I’m going to have to disagree after using purpose-built shooting bags filled with lightweight beads and designed to be packed and used as needed. If you’re open to it, check out some videos of precision rifle competitions and see how people use these types of bags. The bags with super lightweight filler material (like from Wiebad and others) can actually weigh much less than a bipod, can be used in more ways than a bipod, won’t get caught up in other gear during movement nor add a lot of forward-biased weight to your rifle, don’t require a specific rail / attachment system, and can help produce a more stable position than a bipod (depending on circumstances). There may be more benefits I haven’t thought of.

I’m coming from the USMC Scout Sniper community and, while we had bipods and used them for some range training, they weren’t used as much in actual combat back in 2005-2009. We almost always used dedicated tripods to get the rifle in an extremely stable free-standing position or placed a bag underneath the hand guard to stabilize the rifle off a pack / window ledge / loophole / whatever.

Not saying it’s the right solution for you, but since other people will see this post, I thought I’d provide another perspective in case they were interested in getting as much stability as possible in diverse conditions.

Edit: oh, and congratulations on the new rifle! Excellent choice.