PRS Talk PRS Bipods

[JDMBEND]

New shooter. Looking for bipod ideas. Currently have a triple pull that I use for NRL and a Tricer that I use for hunting. Have quickly concluded that these are less than ideal for PRS, so I am looking for bipod recommendations.
Thanks

 

[JDMBEND]

Anybody?

 

[jetjock07]

Hard to beat an Atlas or a Single pull MDT CKYE-Pod

 

[Roadrace33]

I love accutac BR4 and Ckye pod PRS. I have a few atlas too, but they don't get used nearly as much.

 

[bbyars]

Ive had about every flavor under the sun for PRS, that being said i use a harris with RRS qd and a cykepod depending on where im shooting.

 

[Lightning8]

I run Harris most of the time

 

[OREGUN]

New shooter. Looking for bipod ideas. Currently have a triple pull that I use for NRL and a Tricer that I use for hunting. Have quickly concluded that these are less than ideal for PRS, so I am looking for bipod recommendations.
Thanks

PRS length Ckye-Pod with a BRS-M Harris as a backup and for special occasions.

 

[Jack_L]

I have not found a need for a triple-pull Ckyepod in PRS. In fact, I'd estimate that less than 20% of shots are taken from a bipod in PRS. You'll mostly be using a front support bag off of barricades, and flirting with when to use rear tripod.

For PRS, I have been very happy with the Atlas CAL and SuperCAL. I know some very good competitors that prefer bipods like the Harris and TBAC that allow fast deployment and stowage of the legs.

The Ckye single-pull standard and "short" PRS versions will definitely do what you need for PRS, and lots of very good competitors use them.

 

[Fig]

Accu-tac (tight no slop) for low recoil, heavy PRS rifles. Unless you are shooting a high recoil rifle and need to load your bipod, then Atlas.

 

[Rob01]

I have tried a number over my 23 years of shooting the sport(Atlas, Harris, Warne, MDT etc) and if I had to have just one I would go with a Ckyepod PRS or single pull. Very versatile for the matches of today. I still want to try a Accu Tac though and if I did would go with a 5 height.

 

[JDMBEND]

Thanks for the input from everyone. Other than being slightly heavier, what is the downside of using the double pull?

 

[Rob01]

Thanks for the input from everyone. Other than being slightly heavier, what is the downside of using the double pull?

Nothing really but cost as the extra height really isn’t needed but if you had one you can use it. I see people using them. Most are adding weight out front so the weight would be a plus depending on your set up.

 

[bbyars]

If I could get my money back, I’d keep using the Harris primarily and have a double pull as a back up. There are a lot of benefits of the extra height if you travel to any mountain matches

 

[High Desert duck]

I’ve found a bunch of the matches out west a double pull is super useful on many stages. That said if you already have a triple, bringing that and using a single most of the day would probably work.

 

[Rob01]

Yeah if you plan to do a lot of mountain shooting matches then the double pull would definitely help but as mentioned you have a triple so I wouldn’t buy a double. I’d just use a shorter one and use the triple when you need more.

 

[Hickswr]

Tried atlas and accutac, settled on single pull cyke-pod.

 

[OREGUN]

Thanks for the input from everyone. Other than being slightly heavier, what is the downside of using the double pull?

I’m going to disagree with all the double-pull glazing. It’s too tall for regular use…..is the downside.

I don’t want to say that the triple pull is a solution looking for a problem, I know the hunter guys like them, but it’s got to be close to that. I live in the mountain west and have never really shot a PRS match on a “square range”. I’ve shot matches (PRS and Comp Dynamics, not hunter) all over Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, Texas, Kansas, and Oklahoma and I would still never spend the money on a double or triple pull for any of these matches. Most of the time, I use a PRS length ckye pod…unless the feet are too wide and then it’s Harris. I’ve always made up any height I needed with sliding the bipod back on the rail or picking a different position-solution. I suppose the OP could pack that triple pull around to help balance the load in his backpack or as a backup at a match that had golf-cart/SxS support but I doubt he will find much use for it.

Perhaps the difference is that most PRS stages include some phrasing that makes it so that a prop has to be used “to support” the rifle. Whereas hunter stages give you a limited shooting area and put tall grass, shrubs, etc in the way. In one case, super tall bipod legs can lift you over the shit but in the other, longer legs don’t make a prop more useful as a support.

One, maybe two stages at Cameo, one at Blue Steel Ranch (Steel Safari) none that I can think of in OK, TX, KS, or WY. Out of 200 some odd stages of National Match shooting? Hardly seems super useful.

 

[mmlook]

surprised no one mentioned thunder beast yet

 

[DeathBeforeDismount]

Thanks for the input from everyone. Other than being slightly heavier, what is the downside of using the double pull?

Width and/or height. Effects what you can bipod off vs bag.

 

[Fig]

Honestly, Cypod has too many adjustments, joints, and movements for me. Mine sits in the safe. I like it, and think it’s kewl, but under the clock it’s too much to mess with for me. Not that people who don’t practice with it can get very fast, and it’s adjustability become a big asset, but I just don’t have the time and inclination to get there, and prefer something simple and fast I don’t have to think about. If it looks complicated to use a bipod I’ll use a bag.

In fact, even on props like the blue barrels where a lot of guys use both a bag and their bipod, I just use a bag.

I find a get a better score the simpler my solution for the stage is and the less time I’m fooling with gear.

Then again, I’m no champion who practices all the time. The match is usually my practice, which is why I’ll never podium in a national match. So take my advice for what it’s worth.

I’d say start simple and graduate to the more versatile bipod if you’re finding a simple one doesn’t offer the solutions you think you need.