I was looking for an upgrade on my Remington 700 stock and also wanted a conversion to a 10-shot magazine. When I saw that the Promag Archangel stock was available here in Canada, I decided to order one. Generally, I'm very impressed with this stock. It does everything I was looking for. However, there is one feature I'm not 100% happy with and that is the integrated bipod. I'm sure that it will work, sort off, but I was disappointed that no provision was made for attaching my Harris bipod. After examining the stock I figured it would not be that difficult to make an adapter for my Harris. The solution I came up with cost me nothing and I can revert back to the original integral bipod in 5 minutes. For those of you that may be interested in making one of these adapters, I'll describe the process below. Note that made the adapter out of a piece of hardwood I had laying around. If you have access to a milling machine, you could fabricate the adapter out of a piece of aluminum or steel. Hardwood in my case does the job just fine and was easier for me to work with since I don't have access to a machineshop. Also, to make it easier, I made the adapter out of two pieces which are glued and screwed together. Anyway, here's the process:
Undo the two machine screws that hold the integral bipod to stock and put in a safe place.
Cut two pieces out of hardwood, I used oak left over from a flooring job. The small piece is 0.375"X0.275"X1.850" to fits the narrow groove of the stock. The larger piece is 1.050"X0.750"X2.200" and fits in the wider groove.
I glued the two pieces together by putting both pieces into the stock. Apply glue to the small piece first before putting the larger piece on top. Note that I put Saran wrap into stock first to prevent any glue escaping from the joint sticking to the stock. Clamp togeher for a couple of hours to let the glue set.
After the glue dries, remove the piece from the stock. Clean up any excess glue and using a rasp and sandpaper, round the top of the adapter piece. Put the piece back into stock and mark the two holes where the attaching screws go and drill two blind holes (1" deep max). I used 1" #8 panhead screws to attach the adapter to the stock. Locate the point for the swivel stud and drill a hole for it as well.
Your adapter should look somehing like this.
Using a flat black spray paint, I painted the adapter black.
Attach the adapter to the stock using the #8 woodscrews. You're basically done now, all you need to do is attach the Harris bipod.
The end result is like this. The whole thing cost me nothing. I had the pieces of hardwood laying around as well as the swivel stud and screws. It feels really solid. I will test it this summer on the range and see how it holds up. All I've got into this is a few hours of labour.
Undo the two machine screws that hold the integral bipod to stock and put in a safe place.
Cut two pieces out of hardwood, I used oak left over from a flooring job. The small piece is 0.375"X0.275"X1.850" to fits the narrow groove of the stock. The larger piece is 1.050"X0.750"X2.200" and fits in the wider groove.
I glued the two pieces together by putting both pieces into the stock. Apply glue to the small piece first before putting the larger piece on top. Note that I put Saran wrap into stock first to prevent any glue escaping from the joint sticking to the stock. Clamp togeher for a couple of hours to let the glue set.
After the glue dries, remove the piece from the stock. Clean up any excess glue and using a rasp and sandpaper, round the top of the adapter piece. Put the piece back into stock and mark the two holes where the attaching screws go and drill two blind holes (1" deep max). I used 1" #8 panhead screws to attach the adapter to the stock. Locate the point for the swivel stud and drill a hole for it as well.
Your adapter should look somehing like this.
Using a flat black spray paint, I painted the adapter black.
Attach the adapter to the stock using the #8 woodscrews. You're basically done now, all you need to do is attach the Harris bipod.
The end result is like this. The whole thing cost me nothing. I had the pieces of hardwood laying around as well as the swivel stud and screws. It feels really solid. I will test it this summer on the range and see how it holds up. All I've got into this is a few hours of labour.
