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It’s not my nature to complain on a public thread but I gotta say I’m deeply disappointed with a recent warranty experience and I want to share this with fellow hunters. After an elk hunt in which I killed my first bull off of standing sticks I decided when I returned to purchase a set. I decided on the Primos Gen 2 trigger sticks. I purchased in October 2017. I used them to practice a few times over the next 2 years at the gun range and took them along on another elk hunt this past fall. (2019) Early in the hunt when I released the trigger to set up the one of the legs fell off. I discovered a flaw on the leg joint problem and upon return called Primos. The kind lady said to send back for examination and was vague as to whether warranty was in effect even after I gave her the purchase date and model. I received it back today with a note stating item is discontinued, not under warranty, obsolete with no parts and cost for repair exceeds replacement. I got a generous offer to buy a new set for $114.22. So there are no parts and it is obsolete and it is only two year old? The cost to repair exceeds a new one? I guess after paying Mr Shockley his endorsement proceeds they can’t keep an inventory of parts? So all I’ll say is buyer beware.
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Trigger sticks are garbage.
Yes....the cheesey glue joint fails all the time.
They are really handy though!
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Yeah now I have to pay to throw them away. Salt in the wound.
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Mmmmmnnn?
I use a Gen 2 single model all the time. Haven't shot game off it yet, mostly very handy as a rest while using binocs.
Didn't know about the glue joint.
Knew they had a Gen 3, sorry to hear no support for the earlier Generation.
Kinda like this Win7 machine as of today.
Geno
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
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have never used anything like that.
God bless Texas----------------------- Old 300 I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull Its not how you pick the booger.. but where you put it !! Roger V Hunter
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Handy, but if moving parts or an instruction sheet are part of the deal, it's too complex to be dependable in the field. That, and plastic parts tend to fail in subzero weather.
Cookie has a couple for photography purposes, but they've not been reliable either.
The guys in Africa have it figured out, but there's a team of scouts, trackers, bearers, and PH's to pack everything around.
Admittedly, I shake enough that off hand shots will only involve my possibly being freight trained. With every sighting, my first thought is always where is a rest? Most often I go to my externally framed back pack. Then shrubs, trees, rocks, stumps, or build a rest with available snow.
Good luck,
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Agreed. If I can use my pack sitting or lying down much preferred. When I killed the bull in 2017 the grass and brush were too high and the standing sticks were invaluable.
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I always carry a single trekking pole. It's amazing how many ways you can use it for a good rest. It just takes some practice in the field.
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Consider them part of the cost of last falls hunt and move on. Like gas.
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Consider them part of the cost of last falls hunt and move on. Like gas. Good advice
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have never used anything like that. Nor have I... And I never will... FWIW..
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I've used a Primos Trigger Stick in the bipod configuration for coyote hunting for about the past 10 years or so. Love them, and so far no problems.
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I always carry a single trekking pole. It's amazing how many ways you can use it for a good rest. It just takes some practice in the field. I bought one of the cheaper shooting sticks with the locking joints. It works, but I find my self using it for walking support, and it's too flimsy for that. I will be going to a trekking pole.too. Thanks for your experience with this Rock Chuck.
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I got the three legged beast, parts keep falling off of it.
JUNK.
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I still carry an old set of Stony Point Polecats, those sobs must be 25 years old by now, work just fine, when they turned purple, I spray painted them drab green, brown and black, GTG!
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Just more stuff to carry.
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Just more stuff to carry. That
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Those contraptions that slide downward as you set up are always prone to problems. (trigger sticks, and the like) Dust, corrosion, and wet conditions can and will affect the function. As does the engineering of the product itself. They are very cheaply made, but are very expensive! Being a surveyor for 25 years, I learned something about tripods... Hunting coyotes standing up, I just use a set of bi-pod sticks I keep extended. I Just carry them that way. Not long ago, I got into night vision hunting, and found a need to have a tripod that's steady and allows full range of motion for shooting. Bog Pod Death Grip. https://www.amazon.com/DeathGrip-Lightweight-Hands-Free-Operation-Shooting/dp/B07L1NJNPSSitting position: Standing position: I got the carbon fiber model. Won't get bent as aluminum can. The more I use this, the better I like it.
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Just more stuff to carry. That LOL. There's not a tree or a fencepost handy every time I shoot... How about you guys? How's your offhand shooting at say... 200 yards?
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Just more stuff to carry. That LOL. There's not a tree or a fencepost handy every time I shoot... How about you guys? How's your offhand shooting at say... 200 yards? Indeed. A stand is the ultimate rest...
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