Originally Posted by
Duffy
There was a time when the instructors we took courses from prohibited the use of bipod in training, we either used our packs, which was most of the time, or sand bags made for shooting. I don't remember the reason, there seemed to be institutional bias against it which didn't make much sense to me then, and even less so now. If we didn't always have access to bipods, who carries sandbags in their packs with them all the time?
One thing the sandbags and packs are good for is you can get really low on the ground. With the new generation of bipods that are more adjustable, that wasn't always the case with the bipods we had access to back in 2000s, this advantage is no longer exclusive to sandbags and packs.
Sandbags (empty) can easily be carried in a ruck, but here in CENTEX/Ft Hood area, I don’t even want to think about filling one up out in the field. If you have a sand pit - great, but if you don’t your sandbag is going to be more of a clay clod bag. Lumpy as a bag of tangerines.
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