A two-part forestock for use in a rifle, the two-part forestock being configured to support a barrel of the rifle, wherein the two-part forestock comprises: a forestock body and a forestock tip; and a bipod housing comprising at least one bore that extends through the forestock tip and into the forestock body, characterised in that: a channel extends substantially centrally along the length of an upper surface of the forestock body and of the forestock tip to locate and support the barrel of the rifle in the channel; the forestock tip is hinged from the forestock body to move between a storage position, in which the forestock tip is substantially aligned with the forestock body, and an operational position, in which the forestock tip hinges downwardly from the forestock body; and the two-part forestock further comprises a bipod comprising at least one leg configured to slide back and forth within the bipod housing between a stored position, in which the forestock tip is in the storage position and the leg is substantially held within the bipod housing, and an extended position, in which the leg is substantially retracted from the housing to project from an end of the forestock tip in a direction substantially parallel to the barrel of the rifle, wherein in the storage position, the tip and body are substantially aligned and flush with each other and a portion of the barrel is supported by an upper surface of the tip. a forestock body and a forestock tip; and a bipod housing comprising at least one bore that extends through the forestock tip and into the forestock body, characterised in that: a channel extends substantially centrally along the length of an upper surface of the forestock body and of the forestock tip to locate and support the barrel of the rifle in the channel; the forestock tip is hinged from the forestock body to move between a storage position, in which the forestock tip is substantially aligned with the forestock body, and an operational position, in which the forestock tip hinges downwardly from the forestock body; and the two-part forestock further comprises a bipod comprising at least one leg configured to slide back and forth within the bipod housing between a stored position, in which the forestock tip is in the storage position and the leg is substantially held within the bipod housing, and an extended position, in which the leg is substantially retracted from the housing to project from an end of the forestock tip in a direction substantially parallel to the barrel of the rifle, wherein in the storage position, the tip and body are substantially aligned and flush with each other and a portion of the barrel is supported by an upper surface of the tip. a channel extends substantially centrally along the length of an upper surface of the forestock body and of the forestock tip to locate and support the barrel of the rifle in the channel; the forestock tip is hinged from the forestock body to move between a storage position, in which the forestock tip is substantially aligned with the forestock body, and an operational position, in which the forestock tip hinges downwardly from the forestock body; and the two-part forestock further comprises a bipod comprising at least one leg configured to slide back and forth within the bipod housing between a stored position, in which the forestock tip is in the storage position and the leg is substantially held within the bipod housing, and an extended position, in which the leg is substantially retracted from the housing to project from an end of the forestock tip in a direction substantially parallel to the barrel of the rifle, wherein in the storage position, the tip and body are substantially aligned and flush with each other and a portion of the barrel is supported by an upper surface of the tip.