KIT & GEAR JAVELIN BIPOD SYSTEM
STABILITY FOR THE WIN BIPODS WERE DESIGNED TO GIVE YOU COMPLETE SUPPORT AND STABILITY IN A RUGGED, LIGHTWEIGHT PACKAGE, AND THESE DAYS WE’RE SEEING THEM MORE AND MORE ON CARBINES AS WELL AS DMRS AND BOLTIES. BILL’S BEEN WORKING WITH A NEW MODEL FROM SPARTAN PRECISION EQUIPMENT OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS SO NOW TAKES AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT BIPODS AS A WHOLE!
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hy should I use a bipod? I mostly use a carbine or SBR when playing, and in fact my favourite models are short, compact variants of the AK and AR so until relatively recently for me a bipod lived on either my DMR or my precision rifle. I’ve seen much photographic evidence of bipods being fitted “in the wild” to SBRs and indeed even to compact CQB-length M4s, and I have to admit that I’ve often wondered “why?” The answer to me partly lies in the increased issue of even the most basic infantry rifle with a magnified optic; slowly but surely we’ve seen the “grunt” become equipped with some pretty spangly optics, and of course when you’re talking about “556” the ballistic performance of the round itself is actually one of the determining factors when it comes to accuracy over extended range. The performance of the accepted-issue round tends to tail-off dramatically when the range extends, so in many cases the abilities of the optic are greater than those of the round being fired!
A stable firing position is king in this situation, and for a stable shooting platform that offers greater precision and increased support a bipod is second to none. At longer ranges shooting from some positions with accuracy can be next to impossible without some form of stabilisation. As a “real” shooter you have many variables to account for such as environmental factors (wind, rain, snow, temperature, humidity, etc), and even the mechanics of the human body! A good bipod helps eliminate many of these factors before you put the first round downrange. It’s pretty clear to me then that a bipod that’s mounted at the fore-end of a platform will aid in that quest for a stable shooting position and allow you to get the best possible from your chosen optic, and this is equally true whether it’s 5.56mm rounds or BBs that you are putting out there; in fact, given the vagaries of hop performance you could even argue that a stable shooting position is MORE important to us as airsofters! A bipod provides you
“I’VE SEEN MUCH PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF BIPODS BEING FITTED “IN THE WILD” TO SBRS AND INDEED EVEN TO COMPACT CQB-LENGTH M4S, AND I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT I’VE OFTEN WONDERED “WHY?””
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