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If I put a bipod on my hunting rifle will it effect its poi, and if so how much?

Question by Dallas A. McWhorter. Uploaded on May 19, 2013

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from Dallas A. McWhorter wrote 3 weeks 6 days ago

BTW, my rifle is a Savage 111 Trophy Hunter XP chambered in .30-06.

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from FirstBubba wrote 3 weeks 6 days ago

Attach the bipod, then shoot a target. Then you'll know! Don't know of any other way to ascertain the effect.

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from DakotaMan wrote 3 weeks 6 days ago

If your bipod attaches to your front sling swivel like most, then it has no impact whatsoever on your point of impact. The rifle weight will rest on your stock normally as though you were holding the forearm with your hand. A bipod may affect your cheek weld and how you position your eye behind the scope. With less expensive scopes (i.e. more parallax), this could affect your point of impact. Try to maintain the same cheek weld regardless of your shooting position for best accuracy.

If it is one of the el-cheapos that attach to the barrel, you bet it will affect the point of impact and you will have to re-zero or hold off accordingly.

That is normally an accurate rifle and worth using a bi-pod for long range accuracy. Best of luck!

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from jay wrote 3 weeks 5 days ago

I've had good luck with bipods made by Harris.

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from ishawooa wrote 3 weeks 3 days ago

Take care to note if the front swivel is drilled completely through the stock and is butted up against the barrel. If so remove add lock-tite or glue and put it back into the stock far enough to hold but not touch your barrel. Alternatively you can simply file away the unacceptable potion of the swivel screw and reattach. This is a rare situation but if you are unlucky enough to encounter it the pressure of the bipod will act just like one directly affixed to the barrel.

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from DakotaMan wrote 3 weeks 6 days ago

If your bipod attaches to your front sling swivel like most, then it has no impact whatsoever on your point of impact. The rifle weight will rest on your stock normally as though you were holding the forearm with your hand. A bipod may affect your cheek weld and how you position your eye behind the scope. With less expensive scopes (i.e. more parallax), this could affect your point of impact. Try to maintain the same cheek weld regardless of your shooting position for best accuracy.

If it is one of the el-cheapos that attach to the barrel, you bet it will affect the point of impact and you will have to re-zero or hold off accordingly.

That is normally an accurate rifle and worth using a bi-pod for long range accuracy. Best of luck!

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from FirstBubba wrote 3 weeks 6 days ago

Attach the bipod, then shoot a target. Then you'll know! Don't know of any other way to ascertain the effect.

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from Dallas A. McWhorter wrote 3 weeks 6 days ago

BTW, my rifle is a Savage 111 Trophy Hunter XP chambered in .30-06.

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from jay wrote 3 weeks 5 days ago

I've had good luck with bipods made by Harris.

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from ishawooa wrote 3 weeks 3 days ago

Take care to note if the front swivel is drilled completely through the stock and is butted up against the barrel. If so remove add lock-tite or glue and put it back into the stock far enough to hold but not touch your barrel. Alternatively you can simply file away the unacceptable potion of the swivel screw and reattach. This is a rare situation but if you are unlucky enough to encounter it the pressure of the bipod will act just like one directly affixed to the barrel.

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