Harris Bi Pod clones

[spamel]

Lawrence, I'm looking into getting a bipod for my rapid, I know you use bipods and that you also own a rapid, so how did you fix the bipod to your rapid? Obviously, I don't want it on the barrel, and also wonder if I should remove the sling as it fits onto the barrel, I don't like the idea of the barrel having an undue force put on it when I sling it.

Any help or pictures would be appreciated, and if you know of a bipod going cheap......need I say more?!

 

[rapidboy]

Standard stock doesn't really lend itself to mounting a bipod.
Mine is a Tyrolean stock which is different and a bipod works ok on it.
You are best with a bottle clamp but they are expensive, i did have one but sold it a while ago.
I might be able to source one but as i said they are not cheap as they are hand made pieces.
Great jon though and you can obviously use it for a sling as well.

No pics of the clamp or my rapid in it's present guise but this is a genuine Harris i had on a target stocked rapid years ago, this was a serious long range bunny basher.
out to 75 yard bunnies with ease.

The clones are a great job, superb value for money but im not sure if i can get any more and i think i'd need to place a minium order.
The last ones were to make up numbers in a group buy i arranged for a couple of my gun clubs.

Im using mine on my CZ 452 Varmint and it's a grand job.

Loose the sling stud barrel clamp, it's a very bad idea.

 

[spamel]

Yeah, I was beginning to think it was a bad idea, it can't be good for all that weight to be hanging off of the barrel. Can I fit an after market sling stud at all to the stock, or is it more trouble than it's worth?

 

[spamel]

Well, I've removed the sling and the swivel clamp, whilst I had the silencer off, I thought I'd see exactly how much quieter it makes it. The answer is very quieter! I am impressed no end, but nearly laughed when I saw how short the barrel looks without the silencer on the end!

 

[rapidboy]

Aye you need the can on them mate

You can mount the qd stud into the stock, if you fancy a wee bit of wood work you can reshape the fore and the stud should take a bipod.

 

[Chance]

Bit off-topic, but...
I have pimped my S410 TDR with a Harris, and would be interested to hear if anyone else has added a sling to this combination; and how.

 

[British Red]

Theres a QD attachment on the bottom of a Harris Chance - so if you put the pod on the front rifle stud and the sling on the pod it works fine (clearly you need a stud on the stock too).

I don't shoot air rifles but works a treat on my 1022. I can do a photo to show how I mean if you like?

Red

 

[rapidboy]

As Red says you can mount a sling directly onto a Harris but it can be a little uncomfortable so i would add an extra QD stud behind the front stud, i have this set up on my 452.
Will try to get some pic tomorrow at the range.

 

[rapidboy]

BTW i used a Harris clone to do this recently

and then this

Thats the first time i shot a rimfire at 200 yards and i was bloody amazed the wee subsonics even got that far let alone grouped.

 

[Chance]

Theres a QD attachment on the bottom of a Harris Chance - so if you put the pod on the front rifle stud and the sling on the pod it works fine (clearly you need a stud on the stock too).

I don't shoot air rifles but works a treat on my 1022. I can do a photo to show how I mean if you like?

Red

Thanks.
It was the stock end I was worried about. I haven't given it a huge amount of thought, but it doesn't lend itself obviously to the fitting of a rear stud.