Rate my bipod

[ChattanoogaPhil]

Ok,one I'm not going to put this bipod through rigorous duty,probably 2-3 times a month,2 you gentleman that say you don't use a bipod on your ar,is it a range gun,and if you take your ar to the range what are you using to stabilize your rifle at 100 yds and longer if you shoot farther

The only time I shoot my ARs from the bench is when zeroing an optic. I'll toss the rifle over a range bag for support. Otherwise, I practice shooting offhand at multiple steel targets 60-100yds and 200yds with a 1x red dot optic. The rifle is stabilized with my hands, shoulder and sling.

 

[MichiganScott]

Ok,one I'm not going to put this bipod through rigorous duty,probably 2-3 times a month,2 you gentleman that say you don't use a bipod on your ar,is it a range gun,and if you take your ar to the range what are you using to stabilize your rifle at 100 yds and longer if you shoot farther,and like some of you say if it breaks,lesson learned then I will upgrade and only be out$22.When I bought this bipod I didn't do. My home work I heard the Harris was $200 range and did not ck the facts,guys some of you seem angry and upset about this question,I ask questions here because of the experience of the guys here,I think some of you forget that I and probably some guys like me are rookies,and will ask rookie questions,we are seeking guidance and experience with the subject we bring up.We don't need,, oh you were crazy to do that you should have done this,I would never have done that,a little less emotion and more guidance,would go farther,thanks for your help.

I shot competitive high power for years. We shot up to 600 yards unsupported. The only time my rifles are benched is when I am working up loads, sighting them in, or checking for accuracy. I use a Sinclair front rest with Protektor bags. I love to see tiny groups on paper, but the umpteenth tiny group gets boring.

Not belittling your choice of a bipod; just saying that people often buy cheap and weep. Most of us have a bunch of junk that we bought after reading rave reviews sitting unused on a shelf. We found that it does not meet our needs and we replaced it with something better. What never fails to amaze me are the rave reviews on Amazon for merchandise when the general consensus on enthusiast forums give the same merchandise one star.

If all those add-ons for the Harris bipod were truly needed (swivel for swiveling left and right, lock for the S type bipod. etc) Harris would have bought the patent and incorporated them into the design.

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

What never fails to amaze me are the rave reviews on Amazon for merchandise when the general consensus on enthusiast forums give the same merchandise one star.

Amazon reviews are generally prompted via e-mail soon after the purchase. Many ratings are before actual use... 5 stars delivered on time with no scratches. Some are newbie goofy... like you'll see 3-4 star ratings on cheap optics because everything worked great except the lens kept falling out... but other than that great!

On enthusiasts forums, you're more often getting feedback from folks with more general and hands-on experience with a wider array of products to separate wheat from the chaff. Like you mentioned we've all purchased things that ended up in the parts box.

 

[Rastoff]

"The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten."

Some attribute that quote to Ben Franklin, but I haven't been able to verify.

Buying anything is a balancing act. We all want top notch quality, but rarely are we willing to pay for it. This is especially true with the gun community. Some will see something they want and just buy it. Others will spend hours/days/months searching the internet just to save $1.

Then the reviews are often of very little value. Most of the time they say something like, "I got this and love it. Highly recommend." Or something like, "They were late and it arrived broken. Never buy this product!" Both of these 'reviews' are completely useless to anyone trying to figure out if it's any good. The first doesn't say what they love about it. For all we know they're just happy to have one. The second is a complaint about the shipping and says absolutely noting about the product at all.

Places like this forum are much better sources of info. If someone just says, "I love this scope!" I can at least respond and ask what it is they love or why do they love it. What most of us really want to hear is some kind of comparison. "I had a $5 Viewclear scope and it worked, but now that I got this $20 Ultraclear I can see how much better it is." This at least gives us some kind of standard to judge. Of course I'd like more, but you get my point.

 

[lrrifleman]

@OP,

I had a Harris ages ago, but I was just not comfortable with it. When I built my AR platform for F Class, I put a Versa Pod bipod on it.

My rig is used mostly at 600 yards, but may see used at 1000 yards, as I develop my thousand yards load. FYI, I have a White Oak upper with a 26" heavy Wilson barrel, Wylde chamber, old El Paso T10 firing an 80gr Nosler Custom Competition. After 3 years of experimenting, I have found a load with 1K yards potential.

 

[vonn]

Use it and let us know how it does for you. I am hard on some of my gear and some of it I am easy on and even light duty or poorly designed may serve my purpose. If it makes you shoot better it was a good buy.

 

[Lucky Joe]

Use it and let us know how it does for you. I am hard on some of my gear and some of it I am easy on and even light duty or poorly designed may serve my purpose. If it makes you shoot better it was a good buy.

I have one like you bought, I use it for 22 BR. It works great for me.

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[hdwhit]

I don't know how much I can contribute here without seeing a picture of the bipod and knowing what the OP is really going to use it to do (that he couldn't accomplish just as well with a sandbag).

I was taught to shoot by my grandfather who had spent much of the 1930's and the first part of World War II (until the pace of call-ups slowed and his application to OCS was accepted) as a marksmanship instructor at the Infantry School at Ft. Bening, Georgia.

My grandfather had no use for bipods on individual rifles. On the Browning Automatic Rifle (i.e. the Squad Automatic Weapon of its day), yes, but not for the individual infantryman. This was because in actual combat, riflemen have little opportunity to actually take a fixed position for precision fire of their weapons; they might set up in a prepared ambush and fire their weapons for a few rounds, but then they must move if they want to stay alive and a bipod at that point only becomes so such more dead weight to drag around.

 

[C J]

This was because in actual combat, riflemen have little opportunity to actually take a fixed position for precision fire of their weapons; they might set up in a prepared ambush and fire their weapons for a few rounds, but then they must move if they want to stay alive and a bipod at that point only becomes so such more dead weight to drag around.

I don't put bipods on much of anything because of things like this. The only rifle I have a bipod on is a very heavy varmint rifle that is meant to be fired from some sort of support. It's just too heavy to aim without a rest. I shot it off sandbags a long time but finally bought a bipod because it goes with the rifle and I don't forget and leave it at home.

 

[hdrolling]

I don't know how much I can contribute here without seeing a picture of the bipod and knowing what the OP is really going to use it to do (that he couldn't accomplish just as well with a sandbag).

I was taught to shoot by my grandfather who had spent much of the 1930's and the first part of World War II (until the pace of call-ups slowed and his application to OCS was accepted) as a marksmanship instructor at the Infantry School at Ft. Bening, Georgia.

My grandfather had no use for bipods on individual rifles. On the Browning Automatic Rifle (i.e. the Squad Automatic Weapon of its day), yes, but not for the individual infantryman. This was because in actual combat, riflemen have little opportunity to actually take a fixed position for precision fire of their weapons; they might set up in a prepared ambush and fire their weapons for a few rounds, but then they must move if they want to stay alive and a bipod at that point only becomes so such more dead weight to drag around.

The OP already stated in this thread it's just for range use to shoot at targets for fun, he's not going off to combat.

 

[Lucky Joe]

The OP already stated in this thread it's just for range use to shoot at targets for fun, he's not going off to combat.

This is it.

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