It's been a long time since I last went whitetail hunting, but given my limited experience at that endeavor, I don't know what use these critters would be. I guess if you're always shooting from a bench rest or a prepared position, bipods are lighter than toting a full-blown rifle rest to the range. But in a field situation, where you do not have the luxury of knowing where you will be shooting from, bipods seem to me to be both extra weight and encumbering. They seem designed to catch on brush and branches.
In my opinion, bipods are accessories for mall-ninjas.
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Uh huh.
I'll bear that in mind if I'm ever within 100 miles of a gun.
;)
They serve the same purpose as these:
http://tinyurl.com/4cjc45
They do help keep the rifle up out of the dirt and such on the ground when used. But they are extra weight, catch all kinds of crap and make noise opening and closing and if the weapon is too heavy to operate without support - weld it to a truck.
One of the mall-ninjas at the range last weekend had them on his .223 with a stainless barrel and a turret-adjustable scope (guess he thought he was Mark Wahlberg.
The little nimrod had the bipod on backwards....
Ground hog hunters here in PA all seem to use them. But you are prone in a field and shooting at a little critter at one or two hundred yards you need all the help you can get.
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