M1A bipod adapter

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I'm looking for one of these:

http://www.harrisbipods.com/M1A.html

It's a sling stud adapter, but it doesn't seem like anyone has them in stock. I've asked P&D, WSS and Coretac. I just bought a Harris bipod, but I can't find the adapter to attach it to my M1A.

Can anyone tell me where I can get one? I don't want to remove the existing sling mount.
 
there's a sticky on how to do this- you don't need an adaptor- just a drill, a stud and bolt
 
Sadlak makes a stud plate that provides much better surface cover inside of the stock. Easy to install and allows putting more pressure on your stock. Treeline, Armtac are likely to have them.
 
I bought a Harris 2R adapter from Brownells recently. Haven't installed it yet because I'm not sure how badly I was to inlet my Boyd's wood stock to make it fit.
 
ok so here's it in a nutshell- first drill out the front rivet of the sling swivel, put the stud in there, and see how much the stud projects into the barrel channel- - measure that and cut off the excess so that the stud is flush with the barrel channel- then get a t- nut( the thread is 8-32) or some kind of a nut with a flange and put the nut in the hole- you again want that flush- or close to it- then coat your t- nut with epoxy - you want the OUTSIDE of the nut and the flange to stick to the stock when it's dry- and assemble your stud and nut in the stock- you can use your files or a dremel to make the works flush in the barrel channel- let it set and you're done- some folks use the big hole at the top of the stock, but I've had NO luck
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ok so here's it in a nutshell- first drill out the front rivet of the sling swivel, put the stud in there, and see how much the stud projects into the barrel channel- - measure that and cut off the excess so that the stud is flush with the barrel channel- then get a t- nut( the thread is 8-32) or some kind of a nut with a flange and put the nut in the hole- you again want that flush- or close to it- then coat your t- nut with epoxy - you want the OUTSIDE of the nut and the flange to stick to the stock when it's dry- and assemble your stud and nut in the stock- you can use your files or a dremel to make the works flush in the barrel channel- let it set and you're done- some folks use the big hole at the top of the stock, but I've had NO luck
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Do you have a picture of the finished product?

EDIT: Found some pics of someone who replaced the rivets with screws:



That's the hardware. Apparently you want to take off the spikes on the t-nut if you get that kind
 
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Did some digging and found some more info. Here's a detailed post of what to do (just use the bipod stud in place of the screw).
http://m14forum.com/modern-m14/77693-attaching-front-sling-eye.html#post509561

If I do this myself I'll try to take a lot of pictures.

insert the T-nut and mark it flush with the outer bottom side of the stock. Once both of the T-nuts are marked to the edge of the outer bottom of the stock, carefully grind or file them to fit flush to the with the bottom, the swivel must fit tightly against the stock without intrusion from the collar of the T-nuts. It wouldn't hurt to make them a hair shorter than flush to allow you room for snugging down after epoxying.

Insert the T-nut (from the inside out) line up the swivel and insert the screws. Snug up the screws and mark them for grinding. You are going to grind the screws to fit flush when penetrating the inside of the stock though the T-nut. After grinding the screw, there should be no intrusion past flush.

Once you have dry fitted all pieces to a perfect fit, prepare a two part epoxy. I assume you’re using the original SA socom stock, so use something compatible with plastic. Apply the epoxy to the washer portion and collar of the T-nut and slip through the two holes. Align the swivel and insert the screws and snug down. Be careful not to epoxy the swivel to the bottom of the stock, you only want to epoxy the T-nuts from the inside and the hole, wipe off excess from the outside if necessary, and be very careful not to get epoxy into the threaded part of the T-bolt. I broke off a piece of Q-tip and inserted it into the threaded section until it passed through the drilled stock hole, then I removed and wiped off excess epoxy from the outside. Assemble the swivel and snug down the screws, then let it set up for a day or so and you are GTG. Don't forget to degrease the T-nut, screw and stock prior to this mission. Once the epoxy was set up, I removed the screws, applied purple lok-tite and tightened them down. Pic #3 depicts the inside section of the stock and #4 the outside with swivel attached.
 
Bam:

http://www.armtac.com/product/sad-140063/

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Shawn
 
that's EXACTLY what I did- right down to the t- nuts- it's explained a little more eloquently but I used only the one screw and left the second rivet in place- you want to use the front hole or you'll find the bipod will bind on the sling swivel- or just grind the stock sling swivel off
 
oh, you'll want a t- nut as well- I got the stud at wholesale sports and the t- nut at bolt supply
 
covers the drain hole
- 2 schools of thought on that

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This has a channel cut to allow the gas to travel forward and out to the sides.It doesn't block the vent hole.

Almost the same as the versa mount but with a sling swivel stud. Here's the versa model and you can see the groove.

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