Bipod hop. How do i cure it?

[CRNA]

understand what he is saying but would like to see no muzzle jump on a big 338, not a 308 or whatever that was with a silencer on it.

That's what I thought as well.

 

[royinidaho]

That's what I thought as well.

I don't think the goal is to eliminate muzzle jump completely but to control it sufficient to spot your own shots from 100 yds to way out there (1k and greater).

Everyone that has shot my 2 bit 338 RUM Remmy sporter has been able to do it.

 

[texan79]

Lucky for me I fired a machine gun long before I owned my own rifle and learned recoil management. It is real simple to correct this issue your having.

You have to "load the bipod" and dig your toes in to push her forward then "RELAX" deep breath and brake the shot.

That said sometimes it doesn't hurt to grab the bipod legs and drag them back and forth in the dirt to give them something to seat against either or try putting the bipod legs up against something like your pack.

You picking up what I'm putting down?

Well I all most posted before I read the whole thread. You beat me to it. This is spot on.

 

[CRNA]

Everyone that has shot my 2 bit 338 RUM Remmy sporter has been able to do it.[/QUOTE]



Everyone that has shot your 338 are probably seasoned large bore shooters.

 

[royinidaho]

Everyone that has shot my 2 bit 338 RUM Remmy sporter has been able to do it.

Everyone that has shot your 338 are probably seasoned large bore shooters.[/QUOTE]

Actually every one is just two individuals other than myself. One, my 15 year old 105 lb grand son. The other a young man who has shot nothing but a Win 70 Featherweight in '06. Shot from the prone position.

 

[madcharlie61]

I liked this thread as i have this problem on the odd ocation have read this artical fom a guy down here and its a diferant school of thought have been trying it out but cant quite get the sling comftable any way let me know what you think.

Hold that Forend!

 

[royinidaho]

madcharlie,

Great first post!!!!

I learned some things from the article.

The shot that came to mind is one made after much practice with a solid bipod, as is on all my rifles, the cross armed method with the left hand controlling the rear bag. The shot was on a shale side hill where the rifle could not be leveled with out much digging with the uphill bipod foot. Shooting position was very awkward (more in the form of a pretzel than a linguini)

This was a critical, low percentage shot (Very small target area). I was very surprised by how much I missed the shot as observed through scope. It was a 430 yard shot and I missed by a foot and a half. This experience nags me and I still haven't figured out what went wrong.

Thanks to the article you posted I'll be doing more 'in field' practice with holdng the forearm, which I have strongly opposed, (no good reason - just a habit from benchrest shooting days, I guess) to see if fliers can be eliminated.

All works well when shooting from prepared 'hides' it's when the terrain becomes awkward where the unexplainable misses seem to happen.

Thanks again for the informative article.

 

[CRNA]

Really good article. I guess it's worth a try.