if you think that's bad, you should hear scrambler complain about the smell AFTER he uses lube. then again, he tries to reuse his.
i've have several tripod trigger sticks. they tend to last one to two years. then i got the bogpod. nice tripod but just not as handy for my needs. went back with the jim shocky trigger stick. it hasn't stuck yet after about a year. i like the angle of the legs on the older sticks. i could deploy them all the way and they were perfect. i've tied string around the new legs so i can deploy them without looking and still get the leg angle i want.
where exactly are y'all lubing them... the outside legs while extended or inside through the trigger hole?
DJ, I was wondering where you've been...
Speaking of reusing, when I was in grad school in Kentucky, a friend and I made some money by taking some Mennonite boys from one town to another, since they didn't want inbreeding in their small communities. On the first trip we made with this one group, we stopped and got each of the Mennonite boys a 3 pack of condoms, since the Mennonite girls were apparently pretty easy. On the fifth trip, we asked if they needed us to stop and get them some more condoms. I can still remember throwing up in my mouth when the tallest of the three said no since they washed them out when they were through and used them again. We pulled over to the side of the road and had to tell them that condoms were single use only.
I've been using the Caldwell Deadshot Fieldpod for over a year now. It's is a little clunky out in the field, but once I get to my shooting position, I can rest the gun on the Fieldpod with no effort.