Looking for a bipod that has the best ability to preload it. My only experience has been with Harris with notched feet and unless it is on some really rough concrete, when i try to preload it, the feet just slide forward. It also seems to hop more than i would like. I have looked at the Atlas and GG&G mounts and not sure which one gives you better ability to preload. I like the fact that with the Atlas V8 you can have the legs pointing forward. All inputs appreciated.
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Bipod with good preload ability
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Re: Bipod with good preload ability
The Atlas is excellent. I have not had the chance to run a V8 model yet, but I have two V7's with a year of use on both and I love them. They are excellent bipods that will get upgrades to the V8 from Kasey in the near future.
I can't speak directly to the GG&G unit...sorry.
The Atlas is excellent. I have not had the chance to run a V8 model yet, but I have two V7's with a year of use on both and I love them. They are excellent bipods that will get upgrades to the V8 from Kasey in the near future.
I can't speak directly to the GG&G unit...sorry.
Re: Bipod with good preload ability
I have very little experience with bipod shooting. I purchased an Atlas, then sold it as I didn't care for it. When I attempted to preload(on a concrete surface), the feet would just spin, and the rifle would roll forward as if it were on a cart.
Your mileage may vary.
I have very little experience with bipod shooting. I purchased an Atlas, then sold it as I didn't care for it. When I attempted to preload(on a concrete surface), the feet would just spin, and the rifle would roll forward as if it were on a cart.
Your mileage may vary.
Re: Bipod with good preload ability
I had these replacement legs from Phoenix Tactical installed and I can lean as hard as I want into the rifle now. The design of the legs when used with the leg lock screws prevent the feet from spinning.
I had these replacement legs from Phoenix Tactical installed and I can lean as hard as I want into the rifle now. The design of the legs when used with the leg lock screws prevent the feet from spinning.
Re: Bipod with good preload ability
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Postal0311</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I have very little experience with bipod shooting. I purchased an Atlas, then sold it as I didn't care for it. When I attempted to preload(on a concrete surface), the feet would just spin, and the rifle would roll forward as if it were on a cart.
Your mileage may vary.</div></div>
Loading a bipod is not " pushing " a bipod... But then again your mileage may vary.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Postal0311</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I have very little experience with bipod shooting. I purchased an Atlas, then sold it as I didn't care for it. When I attempted to preload(on a concrete surface), the feet would just spin, and the rifle would roll forward as if it were on a cart.
Your mileage may vary.</div></div>
Loading a bipod is not " pushing " a bipod... But then again your mileage may vary.
Re: Bipod with good preload ability
Well put LL.
This one works for me.. ATLAS V-8 in lowrider mode..
Well put LL.
This one works for me.. ATLAS V-8 in lowrider mode..
Re: Bipod with good preload ability
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dave_</div><div class="ubbcode-body">This topic is more about technique than tool. Lowlight has some great video on this very topic. Bipod loading has been beat to death here and a casual search will yield a homer of information. </div></div>
Could you send me a link to this video you are speaking of?
Thanks.
In Christ: Raymond
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dave_</div><div class="ubbcode-body">This topic is more about technique than tool. Lowlight has some great video on this very topic. Bipod loading has been beat to death here and a casual search will yield a homer of information. </div></div>
Could you send me a link to this video you are speaking of?
Thanks.
In Christ: Raymond
Re: Bipod with good preload ability
+1 That looks sweet!
*prays he finds his atlas in the mail today*
+1 That looks sweet!
*prays he finds his atlas in the mail today*
Re: Bipod with good preload ability
V8 atlas gets my vote, cants, adjustable leg lengths, solid construction, etc...etc. No problem loading bipod for me.
V8 atlas gets my vote, cants, adjustable leg lengths, solid construction, etc...etc. No problem loading bipod for me.
Re: Bipod with good preload ability
Here's a test I did on an Harris vs. Atlas preload comparison...
http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthre...266#Post1394266
Here's a test I did on an Harris vs. Atlas preload comparison...
http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthre...266#Post1394266
Re: Bipod with good preload ability
I have never had a problem loading the Harris. If you load it too much it rolls. The pressure your body applies right before that point is the correct amount.
However in the short amount of time I have been working with it (just a few days) the Atlas offers more resistance before it will roll.
If you work on it and experiment with getting the correct amount of pressure you will be rewarded greatly.
If you don't want to work on it then there are a pile of hardware solutions including screws, claws, spikes, etc.
I have never had a problem loading the Harris. If you load it too much it rolls. The pressure your body applies right before that point is the correct amount.
