Most Important Bipod Features

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AlexV4RR

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Looking for some feedback on what you guys feel are the most important features for your bipods. If you could list features by importance to you that would be great. If you could also add how you use your bipod primarly it would help a lot.

Anything else that would be very useful to consider when choosing a bipod would be awesome!
  • Weight
  • Cant
  • Pan
  • Height adjustment
  • Preferred height range
  • Removable
  • Ease of removal
  • Transfer between rifles
  • Ease of deployment
  • Micro adjustment of the legs
 
Well... I guess height is of first importance to me, since I won't use it if it's too low or high.

I always run the up to 13" height bipods.

Second is the ability to can't the bipod. This negates the necessity for micro adjust legs. I ditched all my non-canting bipods after using one that cants.

I have one on the way that pans- this will be my first. I don't see it being as important as can't, at least for target shooting, but I might be proven wrong.

Everything else is a bit secondary for the most part. Obviously I won't use one if it's way too heavy, or something like that.
 
I don't like bipods that pan. It will pull the rifle off axis during recoil if those legs aren't perpendicular to the bore.

These days I run B&T Super-CAL with RRS R-lock ARCA/picatinny adapters. I still keep a bunch of B&T Atlas PSR's around for lightweight hunting setups. Not very bulky to toss in a pack. However, RRS tripods are how I take most of my shots in the field these days.

Keep in mind, this is as a field practical shooter/hunter. If you're playing games, then the ckye pod is really the only bipod to run.


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Definitely height and cant being the two most important to me. I really don't like a bipod that pans, they tend to come out of position very easily under recoil which can cause a problem if you're trying to watch your shot. Ease of deployment and weight are also important factors if the bipod in question is going to be used for hunting. I ran atlas bipods for quite a while because they were lighter but went back to the Harris due to the ease of deployment and I feel they are a little more rock solid. Height adjustment doesn't make too much of a difference to me as usually I either run the legs all the way in or all the way out. The rest of the features you listed are nifty little additions but not necessary in my opinion.
 
One day I would love to see a bipod designed that was around the same weight as a Harrison or Atlas same futures, but would have a 3 stage leg design. Why because I'm tall and 13 inches isn't tall enough for me to sit behind. Never could figure out why no one has made a compact bipod that extends more than 13 inches. And no I'm not putting a giant bipod on the end of my rifle. Most of the time I don't need to shoot sitting but who doesn't want the ability to have a bipod comfortable to shoot prone, with legs that actually extend high enough you can shoot comfortably sitting. All it is to me is a third leg extension option of 4 to 6 inches that you could extend past the second stage. For everyone shorter than 5'10 congratulations on not having to worry about stupid things like this. For all of you that are taller, It's a pain in the arse to try to hunch over and try to make an accurate shot when your folded up like a taco! Just an idea…..
 
TopPin said:
One day I would love to see a bipod designed that was around the same weight as a Harrison or Atlas same futures, but would have a 3 stage leg design. Why because I'm tall and 13 inches isn't tall enough for me to sit behind. Never could figure out why no one has made a compact bipod that extends more than 13 inches. And no I'm not putting a giant bipod on the end of my rifle. Most of the time I don't need to shoot sitting but who doesn't want the ability to have a bipod comfortable to shoot prone, with legs that actually extend high enough you can shoot comfortably sitting. All it is to me is a third leg extension option of 4 to 6 inches that you could extend past the second stage. For everyone shorter than 5'10 congratulations on not having to worry about stupid things like this. For all of you that are taller, It's a pain in the arse to try to hunch over and try to make an accurate shot when your folded up like a taco! Just an idea…..
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I know there are leg extenders out there but at that point I'd wonder why not just use a tripod?
 
TopPin said:
Because I'm lazy and don't want to pack a tripod up a mountain.
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Understandable. I'm short so it's hard for me to understand, granted I don't use a bipod for shooting seated anyway. I've used my pack to shoot sitting, not nearly as stable as I'd like though. I carry a tripod a lot, primarily for glassing, especially during rifle season. I'm going to add an ARCA rail to a couple of rifles and see how it goes. I'm already carrying the tripod so I might as well try it.
 
Sorry, I got off topic. I ended up with a Warne Slyline because I liked all of the features it has. Not that I'd ever use it seated though.
 
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Thank you guys for the feedback! I was kind of surprised about the Pan. Is there any particualar reason you guys do not like it or do not use it?
 

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