I have never had much luck shooting with a bipod. As I am reading more and more, I am finding out new secrets (i.e. need to "load" a bipod, not shooting off hard surfaces, etc.). I have a portable folding table I planned to shoot from and am looking for a good bipod. I have read so much on here and viewed so many YouTube videos that I think my head will explode. There are so many bipods, each claiming to be better than the next. I like the Atlas line but am open to other ideas as their bipods "don't appear to keep the rifle below the apex" as one YouTuber claimed was the secret to making a bipod more accurate. Money is an object and would really like to not exceed $300. What advice does anyone have?
So I'm not going to assume anything....on the Harris, mounted legs folding forward, when the legs are deployed, you can load this bipod. And yes, the legs can be accidentally folded when bumped or snagged which is an operator error. On the "Apex" this is the point where the two center lines of the legs would meet above a given bipod in the air.
I appreciate you considering the Atlas bipod line, they have several patented features often copied by others as there is solid value in them. All use "Hold what you move technology" which means all of the leg movements, length and position are intentional. The Atlas PSR version was selected for the SOCOM PSR program (thus the bipod name), the original BT10 was also selected for the SOCOM MK14 MOD 2. So there's a couple of Atlas bipods under 300.00 that the US Military validated as worth shooting off of. All of that to say Atlas bipods and the materials used in thier manufacture are a tested and proven design. The new CAL is a solid, Cant only, bipod choice, with a wide footprint, patented leg positions, an Apex about 1.3" above the the bottom of the mounting rail and weighs about 13 ounces. The ready to mount BT65 is about 240.00, with the ADM lever mount BT65-LW17 is almost 300.00 while more than an Harris, it seems a great value on todays market when compared to other bipods options costing alot more.
But to your question, if you are shooting off a bench and out of a blind with walls and windows, I'd use one of those "X" shaped sand bags, no brainer from bench and then let the lower V of X stradle the blind window sill it'll be quiet and better than a bipod in that application. If your using a blind without walls and windows, like a netted one, and your sitting, The Atlas outer legs, the part that moves, are 1/2" ID, so you can remove the feet and insert 1/2 dowel rod and get it to whatever heigth needed (another benefit to the "hold what you move technology").
Again, thanks for considering Atlas, don't let you head explode over a bipod, reading the wind will do that!
