Loading the Bipod

[McReef]

I think I may have been approaching this wrong.

What I have been doing is taking up all of the slack in my bipod so that there is a slight rearward pressure against my shoulder, and there is a slight tension against the bipod legs.

What I am now thinking I should be doing is only taking up most of the slack, but not all. The rifle will have plenty of “travel” to the rear (and into my shoulder) without the feet needing to move, but, there will not be any forward pressure being applied.

Does this all make sense, or am I way off?

 

[Deleted member 10043]

 

[McReef]

Alright. You got me. I’ll give the OT a try.

 

[akh223]

Good video, thanks.

 

[McReef]

Good video, thanks.

You should check out the full vid (and all the others). Well worth it.

 

[Lowlight]

The rifle has to be brought back into the shoulder pocket first, and then loaded with the core weight to take up the slack.

It depends on the bipod used as each has their own technique to load.

You did not describe the type of bipod,

Here from our class last week

 

[Lowlight]

Here is an 20" AX 338 with just the brake, remember I weight all of 125LBS



If you use the thick grass to gauge the distance of the muzzle movement you see it's similar to the video above but a different system.

It's technique, once you figure that out the results will be the same

 

[Bwells]

Thanks for posting the video. Helps to be able to see it.