Be it a M3 or an M-Rod or whatever, I am thinking maybe air gunners including me over scope and overly accessorize their rifles. For years the standard "deer" rifle scope was a 4X and now it is typically a 3-9. Yet I have 4-12 scopes on three of my M-Rods and I know from reading many folks have much larger magnification on their air rifles. I understand for a bench rifle but for hunting? Maybe it is because we pursue HOSPs and rats and other small vermin that we typically use so much magnification for what are really very short range rifles. And then the bipods? I think I have gone to the ground maybe twice to take a shot, I would more likely sit and use my knees or the old fashioned way to use a sling as a brace. I have pulled the bipods off of most of my rifles. I have bought a few shooting sticks, the cheap ones at Walmart. Lying on the bare ground with ticks and fire ants is not a pleasant experience. And bipods kinda get in the way, they hang up in the woods and hang out and below the rifle. Might pull the remaining bipods off. On my shooting table I use a Calwell Stinger or bags, much more steady for target shooting than a bipod for me.
