As with any equipment, you can't have quality without paying for it. I stopped using bipods a long time ago for hunting. It is far easier to just put a pad on the under side of the forearm, and use whatever rest is handy at the time of the shot. Bipods get caught on everything in the woods. The only place I would even contemplate using one would be open plains in REALLY flat country. As far as accuracy is concerned, practicing for the most inconvenient shooting situations, as well as optimal, will make your rifle allot more accurate than any bipod. I have had the springs on a harris bipod completely screw the harmonics on my long range rifle, it changed point of impact, and opened the grouping significantly (the rifle in question is a custom built .308 with a tuned jewel trigger on a fitted 700 action, bedded to an H.S. Precision tactical stock with a vapor tube, and tuning fork, and a Lothar-Walther pipe). Accessories won't get you any further than you can get without them.
