Thanks Stan. I have a hollow metal leg from an old folding table that fits the Stan-rod to a "T." I'm going to cut it at an angle, weld up the bottom and I'll have what you've described.
By the way, I used to have a bunch of military blanket-gun slips I had made out in Afghanistan to send Enfields, Sniders and Martini-Henry's (Pashtun Copies) home for the guys from the APO. Gradually over the years I've given most away. Wife stepped in with an old moth-eaten wool blanket and made me several....she calls them "gun-cosy's". Oh well, I needed them - and they certainly have more character than the plastic Dick's sporting goods slips, for short trips to the range:
