Why Does MY Bipod Hop??

[daved]

So I've watched the videos of folks shooting high power rifles with a bipod/rear bag from both bench and prone. The narrators all point out that the bipod/muzzle don't move with or without a suppressor. Though they are not tutorials in the sense that they give instructions as to how that is accomplished, the technique seems fairly straightforward:

1) Set the rifle up on the target
2) Position yourself directly behind the rifle
3) Load the bipod by moving your body forward
4) Avoid any muscling of the rifle
5) Pull the trigger, follow through until recoil is complete

When I follow these steps, the bipod jumps, the muzzle twists (usually to the right) and I'm no longer on target. So I seem to be missing something or not executing these simple fundamentals correctly.

Any possible correction come to mind??

Thanks,

Dave

 

[todd]

That's a recurring topic around here, lots of us struggle with it. There's a good discussion here: http://www.snipershide.com/shooting.../151683-hoping-rifle-when-shooting-bipod.html You can also do a search with quotation marks ("bipod hop") to see what's been discussed previously. The online training here is also first-rate.

Hope this helps.

 

[DamnYuppie]

Bipod hop is all on the shooter. Here are a few things to think about:
- are you applying extra shoulder pressure?
- do you have tension in your neck, is your head really titled over?
- how is your grip pressure on the stock, is it straight back?
- do you have forward pressure on the bipod?

 

[Darkside-Six]

So I've watched the videos of folks shooting high power rifles with a bipod/rear bag from both bench and prone. The narrators all point out that the bipod/muzzle don't move with or without a suppressor. Though they are not tutorials in the sense that they give instructions as to how that is accomplished, the technique seems fairly straightforward:

1) Set the rifle up on the target
2) Position yourself directly behind the rifle
3) Load the bipod by moving your body forward
4) Avoid any muscling of the rifle
5) Pull the trigger, follow through until recoil is complete

When I follow these steps, the bipod jumps, the muzzle twists (usually to the right) and I'm no longer on target. So I seem to be missing something or not executing these simple fundamentals correctly.

Any possible correction come to mind??

Thanks,

Dave

it helps to have an experienced shooter watch you why you shoot. they can usually diagnose something that you can't see.

it could be, an unstable grip or improper trigger control but hard to say without being there.

 

[diverdon]

What cartridge do you shoot and how much does your rifle weigh?

 

[Rifles Only]

Drive the gun through recoil. Check out the fundamentals video at riflesonly.com

 

[daved]

What cartridge do you shoot and how much does your rifle weigh?

I shoot both 308 and 6.5CM, both rifles are over 12# with bipod,etc

 

[daved]

Bipod hop is all on the shooter. Here are a few things to think about:
- are you applying extra shoulder pressure?
- do you have tension in your neck, is your head really titled over?
- how is your grip pressure on the stock, is it straight back?
- do you have forward pressure on the bipod?

Maybe on the extra shoulder pressure
Neck tension just enough to keep firm contact with cheekpiece
Minimal grip pressure but it's straight back
Forward pressure from body position

 

[Recreational Shooter WA]

Drive the gun through recoil. Check out the fundamentals video at riflesonly.com

This video by Jacob at Rifles Only has been the best instructional video I've watched. I highly recommend it.

 

[daved]

The online training here is also first-rate.

I had planned to subscribe but several of the videos on you tube,the ones that really don't give any real instruction, are from the SH Online training. So unless they edited out the instructions for the free videos, that may not be helpful.

 

[Lowlight]

The videos on YouTube are just teasers, the online training lessons are much more detailed. What you might see on YouTube May only be 3 to 5 minutes worth of a 30 minute block of instruction.

If you're not sure, you can get 3 recoil management lessons for $15 or just sign up for the online training for $10.

Recoil Managment

 

[daved]

The videos on YouTube are just teasers, the online training lessons are much more detailed. What you might see on YouTube May only be 3 to 5 minutes worth of a 30 minute block of instruction.

If you're not sure, you can get 3 recoil management lessons for $15 or just sign up for the online training for $10.

Recoil Managment

Is the 3 part Recoil Management series a part of the Online Training, or is it a separate program?

 

[Lowlight]

It's the same,

 

[daved]

Drive the gun through recoil. Check out the fundamentals video at riflesonly.com

Thanks for the input, Jacob - DVD on order!

 

[daved]

It's the same,

Thanks Lowlight for your comments and suggestions - I'll give the Online Training a whirl---

 

[ShtrRdy]

I got the first video from Rifles Only and that fixed my bipod hop problem.

I then got the second video and am still working on alternate positions.