Been using Atlas bipod for a while but can’t figure this out so looking for advice.
To start off, yes, its a real Atlas. I’ve also installed spiked feet on it.
I have the bipod mounted on MR308, so a semi auto piston gun.
I point the rifle at the target, then i push down on the handguard so the spikes are pushed into the ground. I then get behind the rifle and load the bipod. I make sure that the bubble level on my scope is in the middle, then I get off the rifle and tighten the bipod’s adjustment knob with 2 hands to the point where i cannot turn the know anymore.
After I get back into position, everything is fine. I load the bipod and make sure the level is still in the middle. I take the shot and the rifle recoils. The recoil moves the rifle and caused the bipod to cant, resulting in the rifle to end up at an angle, instead of perfectly in the center of the bubble level like how it was before the first shot. From this point I tried 3 things:
First I tried to tilt the rifle back to its original position the best I can by looking at the bubble level. This results in the worst grouping.
Then I tried to ignore the fact that this is even happening and just continue to shoot the group. This group is tigher than the first one.
Lastly I set it up so that the rifle is leveled at the end of one side of the movement range of the bipod’s cant. This way after every shot I can consistently reset to the end of the movement range. This produced the best grouping.
Are atlas bipods just suppose to work like this or am I doing something wrong?
I used to have a Harris bipod with the lever that locks the cant feature and it never did this(although that was on my bolt gun, not a semi auto piston gun)
To start off, yes, its a real Atlas. I’ve also installed spiked feet on it.
I have the bipod mounted on MR308, so a semi auto piston gun.
I point the rifle at the target, then i push down on the handguard so the spikes are pushed into the ground. I then get behind the rifle and load the bipod. I make sure that the bubble level on my scope is in the middle, then I get off the rifle and tighten the bipod’s adjustment knob with 2 hands to the point where i cannot turn the know anymore.
After I get back into position, everything is fine. I load the bipod and make sure the level is still in the middle. I take the shot and the rifle recoils. The recoil moves the rifle and caused the bipod to cant, resulting in the rifle to end up at an angle, instead of perfectly in the center of the bubble level like how it was before the first shot. From this point I tried 3 things:
First I tried to tilt the rifle back to its original position the best I can by looking at the bubble level. This results in the worst grouping.
Then I tried to ignore the fact that this is even happening and just continue to shoot the group. This group is tigher than the first one.
Lastly I set it up so that the rifle is leveled at the end of one side of the movement range of the bipod’s cant. This way after every shot I can consistently reset to the end of the movement range. This produced the best grouping.
Are atlas bipods just suppose to work like this or am I doing something wrong?
I used to have a Harris bipod with the lever that locks the cant feature and it never did this(although that was on my bolt gun, not a semi auto piston gun)