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  2. Bipod - Wikipedia

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    Bipods on rifles are first known to have been used in an improvised fashion during the mid-19th century, particularly by frontiersmen hunting American bison and other wild animals. For example, the painting "The Long Shot" by Howard Terpning [ 3 ] shows native American hunters shooting a rifle with an improvised bipod consisting of two crossed ...

  3. M205 tripod - Wikipedia

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    The soldier will experience less weight burden with the M205 Lightweight Tripod than with the standard M3 Tripod (50.3 lb (22.8 kg), including the pintle and T&E), and will be able to take advantage of the enhanced tripod's integrated traverse and elevation mechanism for quicker, more accurate target engagement.

  4. M192 Lightweight Ground Mount - Wikipedia

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    The M192 Lightweight Ground Mount is a tripod fielded by the United States armed forces. It was designed and developed by Capco, Incorporated under contract through Picatinny Arsenal to replace the M122 tripod. [1] The United States Army named the tripod one of 2005's top ten inventions. [1] It was designed for use with the M249, M240B, and M240L.

  5. Weapon mount - Wikipedia

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    An M40A6 sniper rifle secured in a Hog Saddle mount. A shooting saddle typically uses a tripod head but, instead of mounting the weapon directly to the tripod, the saddle is mounted to the tripod head and the rifle is cradled within the saddle. These saddles began to appear in the late 2000s as a solution to provide a stable shooting platform ...

  6. Sniper equipment - Wikipedia

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    The M40A3, a bolt-action sniper rifle used by the United States Marine Corps.Introduced in 1966, the M40 was built up from a Remington 700 bolt-action rifle.. The major components of sniper equipment are the precision sniper rifle, various optical scopes and field glasses, specialized ammunition and camouflage materials for the sniper’s body and equipment.

  7. Blast from the past: Researchers discover oldest US gun ...

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    The wall gun was designed to be mounted on a wooden tripod along fortification walls, a design that took hold in the 1400s. It was versatile, highly portable and useful for offense as well as ...

  8. Benchrest shooting - Wikipedia

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    Benchrest shooting with a Mauser rifle. This is an example of the non-competitive use of benchrest techniques. Neither the rifle, the rest, nor the bench shown would be found in formal competition. They show, rather, adaptations of benchrest ideas for the more common hunting rifle. Rifles are usually custom-made with extreme accuracy in mind ...

  9. The 5 Best Tripod Heads For Photography and Videography - AOL

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    Different tripod heads offer different benefits, from stability to easy rotation. Skip to main content. Lifestyle. Need help? Call us! 800-290-4726. Login / Join. Mail. Downloads; AOL App ...