08-31-2013, 03:10 AM
This was my first question when I was advised to put together a sand sock during my first formal Sniper training course: "Where am I going to pack that thing?"
One solution I really like is the use of peas in a smaller sand sock, enclosed in a plastic bag within the sand sock material. When you get put out on an extended surveillance/overwatch mission, and you run out of food, the contents of the sand sock double as your emergency meal.
The one bipod I like over all others is the Sako TRG bipod. A lot of input went into the design of the TRG, and it was taken directly from Snipers within the Finnish Defense Forces, especially those guys who are gun guys. They actually modeled the TRG bipod off of the M60 bipod in some ways, but the TRG bipod lets the center of mass of the rifle at the fulcrum hang beneath the hinge points of the bipod legs. It also has rounded teeth on the bipod feet, which will even purcahse pretty well into wood. Here is a McMillan Bros. A4 stocked Sako 75 with a custom TRG bipod receptacle bedded into the front of the rather large fore end.
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The sand sock you see there has the peas inside it as I described, which one of the Finnish Snipers I know uses.
One solution I really like is the use of peas in a smaller sand sock, enclosed in a plastic bag within the sand sock material. When you get put out on an extended surveillance/overwatch mission, and you run out of food, the contents of the sand sock double as your emergency meal.
The one bipod I like over all others is the Sako TRG bipod. A lot of input went into the design of the TRG, and it was taken directly from Snipers within the Finnish Defense Forces, especially those guys who are gun guys. They actually modeled the TRG bipod off of the M60 bipod in some ways, but the TRG bipod lets the center of mass of the rifle at the fulcrum hang beneath the hinge points of the bipod legs. It also has rounded teeth on the bipod feet, which will even purcahse pretty well into wood. Here is a McMillan Bros. A4 stocked Sako 75 with a custom TRG bipod receptacle bedded into the front of the rather large fore end.
The sand sock you see there has the peas inside it as I described, which one of the Finnish Snipers I know uses.