Shooting Bags for Bullpups
Any of you guys shoot your bullpup off of bags that you like and would recommend? I use a Harris bipod with the Cricket and was wondering if bags would be more stable.
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If you think about it the tapered front on Vulcan is a no no for sandbag shooting. Any back and forth movement will lift and lower muzzle. That’s why the bipod is a better option as its fixed and will not have that effect on front end. Just my opinion. The cricket is straight and has no issue with that.
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Bag vs bipod
With respect to bullpups, Edgun in particular, I prefer the bipod connected to the front stock by means of a rail over the bag (Caldwell) when shooting from a bench of sort. I also incorporate the use of a small rear stock support bag for extreme control and find this particular method better for my means than using the larger shooting bags. To each their own and what ever works for particular rifle/shooter. It’s all good.
cheers
Here is the 30 cal Edgun on the Caldwell pod.
This is a nice setup too but. It can be flipped around to help with different shooting conditions. It’s usually bipod and small bag in the back when pesting.
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I put a plastic bread bag in first then fill with sand. That keeps moisture from getting in and freezing bag stiff. Been doing it for years……………..
I have a shelf full of them too. I think they are filled with sand…. can’t remember.
I still have a drawer full of them.
I use old lead shot bags. Back in the day when they were made of cloth…
I still have a drawer full of them.
Thanks SECoda !
~ Greg
For being small and compact and in my bedroom out the door :biggrinn: the regular one is better and I use a little round auto shop seat on rollers with it. For prairie dog shooting I use the magnum or a portable bench rest. The magnum is taller for standing if needed and heavier duty for a HP rifle and more stable in general but it has a larger footprint. I use the regular one most of the time with the airguns and always have my left elbow on the dresser to make it nice and steady. I often shoot starlings out of a dead tree at about 75 yards from that position just like that. I am using 32x with the SR Pro reticle on the HSW. :4:
They go on sale occasionally and I got both of them at quite a discount.
SECoda,
My friend never came by yet to lend me his Caldwell Dead Shot Field Pod to tryout before I buy one.
How is the Caldwell Magnum Dead Shot Field Pod compare to the Dead Shot Field Pod ?
Which one do you like more ?
~ Greg
I use the Gorilla bag with a tapered rear for the bull-pups for target shooting even though I have a competition front rest. The Cricket tapered skeleton stocks are perfect for small elevation adjustments. For the varmint/pest shooting I do most of the time in the backyard the Caldwell dead shots standard and magnum work great. I have one of each. They are not quite stable enough for getting the tightest groups on paper but I can hit birds at 105 yards (on a dead tree) from the magnum.
The other problem I had is that, I like when the gun slides back straight upon recoil when on bags.
Even if you QD the Bipod the rail is there and gets hung up on the front bag, not good to me for BR shooting.
~ Greg
Like Greg I don’t use bipods, I also use the Shockey Trigger Stick Tripod. Regarding using bipods vs bags I think they both can be used very effectively. As far as which one is better, I think it kinda depends on what you’re used to. When I used bipods I would preload them prior to shooting. I always felt more stable preloading my bipod prior to pulling the trigger. A marksman can’t really preload a sand bag. It took a little adaptation to change from the bipod to the bag. The main reason I switched; first I hate sling swivel bipod mounts. They are hard to remove the bipod and they often mark up the wood. That leaves me with the STD-1913 rail mounting system. I have carried that cheese grater enough in my lifetime that even my M4 has the keymod handguard. I don’t want the picantinny rail on my guns anymore except for the scope mount.
When I had my Talon SS 22 I mounted a bipod on it and it helped tightening up my groups.
With the added weight it help reduce the muzzle flip and the added mass in the front just made the gun more stable to shoot.
In some hunting scenarios it does come in handy but for me just carrying the added weight just got old.
I ended up with it off most of the time.
So now with my BP I don’t use/mounted them, for now shooting off bags is my forte.
I also use a Primos Gen 2 Jim Shockey Edition Deluxe Tri Pod Trigger Stick, 24-62-Inch when pesting and great to use with a spotting scope.
If you do buy bags get them prefilled.
~ Greg
Greg.
Thanks for the helpful info. I bought one set not filled but the guys that wrote reviews stated adding rice or corn cob was easy. The others bag comes filled.
I used a Harris bipod off the bench with the Cricket bullpups never tried a front bag. Hopefully one of the bag combinations will keep the R3 .30 stable. I prefer not drilling the stock.
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With respect to bullpups, Edgun in particular, I prefer the bipod connected to the front stock by means of a rail over the bag (Caldwell) when shooting from a bench of sort. I also incorporate the use of a small rear stock support bag for extreme control and find this particular method better for my means than using the larger shooting bags. To each their own and what ever works for particular rifle/shooter. It’s all good.
cheers
Same here Mike. I only choose a different pellet launcher