these and just adjusting the leg width on the ground you can adjust the hight. Great sitdown shooting sticks for just a few bucks.
Stuff you need:
Two 36 inch half inch dowels
1 10 to 12 inch piece of 1/2 inch inside diameter tubing.
Radiator hose, automotive water or fuel line or clear tubing at the hardware store works.
Two 2 inch deck screws.
Two 3/4 inch nails
Two 1/2 inch nails
Two cans of inexpensive spray paint, colors to your choice.
Here's the dowels and tubing. I found this re-inforced clear tubing at the local Tru-Value hardware store along with everything else on the list above. You can see where I marked the tubing to be cut. The reason for four dowels and two pieces of tubing is I made a pair for the Grand daughters.
Cut a notch out of the tubing in the middle about 2-2 1//2 inches long. Leave about half the thickness of the tubing in the middle.
Drill a small hole an inch deep in one end of each dowel for the deck screws.
Put the deck screws in so they have around an inch or so protruding. I left the heads on the deck screws, but you can cut them off and grind them to a point if you want. Leaving the heads on holds as well as a point and if you've got youngsters it won't stick them.
Slip the dowels into the tubing like this.
A couple of brads in the tubing keeps it from slipping. I put a 3/4 inch piece on the bottom with a couple of short brads just cause it looked neat.
Spray paint with a light base color then daubs of a darker on top and your done. There's no need for a pivot point on these and just adjusting the leg width on the ground you can adjust the hight. Great sitdown shooting sticks for just a few bucks.