However in the short amount of time I have been working with it (just a few days) the Atlas offers more resistance before it will roll.
If you work on it and experiment with getting the correct amount of pressure you will be rewarded greatly.
If you don't want to work on it then there are a pile of hardware solutions including screws, claws, spikes, etc.
Re: Bipod with good preload ability
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Raymond Moreno J</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dave_</div><div class="ubbcode-body">This topic is more about technique than tool. Lowlight has some great video on this very topic. Bipod loading has been beat to death here and a casual search will yield a homer of information. </div></div>
Could you send me a link to this video you are speaking of?
Thanks.
In Christ: Raymond </div></div>
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Lowlight</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Okay, so here I have said, *Bipods don't Hop* and there are some out there "calling" bullshit, advocating using Pod Claws to combat this, Slings to pull the stock down to prevent hop, a host of things. Well everything but changing the way you shoot.
Now, this video is for demonstration purposes only and a couple segments are from the Sniper's Hide Online Training, but they are only segments to show the effects, not how to do it. In this post its not my job to show you how, we have a program for that.
There has been a host of responses to, what people call our "Technique" again people calling it bullshit, people, self described know it alls who can't shoot worth a shit going on other forums to tell anyone who will listen how what we are saying is bullshit, but then again, never "showing you "How" they do it, only that the methods taught 30 years ago are so tried and true that they are beyond question and that we couldn't possibly be correct. Well I submit in video, one of a dozen in which we shoot in public in front of crowds and don't make fools of ourselves like they do.
So, here is the video, take away from it what you will, I will state up front my commentary about the bipod not moving it incorrect, it moves just in a straight line and returns to the target. The bipod doesn't hop and we aren't using anything non-standard or modified in any way. We are shooting on grass, without digging the bipod into the ground, we are shooting on a 10X10 wooden plank on a wooden deck, and you can see the rifle recoiling in a straight line. 308's with 22" barrels, both rifles...
So, without anymore lip...
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Raymond Moreno J</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dave_</div><div class="ubbcode-body">This topic is more about technique than tool. Lowlight has some great video on this very topic. Bipod loading has been beat to death here and a casual search will yield a homer of information. </div></div>
Could you send me a link to this video you are speaking of?
Thanks.
In Christ: Raymond </div></div>
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Lowlight</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Okay, so here I have said, *Bipods don't Hop* and there are some out there "calling" bullshit, advocating using Pod Claws to combat this, Slings to pull the stock down to prevent hop, a host of things. Well everything but changing the way you shoot.
Now, this video is for demonstration purposes only and a couple segments are from the Sniper's Hide Online Training, but they are only segments to show the effects, not how to do it. In this post its not my job to show you how, we have a program for that.
There has been a host of responses to, what people call our "Technique" again people calling it bullshit, people, self described know it alls who can't shoot worth a shit going on other forums to tell anyone who will listen how what we are saying is bullshit, but then again, never "showing you "How" they do it, only that the methods taught 30 years ago are so tried and true that they are beyond question and that we couldn't possibly be correct. Well I submit in video, one of a dozen in which we shoot in public in front of crowds and don't make fools of ourselves like they do.
So, here is the video, take away from it what you will, I will state up front my commentary about the bipod not moving it incorrect, it moves just in a straight line and returns to the target. The bipod doesn't hop and we aren't using anything non-standard or modified in any way. We are shooting on grass, without digging the bipod into the ground, we are shooting on a 10X10 wooden plank on a wooden deck, and you can see the rifle recoiling in a straight line. 308's with 22" barrels, both rifles...
So, without anymore lip...
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Re: Bipod with good preload ability
Sorry for bringing off topic, but where's a good place to buy a suppressor cover?
Sorry for bringing off topic, but where's a good place to buy a suppressor cover?
Re: Bipod with good preload ability
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tommy5.56</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Sorry for bringing off topic, but where's a good place to buy a suppressor cover? </div></div>
http://www.riflesonly.com/store/TAB/
How about next time you start a new thread for your "not even close to this topic" question.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tommy5.56</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Sorry for bringing off topic, but where's a good place to buy a suppressor cover? </div></div>
http://www.riflesonly.com/store/TAB/
How about next time you start a new thread for your "not even close to this topic" question.
Re: Bipod with good preload ability
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tommy5.56</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="font-weight: bold">Sorry for bringing off topic</span>, but where's a good place to buy a suppressor cover?</div></div> Then don't.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tommy5.56</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="font-weight: bold">Sorry for bringing off topic</span>, but where's a good place to buy a suppressor cover?</div></div> Then don't.
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