Can someone please explain how to load up a bipod? After starting out using a sling and holding the fore-end and that bipods are bad bad bad, I'm led to believe otherwise. I'd like to know the correct technique with free hand holding a rest under the butt and body in line with rifle.
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That article kills me. I read it a while back and I just can't reconcile how to have a hard hold but no muscle tension. Keeping the bipod low to the ground also for me makes having a natural cheekweld very hard.
Basically just press into the bipod to take the slack out of the system. For a Harris bipod this means applying a little pressure because the harris is like a spring.
Thanks all. I found a youtube link that explains it well. I'll trial it this weekend
Loading the Bipod - YouTube
Loading the Bipod - YouTube
If you're prone, set the bipod feet into the dirt and take your toes and slide your body forward and use your body weight to keep it loaded once you get it loaded. Your body weight should be enough to keep it loaded without using muscle tension.
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Awesome, thanks all. Found the first video. The second one I'll check out too. Sounds easy. I'm hoping I can impliment it too.
Jeez - I tried that yesterday working on dot drills at Chabot with 1/2" and 1/4" dots. It worked OK for the first 25 rounds, but I must be a wuss because I got fatigued and accuracy for my last 15 shots went straight out the window, and I'm still sore today! LOL :-D
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