Tripod on Mosin

[Noisex 11]

How do you use it? Assumed you can at this point of Alpha.
I got a bayonet also, is it useless as it seems to me?

[Advent1 126]

Bayonets are just for show for now. For the bipod, you need to go into your inventory, right click on it, and select "deploy".

[hanahouhanah (DayZ) 36]

I think you mean "bipod." At any rate, you just equip it to your mosin by dragging it on your gun and right click it and click "deploy."

For it to actually increase your accuracy, you'd have to be lying down prone. Note that there's a bug (last I heard) that when in prone, you might shoot the ground.

 

-Edit-

I guess I got ninja'd :L

Edited December 30, 2013 by hanahouhanah

[Aussie Bogan 350]

Lol i had the same question..

 

Thanks for clearing that up ;)

[Noisex 11]

Thanks guys, I didn't click "deploy". Yes obviously I meant "bipod", I'm a little english impaired.

[AJ4211 30]

Don't quote me on this as I'm not 100% sure, but it's possible having the bipod attatched, whilst not prone may decrease accuracy when firing. Please let me know if I'm wrong, it's what's kept me from picking up bipods.

[matiman 166]

Don't quote me on this as I'm not 100% sure, but it's possible having the bipod attatched, whilst not prone may decrease accuracy when firing. Please let me know if I'm wrong, it's what's kept me from picking up bipods.

 

I quoted you ! :D

 

no seriously, I didn't read anything official about this, or have accurate tests to prove it, but it's sounds pretty logic to me too.

As the bipod is having a certain weight, it sounds normal that it should make aiming less stable when crouch or stand, and so reduce accuracy

Edited December 30, 2013 by matiman

[AJ4211 30]

Ah yes my friend, but therein lies the issue. Logic & Videogames.

[Zeppa 562]

Added mass brings stability, its all about the persons physics what the weight does. The point when there is too much weight is when you cant hold your gun up reguired amounts of time because your arms are too weak.
With less the weight its easyer the shaking of your hands etc affects your aim but weapon handling comes more fluid and easy..so less weight in most cases is better in CQ combat.

But ingame I dont think its makes difference in any direction, always had it in my mosin and can shoot fine to 300m without proning.. and yes there is a bug that you shoot the ground when prone with bipod.

[FroztyReaper 46]

Don't quote me on this as I'm not 100% sure, but it's possible having the bipod attatched, whilst not prone may decrease accuracy when firing. Please let me know if I'm wrong, it's what's kept me from picking up bipods.

 

I have noticed a very minute accuracy buff on  prone shooting with it deployed. Though might just be me thinking it does. As for crouch and standing, no difference noticed what so ever

 

 

EDIT: 

Added mass brings stability, its all about the persons physics what the weight does. The point when there is too much weight is when you cant hold your gun up reguired amounts of time because your arms are too weak.

With less the weight its easyer the shaking of your hands etc affects your aim but weapon handling comes more fluid and easy..so less weight in most cases is better in CQ combat.

But ingame I dont think its makes difference in any direction, always had it in my mosin and can shoot fine to 300m without proning.. and yes there is a bug that you shoot the ground when prone with bipod.

 

Only noticed that bug when close to trees. From normal "almost top of the hill" it never happend to me. Actually only gotten this bug once and i am a constant sniper

Edited December 30, 2013 by FroztyReaper

[Zeppa 562]

True that I only tied it once(several shots), didnt bother after that because it hit the ground.
I was on the downhill prone in open field while it happened, so shoudnt be a problem in the scenery. Tried shooting zeds from far city but had to do it from the knee.

Edited December 30, 2013 by Zeppa

[Pain0815 (DayZ) 23]

bipod works prone and crouch pos