I got myself a SLIK Pro 700 DX tripod and a cheap chinesium ball head. This is the "cheap" way of doing it if you're not sure how much your going to use it before dropping the big money on an RRS or the like. Warning... it is heavy so if you're hiking into your shooting spot... this may not be for you

I'm happy with this as I can get my rifle on there and it's stable but, there hasn't been a good spot in a match to use it, aside from barricade stages but that's just using the legs, and it's spent most it's time holding up my spotter. Great for dry fire practice though.