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Airguns by Make and Model => Benjamin Airguns => Topic started by: skid9832004 on February 28, 2012, 02:23:44 PM
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i would like to know if anyone ever used a bipod on a regular trail np and what was the results with accuracy i am debating trying one out.
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Me too! :P
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no one has done this before? ive seen i remember one pic of someone doing it on here...
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I tried this once and only once. I put a clamp-on barrel bipod on my Trail NP .22 to see if I could get better groupings. For some reason the groupings were worse, The POI was all over the place. I figured the bipod was messing with the barrel some how and removed it. I now only shoot off a bag on a bench. This seem to be the most consistent for me. Others may have different experiences, but I would only mount a bipod on a fixed barrel.
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It works for me.
Ernesto
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The common consensus is that a bipod messes with the rifles ability to recoil and because of this causes worse accuracy. I did try one on an old gamo and it shifted the group about 4" high at ten yards and spread my dime sized groups to quarter sized. At long distance this would only be amplified
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As a general rule, bi-pods are bad for spring powered ARs. Compare the technology to the artillery hold and you might understand the reasoning better. When a spring powered AR fires, the whole rifle goes through a recoil bounce. Anything that is rigid that interferes with the rifle's natural tendencies to want to recoil the same way every time is a detriment to it's ability to shoot in the same direction every time. Using a bi-pod is almost as bad for accuracy as using a brick for a forearm rest.
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Now bi-pods do seem to work on some springers. For example Rick Eutsler from AirGunWeb tested two spring guns the Remington Vantage and the Winchester 850 XS22 and during the accuracy test on both of the guns he mounted bi-pods on them and they both shot just as well as any other springer. Still the majority of springers will shoot better without bi-pods due to the reverse recoil.
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So, it sounds like we need a bipod that sits on a spring slide. That way the rifle can still recoil just like resting it on your hand. I have never seen one like that. I envision a piece that clamps to the barrel and has a slide rail where the bipod attaches. I might be able to machine something up to a test. Could be interesting. A bipod specifically for springers.
-Chris
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So, it sounds like we need a bipod that sits on a spring slide. That way the rifle can still recoil just like resting it on your hand. I have never seen one like that. I envision a piece that clamps to the barrel and has a slide rail where the bipod attaches. I might be able to machine something up to a test. Could be interesting. A bipod specifically for springers.
-Chris
def worth a shot and it shouldn't be that hard
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Maybe try this?.... http://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php/topic,26910.0.html (http://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php/topic,26910.0.html)
Bob