Harris VS Sandbag

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I will be sighting a new rebuild ,it will be used for range and ocassionally out after coyotes . I want to know if I am better using a bipod for sighting in and load work up or will a sandbag do better ,given the rifles proposed usage?

Shorty
 
A sand bag will give you a better more stable platform for shooting, but for hunting or any field work use a good quality bipod like a versa pod or Harris. My preference is the Versa. Since you will be hunting with it I would recomend sighting in as you are going to use the rifle, off a bipod. Even though the sandbag is a better platform I think it would be a pain to pack around and set up sandbags in the field. The practice at the range with the bipod will come in handy in the field also. I do all my shooting off a bipod at the range and field.

Just an opinion
 
Levi Garrett said:
Sandbag , compare the results of using the Harris only after you got what information you need off the bags. :)
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+1 here.
However, a good set of bags and front rest may not be in your budget.
If that is the case, by a good bipod, and sight in using that .
Not all bags are reated equal, and I would suspect that you can get as good or better a group using a properly set up bipod as you can using a set of bags that are not designed for benchrest shooting.
Cat
 
Levi nailed it!

I would caution however, that the bipod if set up on a bench top, rock, or other hard surface might throw the shots. Try to find a strip of vinyl or even denium to go under the legs when you shoot from the bench. If you fill an old sock - one without holes - with sand, and tie it off, it can be used for a rear bag.
 
The way i shoot is i use my Harris in the front and a back pack as rear support. You will most likely have a back pack when hunting, so i find it's a nice set-up. Plus if your bi-pod fails for whatever reason Murphy could come up with, you can always use the back pack as a rest for the rifle.
 
BIG sand bags for load development and sighting in.
Keep the bipod attached to the rifle while using the bags, so as to keep the same overall harmonics.
Bipods will "skate" back during recoil and if on a rough surface can "chatter " the rifle, giving erratic POI. Use of a bipod for field conditions is probably the best due to simplicity. Once you have your loads worked up and the rifle accurately dialed in the practice using the bipod to find out how much the use of it has altered the way the rifle then shoots.
KK
 
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