Quote Originally Posted by axio
The Choate stock's bipod thing was removed per Ace's suggestion and I replaced it with a fixed sling swivel with some washers as spacers. Regardless, I didn't end up using a bipod, used the Caldwell Rock with a rear Caldwell "rabbit ear" bag.
I Have a rifle with the US stock& I too noticed that the consistency with a bipod on the slider is not satisfactory. I notice a big improvement when I took it off& found a solid front rest.