John,I am shooting a TX 200 with a Hawke 4-12 X 40 scope. What you said about the balance point makes sense to me. I have been thinking with the bi-pod at the balance point it would move the end of the barrel a lot with a little movement of the stock as opposed to having the bi-pod out at the end where it would take a lot more movement of the stock to get the same movement of the end of the barrel. Do you follow me?Pellets are cheap so I'll switch over to putting it at or near the balance point and see what happens...Thanks,George