Precision Rifle Gear Bipods?

Double pull ckye pod.

I bought my kid the Warne Skyline Pro last week, and I was very impressed. It is very Ckyepod ish and about 1/2 the Price. If you are a Mil/LEO or PRS member you can get it far less than MSRP. I run a Cykepod for reference.

20oz. I just remember it feeling sturdy when I handled it. I can’t speak to the quality of it yet since we just got it. He used it in a bench match last week and liked it.

I also have a Warne Skyline Precision on my hunting rifle - I think it is directly comparable to an Accu-tac in terms of stability and rigidity, and I have not seen any others that are as functional with one hand.

I bought an Accu-Tac to try, and gotta say, I hate it. Really slow to deploy, it was very sturdy, but mine was too short, and the whole pulling the legs out to deploy thing bites! The range officer was glaring at my son and I as we set up and took down the rifle.

I disagree. Much faster to grab a leg and pull rather than finding a button (especially when cold and gloves or low light).

Accu-Tac is not a best all-around bipod, They're made for shooting .22s or free (modified free) recoil where you do not load the bipod. The guy who owns Accu-Tac comes from air guns, which is why they're so tight with no play. For heavy recoiling rifles I prefer Atlas or EI though.

Unless I'm shooting up and need elevation (or transitioning up and down), I almost never shoot prone with the legs straight out. I almost always put it on the spigot mount (as far forward as possible), put the legs forward at a 45 to get the rifle as close to the ground as possible, and use a small squeeze bag as rear support rather than a game changer or other big bag. I see lots of guys extending legs and getting the rifle high with a big bag, but I wasn't taught that way, and it seems less stable to me. If I need the gun high (like to see over grass coyote hunting) I go to a tripod rather than a long leg bipod,

Accu-Tac kind of sucks on a heavy recoil gun, because they're hard to load, don't stay put, and will jump on a hard surface even if you are perfectly positioned and do everything right. On low/no recoil rifles though they're damn near perfect IMO.

I can grab the button much faster than that stupid leg pull, but to each their own. Going to try an atlas 5-H.

Matt ironwood said:

Whats everyone using for a doall bipod?

Obviously, lightweight and sturdy enough to shoot accurately?

Not sure it matters but will be using a arca mount, and rifles would be a seekins element, seekins slam, would use in mountains hunting, from a tree stand, and bench when shooting 100-300

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So, no competition? I’m not a competitor. And how many guns does this thing need to work on?

Preface so you can analyze my feedback: I use bipods only on a range bench or on a rotating pdog table. Never use them anywhere else (not prone, etc).

I own:
- Atlas CAL
- Atlas SCAL
- LRA F-Class Tactical Lite
- Elite Iron panning model (spigot and pic rail)
- an old Harris with smooth legs (infinite adjustment, slow, no cant adj, but works fine on sling swivels when on the bench)

If I had to just pick one bipod for ONE gun used for just carrying and hunting and the range bench…shit…hmmm…maybe an Elite Iron (panner or non-panner, if a panner get the rubber feet as the metals ones will pivot and scratch the barrel when folded up).

Why?
- folds up narrow on gun
- allows for natural NPA
- very stable
- panning is nice for shooting actual living things
- legs deploy by pulling away from bipod (no buttons)
- kinda long, however

However, it’s spendy and is hard to adapt across a variety of regular stocks, chassis, etc. It’s not as fast to deploy as a Harris, but it’s more stable.

If I had to just pick one bipod for MULTIPLE guns used for just carrying and hunting and the range bench…then probably a notched 6-9” swivel Harris with all the mods (RRS swivel adapter and a RRS knob/lever pic/arca clamp, plus KMW pod-loc).

Why?
- very light & small
- very narrow when folded up
- super fast to deploy and fold up
- there’s still a ton of PRS shooters that still use the thing, and they’re better shooters than me

The other bipods I own are too wide (LRA, SCAL) too heavy (SCAL), or too slow to deploy, for me, in a stressful situation (LRA & especially the SCAL and CAL).

The only other bipod that fits what I think you want is a bipod I’ve never used: a narrower “PRS” LRA bipod. You apparently still must unlock the legs via a button to swivel them down, but then you can extend the legs out by just pulling.

LRA bipods use comparatively awesome-to-touch-in-the-cold carbon fiber legs, btw.

Pulling is how the EI legs extend as well, and personally I sort of hate it as I’m always snagging the legs on something, accidentally extending the dang things. But maybe that style is your cup of tea.

Anyway, the longer I have used bipods for the range bench the more I have gained appreciation for that dang lowly & jangly POS, the Harris. I’m never irritated at it, which is something I cannot say about my other bipods.

For pdog work, however, I suggest a panner.

Honorable mention: the Warne Precision bipod (not Pro, haven’t seen that). Touched it once, can delete the pan if you want, kinda impressive. Seems like you can jack the legs down one notch at a time (or up? Or both ways?). Seemed handy to use when stretching and cursing to adjust the height when behind the gun. I’m always over/under-shooting bipod height in that situation.

Good luck!

I remember just a few years ago everyone was all about having the apex of the bipod above the barrel for best stability, etc. Supposedly that was the best way for precision. Now everyone is all about the ckye pods which are the opposite.

I use an atlas and it works good for me.

Accu-tac SR-5. Its sturdy as hell and doesnt jump or bounce, and fast to deploy in competition use. I still mess with a few Harris BRMs, just because I have a drawer full of them, most of them are modded now for arca use with either an Area 419 or a Leofoto pic/arca adapter.