Tricks to shooting off a bi-pod

[hottshott526]

Hi all,

I got my first bi-pod the other day and shot from 100-600yds with it. I'm getting alot of "jump" off to the right after the recoil. I've never shot off one before. I shoot prone with a sling and a coat.

I'm going to a money shoot in Aug. and thought a pod would be a bit more stable and it is. BUT as the rifle fires it "jumps" off target to the right and then I have to move it back for the next shot.

Does anyone have a remedy for this, are there any tips or tricks you might share?
I'm sure there is a "technique" to a bi-pod just as there is off a bench or any other type of shooting.


Thanks for any help

Good shooting

Brian

 

[uncleduke]

I shoot F/TR and it took a while to learn how to not get jump off a bi-pod. First I stopped using a Harris. They jump too much. But even with the Harris, push forward with your shoulder into the buttstock so that the legs are straight up and down. some people call this loading the bi-pod. Then what happens during recoil is, the legs have enough tension on them to only move back to their original unloaded state. It takes a little practice but you end up having a very firm lock with the rifle and your body. I use a versa-pod sometimes or a gg&g. The new sinclair looks to be a good bi-pod, but it's pricey. There is an article on file at the main page regarding bi-pod shooting. It might help.

 

[JERRYHM]

Try holding the rifle like you were shoot in a sling and pull straight back with light tension. Never try to free recoil a bipod.

 

[1000yardstare]

What kind of surface is under your bipod when shooting? In my experience a bipod will jump off a hard surface no matter what you do.

Tried shooting for group with my .308 F Class rifle off a concrete bench at my local club using a bipod and it was jumping all over the place, bipod loaded or unloaded. Took off the bipod and shot off a sandbag on a pedestal and the problem disappeared.

BUT........ no problem shooting with the bipod on the various Canadian Army ranges we use for F Class practise and competiton. The Army tends to build their bases on poor soil, no good for farming. Usually sandy soil which is a "dead" surface, same as the sandbag on the pedestal.

For some reason, maybe it is the way I am locking into the rifle, I get equally good accuracy at 1000 yards off the sand soil whether I load the bipod or don`t load it. So I don`t load it because it is one less prep to think about while watching the mirage through my scope.

But if you are shooting off a harder surface, say clay, I would follow the advise given previously in this thread and try loading the bipod.

 

[TestPilot]

Go to http://www.6mmbr.com/TacticalFroggyA1.html for great article on "Bugholes from Bipod Precision Shooting with Froggy".