Bunny Ear Rear Bag + Fclass Bipod

kthomas · Wednesday at 1:53 PM

Anyone here using an Fclass style bipod with bunny ear rear bag?

If so, what are you using?

I would like to get one to pair up with an LRA Fclass bipod with skis that I have, and JAE chassis's that have bag riders.

I understand that I would need a bag which has an ear width that matches up with my bag rider, but I get lost in the different models and what would work best for prone shooting. There seems to be varying bag heights, ear heights and materials that I'm stuck on.

Todc · Wednesday at 2:09 PM

I used to use a sinclair fclass bipod and protektor rear bag (13a I think). Worked great.

pronelife · Wednesday at 7:04 PM

kthomas said:
I understand that I would need a bag which has an ear width that matches up with my bag rider, but I get lost in the different models and what would work best for prone shooting. There seems to be varying bag heights, ear heights and materials that I'm stuck on.

Call Protektor Model, tell them what you're trying to do and they'll recommend the right bag. They'll customize the stitching width on the ears to your bag rider if you give them the measurements.

carbonbased · Wednesday at 10:34 PM

kthomas said:
Anyone here using an Fclass style bipod with bunny ear rear bag?

I have never done any fclass shooting, but when I was researching rear bunny ear bags I ran across this Fclass John vid on the subject before he went full shilltuber:

Might be interesting.

I have that same bipod, also with ski feet. Never got on well with my bald eagle front rest and Protektor rabbit ear 13b, but both are well made.

Good luck man!

Maurygold · Thursday at 8:25 AM

Edgewood is among the best rear bags available. You’ll need to purchase the heavy sand separate.

https://edgebag.com/collections/rear-bags

I would try to find a used joy pod x or a different bipod with more adjustment for height.

The challenge to using these types of rear bags is that the height is set and to get on target you will need to adjust the bipod to put the gun on target and stay on target through course of fire.

I shot f open so I’m not super familiar with the best bills for this but I saw the used joypads are going for around $600 when they come up

kthomas · Thursday at 8:36 AM

Maurygold said:
Edgewood is among the best rear bags available. You’ll need to purchase the heavy sand separate.

https://edgebag.com/collections/rear-bags

I would try to find a used joy pod x or a different bipod with more adjustment for height.

The challenge to using these types of rear bags is that the height is set and to get on target you will need to adjust the bipod to put the gun on target and stay on target through course of fire.

I shot f open so I’m not super familiar with the best bills for this but I saw the used joypads are going for around $600 when they come up

Those joypods seem slick, but definitely are quite the fiscal investment. Not sure if I'm prepared to spend that at the moment. But I can see how this would be a superior setup to the LRA Fclass bipod I'm trying to utilize.

Those Edgewood bags look nice though. I see Dima is another one commonly recommended. Protektor seems to have more mixed reviews. Whatever I go with will have to have a channel/"ear" width that will accommodate the JAE bag rider, which seems to be the limiting factor in bag selection.

I agree, elevation control seems to be the biggest limitation to this setup, and its my chief concern. I guess that's the tradeoff you make for increased stability, no free lunch in this game.

Maurygold · Thursday at 8:41 AM

kthomas said:
Those joypods seem slick, but definitely are quite the fiscal investment. Not sure if I'm prepared to spend that at the moment. But I can see how this would be a superior setup to the LRA Fclass bipod I'm trying to utilize.

Those Edgewood bags look nice though. I see Dima is another one commonly recommended. Protektor seems to have more mixed reviews. Whatever I go with will have to have a channel/"ear" width that will accommodate the JAE bag rider, which seems to be the limiting factor in bag selection.

I agree, elevation control seems to be the biggest limitation to this setup, and its my chief concern. I guess that's the tradeoff you make for increased stability, no free lunch in this game.

The used joy pod only seems to be about $100 more than the lra new.

A lot of guys will bring rubber pads to put under rear bag to help adjust it as well.

What bipod do you currently use? If they make ski feet for it it’s likely just as good as that lra. You really want something that will slide though so you can return to zero and get back on target.

I’m assuming you’re using this system to test ammo?

kthomas · Thursday at 8:47 AM

Maurygold said:
The used joy pod only seems to be about $100 more than the lra new.

A lot of guys will bring rubber pads to put under rear bag to help adjust it as well.

What bipod do you currently use? If they make ski feet for it it’s likely just as good as that lra. You really want something that will slide though so you can return to zero and get back on target.

I’m assuming you’re using this system to test ammo?

I see your point, but I already own the LRA bipod with ski feet. Bought it years ago with the intent of getting more involved in ELR shooting.

I'm looking into the bunny ear bag setup for 100 yard range use and to explore a potentially more precise setup that utilizes my LRA bipod.

I typically shoot with a Ckye-pod or Atlas bipod and squeezable rear bag.

