I thought I would start a new post on this.
Can a harris bipod be shot without a free floated barrell.
Thanks,
W

Yes, although there is argument on whether the POI will change, but I haven't seen it be an issue.

John

It depends on the rifle. Most of my rifles are not affected with the bi-pod attached.
I have one, though that likes you to put your support near the magazine. Why? I have no idea.
It is a Winchester FWT. With the bi-pod, it is horrible, but your hand on the magazine it drives tacks. Every rifle is different.

They haven't affected mine but it never hurts to cut the cards and check your zero. If your field position is pretty steady and you're just using the bipod to rest the rifle on, it shouldn't affect your zero. If you're leaning into the bipod or using it as a structural part of your set up, it might.

Has not effected poi in my Ruger M77. Haven't tried it with anything else

A friend and I have been shooting a Rem 700 SPS Varmint in .223 lately.

It does not a free-floated barrel and shoots 'the lights out' off the bipod attached. BUT we did sight in in off the bi-pod to ensure consistency.

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"Ek was eers bang dat ek allen was, maar eintlik is ons saam....Drie woorde vir Salaam..." Koos Kombuis

Throw me a bone here please.

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Can a harris bipod be shot without a free floated barrell.

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Originally posted by woodsie:
I thought I would start a new post on this.
Can a harris bipod be shot without a free floated barrell.
Thanks,
W

I sight my rifles in with using the bipod resting on some sort of "dead" material- sort of to approximate the ground.

The only surface I've used under a bipod that made any kind of really pronounced difference in POI was a truck hood.

One rifle is floated, two are not.

Thanks for all your help everyone.
I really appreciate it.
I went to the range today, and shot with my bipod of the bench table, and shot the best groupings of my life at 100 yards..
I am so pumped.
Thanks again everyone.
W.

All depends on the rifle I have rifles that shot great just out of the box with out doing any thing to them off a bipod. Others I have had to free float and strengthen the forends with glass bedding before they were not effected by the bipod.

Only way to know is shoot them with and with out the bipod.

glad you enjoyed shooting with it.