View Full Version : Harris Bi Pod clones
rapidboy
12-09-2006, 22:50
I mentioned these a while ago when i was selling the last of the Leupold scope clones.
A few people PM'd me about them at the time but i couldn't source them.
Looks like i can get them now and Im organising a group buy for my gun club.
I know there a few shooters on here so if anyone is interested post here.
Just received a sample and it's spot on, actually slightly better finished than my harris :rolleyes:
They attach to a standard issue QD stud.
6" - 9" and they swivel.
They are the spring in type.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v76/rapidboy1/guns/Picture055.jpg
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Only working out numbers at the moment but if all goes to plan they should be here in a couple of weeks.
They are £41 + carriage of your choice
UK postage
£1.50 (Royal Mail Second Class)
£2.57 (Royal Mail 2nd Class Signed For)
£5.50 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day)
PayPal is 4% extra
Hey RB,
I'd be interested in one. Could never really warrant the price of the Harris ones but these look great.
Rik.
Hi Rapidboy,
How is the bipod fitted?
I use an Air Arms Pro Sport springer, which has a pulldown arm and not a break barrel so not sure if this would work for me.
Interested if it can be made to work.
Cheers
David
Buckshot
13-09-2006, 12:04
Dave
This type of pod attaches to the sling swivel mount.
If you have a stud sticking out the bottom of the woodwork it will fit on there with no problems.
Mark
Mark,
I think there is where my problem will be.
My sling mount is on the barrel because of the spring lever.
So I assume it won't work for me :(
David
Spikey DaPikey
13-09-2006, 13:36
Nice looking set up there Rapidboy :cool:
Buckshot
13-09-2006, 14:01
Mark,
I think there is where my problem will be.
My sling mount is on the barrel because of the spring lever.
So I assume it won't work for me :(
David
Hmmm,
It would work as long as you have the sling type that fits the QD (quick detachable) fittings. Not sure how well it would work though...
The main problem you'd have is the point of impact (poi) would move because of the pressures being put through the barrel. I'm guessing as well that it wouldn't be consistant either becasue a standing shot not using the pod will not stress the barrel as much as a prone shot where much of the weight of the g*n is supported by it. This changes the way the barrel performs when it goes bang and so will move the poi from shot to shot.
This may or may not be a problem, depending on lots of things such as: distance to target, materials used in the g*n, the existing harmonics of the g*n and what you want out of it.
There's nothing else for it Dave, you'll have to get another g*n ! ;)
Cheers
Mark
Mark,
thanks for your enlightened conclusion to my problem :lmao:
Personally I'd love a new rifle, a little .22 rimfire would be about right, however it is way down my list of things to spend money on :(
Never mind, nice looking bipod anyway.
David
rapidboy
13-09-2006, 17:14
Hi Moduser, As Buckshot says it needs a QD QD sling stud on the stock.
I can get a barrel mounted bipod but springers are better shot without a bipod , they really only only work for PCP's , rimfires and fullbores.
Springers should be held firmly , not tightly and allowed to recoil in their own way.
rapidboy
13-09-2006, 20:14
Nice looking set up there Rapidboy :cool:
Cheers , It's been my project gun for the last year.
I usually hunt with a FAC Rapid 7 and shoot FT with a custom ProTarget and the S410 was just a cheap gun to play with but it's now my back up FT gun, i shoot HFT with it and i have been hunting with it more and more.
It's really quiet, nice and light and bloody accurate :) .
one for me please
Ta muchly
Dave
Biddlesby
13-09-2006, 22:25
when I saw this thread I was thinking "a group buy on bushcraft UK for i-pod clones?!?". Shows how much I know about rifles.
rapidboy
13-09-2006, 22:29
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dean4442
25-09-2006, 09:21
Would I be too late to get one of these?
rapidboy
25-09-2006, 15:17
No your not too late, i just heard that they dont have enough left to fill the order but can offer the notch leg version, (They spring out rather than in).
So if you want one let me know quickly as i have to reply tonight.
rapidboy
02-10-2006, 21:35
A quick update.
The bipods are here, well nearly.
Got the card through the door today to say i have to collect them and pay some duty etc. etc..
Only problem is that im away to Dublin tomorrow for a couple of days with work and maybe over to Scotland again so it will probably be the weekend before i get them and get organised with payment details etc. but not much longer guy's.
can you strike me off the list pls RB - just got home from a trip to Canada :lmao: and I picked one up out there.
Cheers
dave
rapidboy
06-10-2006, 22:04
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dean4442
16-10-2006, 18:47
Bipod turned up today it's brilliant and now I need to get out and give it some use. Cheers RB
Bipod arrived and fitted! Just need to get out and use it now. Nice piece of kit. Cheers Lawrence.
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?! :D
rapidboy
03-05-2007, 20:16
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.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v76/rapidboy1/guns/363_6339a_1.jpg
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.
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Loose the sling stud barrel clamp, it's a very bad idea.
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?
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! :D
rapidboy
03-05-2007, 20:42
Aye you need the can on them mate :lmao:
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.
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
04-05-2007, 13:02
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
04-05-2007, 20:29
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
04-05-2007, 20:31
BTW i used a Harris clone to do this recently
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v76/rapidboy1/guns/DSC00247.jpg
and then this
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v76/rapidboy1/guns/DSC00248.jpg
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.
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.