Bipod

[lensman57]

Hi All
Want to get a bipod for my S400 carbine but can not afford a Harris bipod. Just wondering if you lovely people out there could recommend another, cheaper, make/model.
Appreciate your help
Terry

Hi Terry,

I have 3 of these far eastern cheap ones. They are adequate but just. None of them has a tilt function either. They also have a tendency to mark the stock as the foam protector bit slips off and allows the stock to rest on metal. Harris is expensive for a reason. In their favour these don't cost £120.00, so you pay your £15.00 but should know what to expect for it.

A.G

[hktc]

Thanks a lot gents. Much appreciated.
Looks as though I shall have to save up another month or two and get the 'real' one!!
Thanks again
Terry

[peterd8877]

Just continue saving for the proper one and then you will have no regrets. Make sure you know the height you want, the 6-9 inch is okay for benchrest but you may need the 9-13 for hunting in the field.

[hktc]

Just continue saving for the proper one and then you will have no regrets. Make sure you know the height you want, the 6-9 inch is okay for benchrest but you may need the 9-13 for hunting in the field.

Thanks mate
TC

[Marc.RG1]

Hi Terry,

I have 3 of these far eastern cheap ones. They are adequate but just. None of them has a tilt function either. They also have a tendency to mark the stock as the foam protector bit slips off and allows the stock to rest on metal. Harris is expensive for a reason. In their favour these don't cost £120.00, so you pay your £15.00 but should know what to expect for it.

A.G

Mine has tilt/swivel action, was £20. Posted from the UK..
And has lasted well over a year on my co2 rifle and on a cartridge firearm so easily good enough for a recoilless PCP rifle.
Personally I think Harris bipods are highly over priced, just my opinion though..
ATB Marc

[Logunner]

Atlas clone off DHGate £38

[secretagentmole]

Mine has tilt/swivel action, was £20. Posted from the UK..
And has lasted well over a year on my co2 rifle and on a cartridge firearm so easily good enough for a recoilless PCP rifle.
Personally I think Harris bipods are highly over priced, just my opinion though..
ATB Marc

I have had 2 clone bipods nd I will not buy another. First Deben I bought lost the pads after the first week, these were then held in place with duct tape. The damned thing felt so flimsy you were worried that the legs would snap off, then the pins that went into the QD stud fell out, then it let one of the springs go as I was deploying the legs, luckily it smashed into my knuckles and did not mark the walnut stock. It went flying into a deep ditch.

Move onto several years of worry free Harris ownership. Decided to try another Deben after all the positive comments on here. Bought it, not a cheap one, virtually the same price as a fixed Harris 9-13 (this one had a tilting head), after a week of use the pads started to move and the walnut stock was getting slightly marked, so it went in the recycle bin. Not bothering with another clone, Harris only for me. I do not knock Deben stuff for the sake of knocking it, I am an avid Hawke scope user, but really teyh bipods in my experience have been a load of organically sourced field fertiliser!

Michael Tawn sells the fixed 9-13s at £59.99 and the swivel/tilt at £79.99!

Suppose it comes down to how much do you love your gun....

[Marc.RG1]

Core yeah mate, sounds like yours did not hold up well.. Mine was not deben though it was another brand.. And all of them work great and are holding up well, and being put on a Ruger 10/22 you have to make sure it's not going to fall apart while your shooting it, lol we love our firearms that's for sure but know people with Harris bipods and our are holding up under use just as well so don't see the point in spending 5 times as much.

[hktc]

Thanks a lot gents
Got a few ideas to be getting on with. Will let you know which one I went after.

Terry

[dave goodall]

http://www.new-greenbase.com/class.a...anid=2&nid=100

[lensman57]

I have had 2 clone bipods nd I will not buy another. First Deben I bought lost the pads after the first week, these were then held in place with duct tape. The damned thing felt so flimsy you were worried that the legs would snap off, then the pins that went into the QD stud fell out, then it let one of the springs go as I was deploying the legs, luckily it smashed into my knuckles and did not mark the walnut stock. It went flying into a deep ditch.

Move onto several years of worry free Harris ownership. Decided to try another Deben after all the positive comments on here. Bought it, not a cheap one, virtually the same price as a fixed Harris 9-13 (this one had a tilting head), after a week of use the pads started to move and the walnut stock was getting slightly marked, so it went in the recycle bin. Not bothering with another clone, Harris only for me. I do not knock Deben stuff for the sake of knocking it, I am an avid Hawke scope user, but really teyh bipods in my experience have been a load of organically sourced field fertiliser!

Michael Tawn sells the fixed 9-13s at £59.99 and the swivel/tilt at £79.99!

Suppose it comes down to how much do you love your gun....

My three clones are all the same bipod almost identical ( one is 9x13 ) but I bought them under different brand names. This is the norm in China. One factory makes the stuff and packages them under different brands. Should have known better having had dealings with the divine and illustrious Chinese in the past. They are cheap for a reason. I forget to mention that I had to send two of them back, in one the retaining stud pin was so thick that it was unusable. The other one had to be sent back twice as it was supposed to have been a swivel type except that it wouldn't swivel, in fairness the guy refunded the money without quibble and very quickly. As for the Harris being over priced I do agree. About time some common sense in pricing prevailed. We don't want the cheap Chinese junk nor the over priced home grown variety.

Regards,

A.G

[angrybear]

Mine has tilt/swivel action, was £20. Posted from the UK..
And has lasted well over a year on my co2 rifle and on a cartridge firearm so easily good enough for a recoilless PCP rifle.
Personally I think Harris bipods are highly over priced, just my opinion though..
ATB Marc

Wow a whole year

If you still have it, working, in 10 years then I'll accept it as good quality

[Marc.RG1]

Wow a whole year

If you still have it, working, in 10 years then I'll accept it as good quality

One year on a cartridge firearm = 10 years on a recoiless PCP or weak recoil springer..

haha if they lasts 10 years on a .22lr ill be buying a huge amount of them put my name to them and sell for double haha

For £20 if they last us 3 years ill be more then happy..

[Hollowpoint]

Second hand Harris