To load a bi pod or not when shooting?

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I heard years ago about the need to load a bi pod. I always have at the range with my Spartan on the bench. I watched a video recently where Aaron at Gunwerks says to and why...then I have also watched Eric Cortina say he does not.

The reason I ask is the last time at the range I had .25-.5 MOA shift in my zero. I know it could be a lot of other factors; action screws loose, rings loose, scope failed...which in the past ALL of those have been an issue at some point in older rifle set up. So now I have a Tikka, 7rm, with UM rings and a NXS 3.5x15 with everything torqued and loctight.

What I did think about is I dont have my parallax marked on the scope and I might have been off and not adjusted. Also I forgot to load the bipod that day on the first 6-8 shots. I saw shots landing left, then I loaded and had 3 shots .5" right of the majority of the group.

I always run 10-15 shot groups. That day was a 15 shot. I plan to go back next week, set my parallax from 50-750 (what every makes sense and mark it), and run another 15 shot group.

Do you think I should load the bi pod or not?
 
I would shoot consistently whether you load the bipod or not - I believe there is some value in loading a bipod, but not overly so. There could be a POI shift between the two (loading vs not).
 
I always load the bipods . If you have a crappy stock that flexes it could cause poi shift. I want to be able to see the poi of the bullet through the scope and its part of driving the rifle correctly that allows me to do that. I’m also on target if a follow up shot is needed.
 
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