Posted: 3/3/2009 11:39:36 AM EDT
| On the bench I think they are great, but I have never had a use for them in the field. I am thinking about getting the LaRue mount for my bipod but an $80.00 upgrade for the range seams a little steep. What do you think and do you use your bipod in the field? |
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K, I bought the Larue adapter. Larue sells a harris that is set up for rail mount only. It is real nice, but it is $180 I think. Do you ever use your bipod other than at the range? All the time. 90% of my shots are off a bipod. Have a bipod on my M700 .308 also. And I put one on my 20ga Ultra Slugger. Works great shooting prone, or off the hood/bed of a vehicle. I have a 13.5-25" for shooting sitting/kneeling when the crops get tall. |
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I use one in the field a lot during the summer groundhog hunting. Some laugh but you can get a lot of practical shooting experience hunting groundhogs.
1 in the field you want one that swivels. In the field the ground is never level. The long you have to screw with your bi-pod the more likely you just lost your shot. 2. the bi-pod with the greatest range of adjustment is the best. Grass in the field never grows to consistant heights, or the ground isn't level, just in a diff direction. 3. Quiet and easy to use. Many times you have to belly crawl to a log or just over a rise to shoot down a field, so you crawl the the bi-pod up then set up for the shot I hunt a dairy farm where 200 to 300 yard shots are the norm and the 100 yard shots are the gimmie shots. I have made 400 yard shots because I had good cover, that wasn't in the way, and a good solid rest with a good bi-pod. Harris is about the best there is. |
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Use a sandbag for the bench. For the field, I can't think of any possible use for one, unless you're a police sniper or something, and know exactly where your only target will be. Just my opinion. What do you shoot? A bipod makes 300-700 yard shots alot easier. |
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Use a sandbag for the bench. For the field, I can't think of any possible use for one, unless you're a police sniper or something, and know exactly where your only target will be. Just my opinion. What do you shoot? A bipod makes 300-700 yard shots alot easier. I suppose groundhogs are another practical use for bipods. Though I don't consider that much different than target shooting... Here around Missouri, there aren't really many long shots for hunting, or if there are, you really have to work for them (clearing land, finding a flat place, etc.). 300 yards is the longest range I've had the opportunity to shoot at locally, and 200 is the longest within a 100 mile drive. When I shot longer range, I used a sandbag, seemed pretty steady to me, but then again I'm not into competition or groundhogs or super-tight grouping custom target rifles. For the average shooter, sandbags are sufficient, and for a couple standard deviations above the average shooter, there's no practical use for a bipod in the field. Maybe I should have just stayed out of a thread where I don't have expertise? No, it was posted in GD 
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