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| Bottom View of Granite Peak Tripod | Top View of Granite Peak Tripod |
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| 80° of panning | Our OBA is included with the purchase of each Granite Peak Tripod |
With the introduction of the V2 SnipePod tripod conversion in 2012, it quickly became evident that there was a demand for a similar, lightweight tripod solution minus the shooting requirement. Backpackers, archery hunters, and birders all were requesting a compact, lightweight tripod of uncompromising quality for their compact spotters, binos and cameras.
The Granite Peak Tripod meets this demand. Three independently move-able legs based on the same ball socket design of the V2 SnipePod provides the foundation for the Granite Peak. The flexibility of the ball socket design provides easy stradlling around your body in the seated postion. You will get your target in the center of your spotter/bino view quicker and with greater comfort for extended viewing periods than any other tripod on the market. Tipping the scaled at an astonishing 8 ounces or less, the Granite Peak is the perfect tripod for those who venture deep into the backcountry.
There is a fourth ball socket on the top of the Granite Peak where you attach your spotter, bino adapter, or camera. The ball has a 1/4" X 20TPI stud that fits most optics and cameras. This socket
has a knurled wheel adjuster that provides a light yet postive feel for adjusting the ball tension. This ball also has 80° range of motion to allow quick target acquisition. And all Granite Peak tripods come
with our OBA (Optics Balance Adjuster), for achiving that precision balance point of your optics setup.
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| Forrest Kramer with his S&W AR15 | V2-Pic pre leg attachment | V2 SnipePod attached to V2-PIC |
The V2-PIC provides a direct picitanny mounting solution for the V2-SnipePod. At 133 grains (or .304 of an ounce) the V2-PIC is lighter than most 30 caliber bullets. Simple, clean and easy to install.
A major advantage of the picatinny rail is that it allows you to attach the V2-SnipePod in many locations. Move it out to the front of the rail for the maximum stability on long range shots or bring it back close to the receiver to allow greater panning capabilities with less upper body movement! Great for those close in, fast moving targets like coyotes. Install two V2-PICs and don't make your final V2-SnipePod location to the last possible moment.
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| Optics Balance Adjuster correcting balance on Opticron GS52 | Optics Balance Adjuster correcting balance on 10X50 Vortex Bino *note the Whites Uni-Daptor |
Many optic products fail to locate the 1/4" X 20tpi female mounting thread on the balance point of the optics.
Have you ever experience this frustration. Mount your optics on a tripod, then center your viewing target in the center of the field of view. Now take your hand off the tripod or optics and the viewing target moves vertically, sometime totally out of the field of view! This is caused when your optics are not correctly balance on the tripod. Many optic products fail to locate the 1/4" X 20tpi female mounting thread on the balance point of the optics. Sometime it is caused by the various attachment accessories that come between the tripod and the optic mounting threads.
Whatever causes the problem the KDC Optics Balance Adjuster (OBA) quickly and eaisly solves the problem. Screw the OBA to the bottom of your optics, and you have 7 female threaded 1/4" X 20tpi holes to choose from to get that perfect balance point. The first hole is 13/16" from the optics mounting point and the 7th hole is 2 11/16" from the optics mounting point. Lots of choices, simple and effective!
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| 10" prone Bi-Tri combo with Opticron GS52 | 10" prone Bi-Tri combo |
While exihibiting at the Grand Slam Club/Ovis and Wild Sheep Foundation national conventions the spring or 2013, I got lots of request by the sheep hunters for the V2-Tripod conversion in the 10" and 13" prone heights. At an amazing 5 ounces for the entire bipod/tripod combination it is understandable why the folks want them. Go ligher, go farther!