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<blockquote data-quote="Song Dogger" data-source="post: 1493231" data-attributes="member: 101648"><p>Thanx, Steve. I did not have the bipod on when zeroing, but I did verify zero with the bipod. I "assumed" that if zero was the same with or without the bipod, then drops wouldn't be affected either. I'll correct that, I will definitely be verifying drops with a bipod. As for barometric pressure, the Geovid corrected for that - it read 22.8 in Hg, equivalent to about 7300' where I hunted.</p><p></p><p>In all cases <u>at the range</u>, sighting in or practicing, with or without the bipod, the butt was supported with slight down pressure on the fore end. But when I shot at the bull, the butt was <em><u><strong>not</strong></u></em> supported and there was no fore end down pressure. As several stated, this seems like the primary culprit. Pull trigger, bullet fires, gun kicks, butt drops, barrel tips up - and <u>then</u> the bullet exits the muzzle. Sounds like it'll be high to me.</p><p></p><p>Other factors may have contributed, but supporting the butt end in prone position with a bipod will be the first corrections I'll field test.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Song Dogger, post: 1493231, member: 101648"] Thanx, Steve. I did not have the bipod on when zeroing, but I did verify zero with the bipod. I "assumed" that if zero was the same with or without the bipod, then drops wouldn't be affected either. I'll correct that, I will definitely be verifying drops with a bipod. As for barometric pressure, the Geovid corrected for that - it read 22.8 in Hg, equivalent to about 7300' where I hunted. In all cases [U]at the range[/U], sighting in or practicing, with or without the bipod, the butt was supported with slight down pressure on the fore end. But when I shot at the bull, the butt was [I][U][B]not[/B][/U][/I] supported and there was no fore end down pressure. As several stated, this seems like the primary culprit. Pull trigger, bullet fires, gun kicks, butt drops, barrel tips up - and [U]then[/U] the bullet exits the muzzle. Sounds like it'll be high to me. Other factors may have contributed, but supporting the butt end in prone position with a bipod will be the first corrections I'll field test. [/QUOTE]
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