Maurygold · Thursday at 8:51 AM

kthomas said:
I see your point, but I already own the LRA bipod with ski feet. Bought it years ago with the intent of getting more involved in ELR shooting.

I'm looking into the bunny ear bag setup for 100 yard range use and to explore a potentially more precise setup that utilizes my LRA bipod.

I typically shoot with a Ckye-pod or Atlas bipod and squeezable rear bag.

Ah I understand looks like a solid unit. I thought you were looking to purchase. I would just look into some mats to put under the rear bag for additional adjustment then

JM4590 · 2025-09-07T14:56:31-0400

kthomas said:
Those joypods seem slick, but definitely are quite the fiscal investment. Not sure if I'm prepared to spend that at the moment.

Well………not like you won’t have time to save for it……been waiting 10 months now for mine….

carbonbased · 2025-09-07T15:01:25-0400

I just remembered there’s a guy who can add a joystick top to budget benchrest front rests.

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Here is his co-axial joystick top affixed to a Bald Eagle bottom.

Reports I had read indicated that, while no SEB, the rest was quite good.

Schütze · 2025-09-07T15:26:20-0400

kthomas said:
I see your point, but I already own the LRA bipod with ski feet. Bought it years ago with the intent of getting more involved in ELR shooting.

I'm looking into the bunny ear bag setup for 100 yard range use and to explore a potentially more precise setup that utilizes my LRA bipod.

I typically shoot with a Ckye-pod or Atlas bipod and squeezable rear bag.

Ryan cheny’s latest elr bag and the adjustable bag rider from Long Shot Precision together with the heavy LRA bipod works very nicely for me.

lash · 2025-09-07T15:33:43-0400

Schütze said:
Ryan cheny’s latest elr bag and the adjustable bag rider from Long Shot Precision together with the heavy LRA bipod works very nicely for me.

That’s a nice setup.

hangunnr · 2025-09-07T16:55:47-0400

A couple years back I was more or less in your shoes looking for a workable combination of rests. I wanted the ability to make elevation changes by squeezing the bunny ears, something you may not be able to accomplish with a bag rider that sits flat against the body of the bag. In my opinion I wouldn’t use a fixed height rear rest unless you were using a front rest with easy height adjustment such as the stick shift types. Don’t know your set up so it might work for you. I couldn’t see spending what they wanted for the high end bags. I ended up with a Protector with the “heavy” bottom leather. I however found that it would not sit flat on the bench, it still rocked a bit. My solution was to make a wooden base for it.

Basic heavy bottom bag.

Oak base hollowed out and filled with birdshot and epoxy. Added a little over 2# with the fill.

For the underside I just glued on a ring of cheap entrance mat.

It now sits dead still on the bench.

lash · 2025-09-07T18:09:57-0400

Schütze said:
Ryan cheny’s latest elr bag and the adjustable bag rider from Long Shot Precision together with the heavy LRA bipod works very nicely for me.

I think @Schütze setup will work well with what you have, if you get the adjustable bag rider. Between the ABR and the height adjustment you get from the Ryan ELR bag, you’ll be good. Unless you will be shooting somewhere with large differences in elevation between firing line and target.

Maurygold · 2025-09-07T18:57:46-0400

Ryan is a very accomplished elr shooter and his bags looks nice but there’s no way it’s as sturdy as a leather bag with 25-30lbs of heavy sand.

He’s likely willing to sacrifice some rigidity for modularity since they are moving targets and changing setups accordingly.

lash · 2025-09-07T19:14:42-0400

Maurygold said:
Ryan is a very accomplished elr shooter and his bags looks nice but there’s no way it’s as sturdy as a leather bag with 25-30lbs of heavy sand.

He’s likely willing to sacrifice some rigidity for modularity since they are moving targets and changing setups accordingly.

I can’t argue with that, but just note that his bag is most helpful for minor adjustments in elevation while shooting ELR. It is not in any way a bench rest bag.

Op has a relatively macro adjustable bipod. Meaning that fine elevation adjustments are left to be done at the rear of the rifle. An adjustment at the rear is more like the micro adjustment for ELR applications.

Schütze · 2025-09-07T19:24:19-0400

Maurygold said:
Ryan is a very accomplished elr shooter and his bags looks nice but there’s no way it’s as sturdy as a leather bag with 25-30lbs of heavy sand.

He’s likely willing to sacrifice some rigidity for modularity since they are moving targets and changing setups accordingly.

No one ever said that this setup is as sturdy.

Everything is a compromise.

In elr ( at least the events I have been ) we need to set up at 2 different targets that are at 2 different distances as well.

Moving an FTR or bench rest setup around during your turn would be rather difficult.
Not sure either if the pricey heavy front rests are allowed in elr.

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