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<blockquote data-quote="PrairieGhost" data-source="post: 141771" data-attributes="member: 704">Not really.&nbsp; You can forward load the bipod until the legs nearly bend and it will compensate some, but only some.&nbsp; Freefloat helps some, but that doesn't cure it all either.&nbsp; Some rifles work better freefloated, and others will need forend pressure to stabilize.&nbsp; It's all up to individual rifles.&nbsp; One of my rifles shoots 1/2 inch high with the suppressor off.&nbsp; Another shoots 3 inches high with the suppressor off.&nbsp; It's vibration and rebound.&nbsp; I tried cutting a small rubber ball in half and attaching to the bipod legs.&nbsp; Helped, but it was clumsy.&nbsp; It did hold the bipod up in snow.&nbsp; The best thing I have found for using my bipod of very hard ground is the small tubular closed cell foam for around cold water pipes.&nbsp; Cut off three inches and use a zip strip to make a very tight wasp like waist in the center.&nbsp; Slip it on your bipod and your bipod has something soft between hard surface and it's leg.&nbsp; You will loose slight stability if you make the gap between ground and leg to long. Everyone finds their own solution, because we all have different rifles.&nbsp; Different stalks, different bipods, different barrel thickness and steal resulting in different barrel harmonics.&nbsp; like Norsk mentioned I have always shot lower offhand, and off soft surfaces.&nbsp; It's another reason I like less dense material in a sandbag.&nbsp; Some people use kitty litter, but I like something that doesn't soak up water.&nbsp; Next I will try the 6mm BB's used in airsoft guns.&nbsp; Light and slippery against each other so that should negate a hard ground affect.&nbsp; The rifles shoot lower with the suppressor because a rifle actually is raised very very slightly by recoil before the bullet can exit the bore.&nbsp; It's more evident in heavy bullets from slow cartidges.&nbsp; Try a 125 gr out of a light weight 30-06, then try a 180 gr out of the same rifle offhand at 100 yards.&nbsp; Everything says the 125 is flatter and will hit higher.&nbsp; Not so.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PrairieGhost, post: 141771, member: 704"] Not really. You can forward load the bipod until the legs nearly bend and it will compensate some, but only some. Freefloat helps some, but that doesn't cure it all either. Some rifles work better freefloated, and others will need forend pressure to stabilize. It's all up to individual rifles. One of my rifles shoots 1/2 inch high with the suppressor off. Another shoots 3 inches high with the suppressor off. It's vibration and rebound. I tried cutting a small rubber ball in half and attaching to the bipod legs. Helped, but it was clumsy. It did hold the bipod up in snow. The best thing I have found for using my bipod of very hard ground is the small tubular closed cell foam for around cold water pipes. Cut off three inches and use a zip strip to make a very tight wasp like waist in the center. Slip it on your bipod and your bipod has something soft between hard surface and it's leg. You will loose slight stability if you make the gap between ground and leg to long. Everyone finds their own solution, because we all have different rifles. Different stalks, different bipods, different barrel thickness and steal resulting in different barrel harmonics. like Norsk mentioned I have always shot lower offhand, and off soft surfaces. It's another reason I like less dense material in a sandbag. Some people use kitty litter, but I like something that doesn't soak up water. Next I will try the 6mm BB's used in airsoft guns. Light and slippery against each other so that should negate a hard ground affect. The rifles shoot lower with the suppressor because a rifle actually is raised very very slightly by recoil before the bullet can exit the bore. It's more evident in heavy bullets from slow cartidges. Try a 125 gr out of a light weight 30-06, then try a 180 gr out of the same rifle offhand at 100 yards. Everything says the 125 is flatter and will hit higher. Not so. [/QUOTE]

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