Bipod yields better results than a bag. How come??

[Bang]

Everything I read, including Plaster's Ultimate Sniper, indicates a bag under the front is preferable to a bipod. Little by little, over a few years of working up loads for a Savage 10 .308, I keep finding better groups happen with bipod than a bag. Heel of rifle is supported the same both ways....small bag.

Seems better control of the rifle during firing occurs with a bipod. In this case, the bipod is not a Harris. It's a $30 job with rubber feet. I place nothing to rest the feet upon...it is just on the hard wood bench top.

[Noah_Zark]

The bipod is more stable, and you cannot cant the rifle with a bipod like you can with a rifle on bags.

The bipod is like "tricycle" landing gear -- three hard points.

Noah

[DukeConnor]

The bipod is more stable, and you cannot cant the rifle with a bipod like you can with a rifle on bags.

The bipod is like "tricycle" landing gear -- three hard points.

Noah

I shot a friends rifle that has a bubble level attached to the scope. I never realized How much I had the rifle canted until I looked at the bubble.

[Gripsafety]

Are you loading the bipod? Loading it a bit makes a big difference for me. As Noah said, you can make the bipod really stable that way.

I use a bipod on the front and a squeeze bag under the stock on my long range rifle.

[Marcus99]

I don't know how this could be unless somehow the bag is making contact with the barrel or somehow putting pressure on the stock in a different fashion.

[danhr]

6 to one, half a dozen to another. One thing that is constant is that whatever the shooter is more comfortable with, will be more accurate.

[streaker69]

I always rest my bipod on the bag.

[ExFlyinguy]

^Overachiever

[streaker69]

^Overachiever

I tried it the other way around, but it didn't work well.

[Gripsafety]

I always rest my bipod on the bag.

Doesn't that hurt when you fire?