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Originally posted by sigfreund:
I must admit that it’s a recent discovery for me, other tripods suitable for photography or small telescopes—and I have a bunch—just aren’t the same as those designed for precision shooting purposes. Based on my experience thus far with a tripod in the same class, I would say that if we’re going to use one, they’re more important than a top tier scope (depending, of course, on how we use both).

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Originally posted by pcshooter:
RRS was nice enough to let me try out a prototype tripod for an Intro to Long Range Shooting class hosted by LRSU (Long Range Shooters of Utah) a few weeks ago. (RRS is just down the road from me.)

I really can't say enough about how rock-solid these things are. Being able to hit a milk jug at a 1000 yards off a tripod should be a good testament.
I liked it so much that I bought two of them...one for shooting and one for the spotting scope!

Obligatory pics:

Getting "fitted":


The Man


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My hit (note the cool bullet wake)
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Originally posted by IndianaBoy:
I was wondering if I made a mistake choosing the 3 section tripod instead of the 4 section.

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Originally posted by sigfreund:

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Originally posted by IndianaBoy:
I was wondering if I made a mistake choosing the 3 section tripod instead of the 4 section.

Compact carry v. deployment speed.

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Originally posted by sigfreund:
I don’t know if there would be any actual effect in practice, but another thing about more sections is that the last one(s) must necessarily be smaller in diameter and therefore (possibly) less rigid. Assuming, of course, that the first (upper) sections are the same diameter.

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Originally posted by sigfreund:
Two Vets takes it a step further with their “Quick Deploy Tripod” whose legs have only two sections. It’s a full foot longer when collapsed than my Recon model for example, but it’s billed as a “gamer” tripod and has only three sections to pull out and secure for full height instead of six (or nine!). I usually use my tripod when kneeling and the QDT would permit doing that without extending the legs at all.

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Originally posted by sigfreund:
I don’t know if there would be any actual effect in practice, but another thing about more sections is that the last one(s) must necessarily be smaller in diameter and therefore (possibly) less rigid. Assuming, of course, that the first (upper) sections are the same diameter.

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Originally posted by pcshooter:
Another feature of the two that I ordered is that they're "inverted."