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<blockquote data-quote="Mysticplayer" data-source="post: 7534" data-attributes="member: 8947"><p>wyohunter, I am guessing that you did your load testing with a bench and front/rear rests. You then switched to a bipod during the hunt. If so, bad idea as you have found out.</p><p></p><p>bipods make all rifles behave differently then when shooting off a pedestal rest. Bipods are prone to bounce and certainly the rifle rests on a different spot. Another thing is that the stud used to hold the bipod may be hitting the barrel causing different harmonics (this happened to me).</p><p></p><p>lastly, your body position and eye relation to the scope may have changed leading to difference in sight picture and recoil control.</p><p></p><p>so do your drop table and practising under the conditions you are planning to hunt, always. If shooting prone off dirt or off the hood of a truck, work on your shooting from these positions to ensure that the variables during recoil are accounted for.</p><p></p><p>Better yet, practise under all the different set ups you might use in the field. You will be surprised at the results.</p><p></p><p>Jerry</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mysticplayer, post: 7534, member: 8947"] wyohunter, I am guessing that you did your load testing with a bench and front/rear rests. You then switched to a bipod during the hunt. If so, bad idea as you have found out. bipods make all rifles behave differently then when shooting off a pedestal rest. Bipods are prone to bounce and certainly the rifle rests on a different spot. Another thing is that the stud used to hold the bipod may be hitting the barrel causing different harmonics (this happened to me). lastly, your body position and eye relation to the scope may have changed leading to difference in sight picture and recoil control. so do your drop table and practising under the conditions you are planning to hunt, always. If shooting prone off dirt or off the hood of a truck, work on your shooting from these positions to ensure that the variables during recoil are accounted for. Better yet, practise under all the different set ups you might use in the field. You will be surprised at the results. Jerry [/QUOTE]
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