How would you attach a bipod to this ?

[FatCatsDad]

Marlin Guide Gun, I'm thinking a shooting bag is all I can do but open to suggestions.
I thought the Primos trigger stix would be good to use but I dislike them.

Seems like it needs a second stud further back on the forend, but the is is short and I'm not too sure how that would work out.

 

[boxhitch]

bag or bipod are your choices?
for field or bench work?

 

[FatCatsDad]

bag or bipod are your choices?
for field or bench work?

Just bench, can't think of where in the field I'd have use for a bipod on this gun.

It's just bags are low, I'd like like a bit higher of a set up.

I think bags is the only answer.

I done want to drill ony holes in the forend.

Maybe a clamp on bipod that clamps on the barrel would work.

 

[Suther]

Clamp-on-barrel bipods tend to mess with harmonics and screw up accuracy/consistency. It might work for you, and they're pretty cheap on amazon if you wanted to give it a go, but I wouldn't count on it being a good solution. Only one way to find out for sure though...

You can always make your own bag/bags if what you are finding available isn't tall enough. Old jeans cut into sections, sewn up, filled with sand, and stacked can give you pretty much any height you could want.

 

[BigUglyMan]

I would buy an adjustable front rest and rear bunny ear bag. Corlane has one by Caldwell for $160. I have an older one from Sinclair that is very heavy and stable, but you'll pay real money for Sinclair products anymore.

There is also the Caldwell Deadshot bag which is one of those big ones that cradle the rifle. I haven't used one, but the theory is sound.

I wouldn't clamp a bipod onto the barrel. Any benefit you'll have by shooting off the bench will be lost by the inconsistencies of that pressure on the barrel.

 

[257hunter]

https://www.harrisbipods.com/product/no-4-adapter/

Adapter like this might work for you? Possibly fit on the mag tube. I’m sure you could get one that has a rail as well. I don’t think mounting to the barrel is ideal.

 

[Veritas et Libertas]

https://www.cabelas.ca/product/110433/caldwell-pic-rail-adapter

These attach to existing sling studs, provide a pic rail to mount to, and have a sling stud on the end. So you could mount a bipod to the rail, still be able to keep a sling attached, and do it without involving the barrel or drilling into the forend.

 

[boxhitch]

Stack up some wood to raise the bags
I get it that a higher sitting position makes it easier to handle recoil at the range
Our range ha an asortment of sandbags and lumber

 

[blakeyboy]

Looks like a harris would still get on that stud to me?

 

[1ABNDT]

I would get a pic rail long enough for a bipod, that attach it to the forend before the sling stud & collar. Dry mount the pic rail, drill holes through the forend with the holes provided in the pic rail, then PL glue (light coating/etch both surfaces) rivet through the forend & into the pic rail.(Smooth head of rivet in forend) JM.02

Same way I added a pic rail to my 1301 Tactical forend.

 

[remington jim]

Stack up some wood to raise the bags
I get it that a higher sitting position makes it easier to handle recoil at the range
Our range ha an asortment of sandbags and lumber

pretty SIMPLE Fix ! RJ

 

[FatCatsDad]

Looks like a harris would still get on that stud to me?

Problem is it does not tighten evenly on both sides of the stud due to its location.

It goes on cockeyed and stays loose.

 

[sillymike]

The simple answer would be to put something under the bag you already have... or get something like this to attach to a backpack

 

[Suther]

Problem is it does not tighten evenly on both sides of the stud due to its location.

It goes on cockeyed and stays loose.

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Have you tried shimming the front end with a small piece of wood, or a few strips of leather or something?

 

[FatCatsDad]

pretty SIMPLE Fix ! RJ

Ya but I gotta tote all that extra stuff around.

I'll be needing one of these for a simple range trip.

 

[FatCatsDad]

Have you tried shimming the front end with a small piece of wood, or a few strips of leather or something?

I did think of that but would look like

 

[6MT]

Marlin Guide Gun, I'm thinking a shooting bag is all I can do but open to suggestions.
I thought the Primos trigger stix would be good to use but I dislike them.

Seems like it needs a second stud further back on the forend, but the is is short and I'm not too sure how that would work out.

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Why would you want to?

 

[Suther]

I did think of that but would look like

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I'd give it a try to see how it works. If it is successful you could work on making it look pretty at that point.

 

[257hunter]

This could work as a way to mount something that wouldn’t interfere with the barrel as much, prophet river stocks them.

 

[Mik123]

Id' go with the simple solution and raise the height of the bags.