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Bags or bipods? - Klem - 09-29-2013
I used to use a Harris in the field however find it's a big forward weight to lug around.
Those Caldwell or Triad cordura bags filled with the ultra light-weight material found in aircraft pillows (the horseshoe type sold at airports) works for me. It's the fine white stuff that weighs almost nothing. Triad Tactical bags come filled with some plastic bead material but we change it out for the ultra light stuff. You know you have the right stuff when it blows around in the breeze and sticks to your clothes while filling. The weight then becomes the cordura bag only so you can clip it to your belt or vest for ready use.
When zeroing at the range it is a front rest and rear bag filled with sand. The front rest has cordura interface, not leather. The reason being leather sticks if it gets wet in the rain. Some guys throw a small talcum/baby powder dispenser into their kit and sprinkle a bit on the rests. Only helps if the rifle has a smooth surface to slide however (not Pickitinny).
Be careful filling bags with any food material. I made this mistake a while back and ended up with a weevil infestation.
Bags or bipods? - mel - 10-08-2021
I've always had the best results off a bipod no rear bag I use my left hand palm down under the buttstock, I use solid leg bipod and lock the legs to a 45*forward position instead of straight down
on the bench I do the same but bipod legs straight down left hand palm down under buttstock or mono pod with left hand on monopod for adjustments
Bags or bipods? - SDW - 10-23-2021
Any fans here of using spikes on the bipod legs? As opposed to the standard rubber feet.
Bags or bipods? - mel - 10-23-2021
SDW Wrote:Any fans here of using spikes on the bipod legs? As opposed to the standard rubber feet.
all mine can be swapped out to spikes but ive never used them tbh ive never seen a need to put them on
Bags or bipods? - SDW - 10-23-2021
Thanks mel. I'd read up on the concept and decided to try them, though I haven't had my rifles out to the desert yet this season. I know there's a common type for Harris bipods, big honkin' aluminum ones. But $40 seemed like a crazy price to pay for such things. So after a bit of looking I found this type, which seems to be available mainly in Europe for whatever reason. Made of stainless steel, not aluminum. And not as gigantic. This company's in Italy. I paid only about $25 for them, if that, after postage. Took about two weeks to get to San Diego.
https://emperionstore.com/universal-harris-bipod-spike-feet-silver-hm.html
Anyway, I'm just a little curious to see if they help. I mostly put my bipod feet on top of my shooting pad. But I'll try folding the pad under a little and digging these spikes into the gravel. I'm sure it'll load better with the feet dug in a little.
Also, for good measure I ordered a couple of shooting bags from Helikon the other day. Coming out of Europe too, by coincidence. I might not see them for a month or two. They come unfilled, so I'll have to head over to the local crafts store to find some media to put in them:
- https://www.helikon-tex.us/accuracy-shooting-bag-roller-large.html
- https://www.helikon-tex.us/accuracy-shooting-bag-cube.html
And speaking of fill options, I have an older home-made shooting pillow that I filled with some extra walnut-husk tumbling media. That stuff works pretty well too and isn't especially heavy. doesn't have too much of a problem holding shape, unlike sand in that bag, which is heavy and just wants to keep flowing down to form the bag into a blob shape.
Bags or bipods? - mel - 10-24-2021
biggest improvement ive seen was going from the harris type to an atlas type bipod if im honest , im using cheap 40$ clones that work great in the dirt like i said i just put the legs to a forward 45* angle and its easy to load them and have them stay put
[video=youtube;H6c70K6DTHY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6c70K6DTHY[/video]
i do , do a few tweaks to the pivot mec in them though
Bags or bipods? - SDW - 10-24-2021
Thanks mel. That's interesting. I'm sorta invested in Harris at this point; don't feel like buying another tripod (I have four: two Harris and two UTG). So it makes the best sense for me to go ahead and try out my newly spiked Harris (9-13" I think it is).
For anyone else here who's interested in trying spikes, I will say that these spikes I have are very well made. Perfect slip fit over the leg ends. IMO, exactly as large as they need to be and no bigger, unlike some. I found that I did need to chase the cross-holes with a drill bit, as they were undersized slightly. Too small for the 1/8"? roll pins that Harris feet need. Probably a metric thing.