Good cheap bi-pods?

[firemachine69]

I have two chinese clones and two of the real ones. The real one's have heavier springs and this helps keep them from wobbling about as much, and the mechanism that clamps onto the swivel stud is straight and solid, the clones are flimsier and clamp on crooked. Also, the rubber padding on the clones is glued on with some soft sticky substance like two sided tape adhesive that never hardens. The rubber shifts in position. If you can buy a used Harris for $75 or less I would say you are getting great value for the difference between that and a clone that might cost you $40-$50 by time its in your hands. I'm not saying the clones are junk, they are usable, but they are inferior.

That pretty much sums it up.

Wish I had spent the extra twenty or so bucks for a used (real) one to put on my Mark II-GL. On the flip-side, the knock-offs are so light, they barely affect the balance.

 

[perrypan]

I'm not really sure how that bipod was meant to mount, since the mounting stud it comes with threads into both the bipod and the plate that comes with it. When both ends are threaded, the distance between them never closes, and thus it never tightens down. Any idea on how that was meant to work?

I have tried once, and you are right. There is always a gap between the bipod and the gun. I give it up, maybe it was never meant to work. I am not gonna modify my gun for a made in China one-of-the kind bipod. LOL

 

[trevj]

I'm not really sure how that bipod was meant to mount, since the mounting stud it comes with threads into both the bipod and the plate that comes with it. When both ends are threaded, the distance between them never closes, and thus it never tightens down. Any idea on how that was meant to work?

Is there not a section of the thread removed at the head end of the thumbscrew that comes up to hold the works together. That's the typical way of handling something like that, when you want the thumbscrew to remain captive when the mounted part is removed.

You got the "harris" style one, yes? With the plate that gets screwed to the stock?

Can you whip round the screw thread with a file and remove some thread at the head of the screw end, so it screws through the bipod then turns freely?

Got a digital camera? I'd be interested in seeing some close up pictures.

Cheers
Trev