Which tripod head for shooting

[Lenwood901]

I'm about to put some arca rails on my rifles and was going to buy a new tripod with a pan head to glass with and shoot off if I had too but will a ball head be better for the shooting part thank you everybody for any help

 

[Bob Wright]

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[waspocrew]

RRS Anvil 30 gets a lot of great reviews. I've been looking into tripods as well and the Anvil 30 ball head comes up often.

 

[Axl]

Anvil 30 or Harris bipod on the ground. Every other ball head including the ones from RRS are a compromise to accuracy.

 

[The Oregonian]

I have the anvil 30 and it is great. Rock solid.

 

[Left Hand Dave]

What about the thing they call a fluid head?

 

[Lenwood901]

I was thinking fluid head not pan head thank you

 

[CanisLupus]

+1 more for anvil 30

 

[Panhandlin Pat]

Also curious as to using a fluid head for shooting. I've shot off mine before, but that wasn't with the rifle attached. Slightly afraid the recoil would damage it.

 

[Left Hand Dave]

Ok at the bottom of this thread under, "Similar Threads" there is a thread that covers fluid heads.

So, does anyone use a leveling head? I think that pans and has some up and down movement but not sure about adjustability for cant.

 

[TRG65]

I started using the rrs bh55. I got it before the anvil came out. It is ok. But I went to a rrs leveling head and it is more stable than the bh55. The leveling head gives something like 15 degrees of adjustment so that could be elevation or cant. I just adjust a leg if I need more. I have not used an anvil 30 so I can't compare that to a leveling head. I use a two vets qdt with the leveling head for shooting and have the bh55 on a feisol for spotting.

 

[Flintlock shooter]

RRS TA-2U Leveling Base with Lever-Release Clamp is a great leveling base. This is the newer model and has a much better locking system and also gives 40 degrees of cant. I personally like a leveling base because it doesn't position the rifle so far from the tripod.

 

[sika64]

I have the Surui 284 tripod with the Surui K-X ball head and I'm extremely pleased. It's load rating is around 34-38lbs and the tripod/head weigh right at 3lbs total.
I do have a saddle on mine for now until I get the Arca base on the rifle.

 

[willfrye027]

I am using the RRS BH40. I wanted to be able to glass easily with a heavy spotting scope and binos. So far it's easy to shoot from and works fine with spotting. I prefer a pan head for spotting, but couldn't shoot off of mine well enough. Ball head is a nice compromise.