hey guys Todd Helms out here today with Eastmans' Hunting Journals to bring you
a review on the Swagger Steelbanger bipod
I'm gonna run down the features of this thing show you why I like it and why you
should be looking hard at the Steelbanger from Swagger looks a little
different than their other products it is much more of a traditional style
bipod but it's one that I have come to love I have shot a bunch of game with
this bipod and I'm gonna show you why it just it works a little better than just
about any other product that I have used in its class it's got some features that
really make it stand out this bipod is specifically designed for engaging
targets on the move it's flexible it moves with you you can operate it with
one hand one of the things that I was able to do with this bipod last year
during a hunting scenario was on a side hill I was actually able to flex one leg
bend one leg out and level the rifle with one hand on the rifle in one hand
on the bipod I'll show you in a little bit I'm gonna get prone to show you how
to do that how it works but this thing's just got more moves than any other bipod
on the market yes there's bipods that swivel yes there's bipods that move but
Swagger with their patented spring technology that they have up here in
these legs this thing is I don't know for a hunting bipod I love it I love it
they've got it billed as a bipod that's perfect for long-range engaging moving
targets at long range or long distance and especially with MSR style platforms
but I found that on a regular hunting rifle it is the cat's meow I took
several animals with the swagger last year - the great antelope buck my best
one ever and took a nice whitetail buck as well with it and was very very
impressed this bipod is gonna run around 15 ounces
and that's par for the course for bipods in this class adjustability is from four
inches to 10 inches I haven't found a prone situation that this bipod couldn't
handle yet in fact it handles most prone situations better
it moves it's flexible I can actually bend a leg make myself level and get on
target very quickly and very easily which is what Swagger is all about I
also like how simple the Steelbanger is watch how easy this is to deploy I'm
ready to go these are locked in position now all I
did was press a button and they slide in a position same thing up this is really
easy there are really not a lot of moving parts to collect dirt to collect
grit you can actually take these legs completely off if you get it full of
sand and wash it get it clean even maybe a light coat of lubricant on there maybe
some graphite to make these things slide perfect all the time I haven't
experienced any issues with that yet and it's not just super simple it's super
quiet there's no click into place there's
nothing to mess with another feature that you're gonna see is with one hand
I'll loosen this slide it out tighten it one hand use I don't have to mess with
two hands I dropped these left drop these legs and
I am in business that's 10 full inches of adjustment right there I haven't
found anything that I can't engage with 10 inches of adjustment if I want it
smaller I can make it smaller again folds it up and I pop these in I don't
have to extend them out all the way just had them on all the way all these grips
on these are rubber they're easy to get a hold of and easy to use in wet
conditions and snowy conditions you got rubber feet on here that are just the
right tackiness that I found manly grip in just about any conditions dry ground
rock like I'm standing on today in the snow I haven't found a situation yet
where this thing doesn't work and you're going to have the added feature is that
it is flexible it's gonna move for you and I can adjust on the fly I don't have
to pull it out and make adjustments or loosen a lever or do any of that the
steel banger doesn't come with a pick rail but you
have to have one amounted to a gun there's lots of options out there if
you've got to pick rail already on your firearm you're good to go if you're
using something like this like this Savage I've got here I had to add in a
pick rail attachment to the sling stud what I like most about the pick rail is
I can take this one bipod and use it on a variety of different firearms that I
have in my safe I'm gonna take a field position type shot and show you just how
quick fast and user-friendly and flexible the Steelbanger really is so
here we go
guys that's three hits on a big rock at 300 yards all right where I wanted to
put them this is hunting conditions right here backpack for a rest I've got
my Steelbanger with the leg swivel doubt it doesn't get any more real world
than this so if you're in the market for a new hunting bipod or an MSR bipod
check out the Steelbanger from Swagger guys I think you're gonna be impressed
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