stagpanther
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Which do you prefer--and why? Thanks in advance.
I hunt a lot of woodchucks and I usually try to shoot prone. It's just steadier since you give the back of the gun some support with your elbows on the ground. Sometimes predator hunting I end up sitting up against a tree or something and watch for things coming in. At those times I usually put the bipod extended for sitting and try to rest my elbows on my knees if I can. It's not as steady as laying prone, but withing a couple of hundred yards it's usually good enough to connect on a fox, coyote, and sometimes even woodchucks. It's not that shooting sitting is terrible, it's just not as steady as prone. Bipods on soft ground are pretty decent for shooting groups, they're a problem shooing them off hard wooden benches or worse yet, concrete benches. Just too much "bounce" when you fire and the harmonics of the barrel are really changed.Are bipods usually the preference of mostly prone shooters? I presently shoot like like 7mag as far as rests and in the field are concerned--but I too live in the east. Seems most the long range comp shooters shoot prone off of bipods.
Thanks for that--I have noticed the bounce on my hard surfaced bench; though I have soft rubber feet on the bipod I'm using. I'm interested in what you say about barrel harmonics bering changed--how does that happen using a device completely external of the barrel system? Prone with bipod seems to be the choice of extreme long range shooters--so I think they must choose it for optimal accuracy and precision enhancements?Bipods on soft ground are pretty decent for shooting groups, they're a problem shooing them off hard wooden benches or worse yet, concrete benches. Just too much "bounce" when you fire and the harmonics of the barrel are really changed.
That has been my experience and you can test it yourself, next time you go to the range. Keep in mind that we are referring to rifle mounted bipods. ….For accurate shooting, bags are best. Out in the field hunting you might like the bipod because it's easier to tote around...it's on the gun.
stagpanther said:I just recently decided to start using a bipod more often with my AR's, though I'm shooting off a bench. My precision/accuracy is very close to what I get with bags--but keeping the gun still seems a bit more problematic for me.
I'm one of them.if you have to ask how to load it properly you are one of them
Depending on how you mount your bipod where it folds towards the muzzle or towards the rifle stock loading means that if your bipod folds towards the muzzle than you lean forward so the legs lock into place. I f the bipod folds towards the stock than you lean back so that the legs lock in place. By doing this it just creates a firmer platform. This video explains very well and it is less than 4 minutes. Hope this helps.I'm one of them.
I've heard that the further out the attachment point the more stable the set-up is--but am not familiar with how to load the rifle--is this an additional weighting thing?