Anyone have any recommendations for a bipod to add to a MA Compliant M&P Sport? Thanks.
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MA Compliant S&W M&P 15 Sport Bipod?
- Thread starter Turkeyman83
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Worst method: Bipod with barrel adapter, clamp directly to barrel.
OK method: swap the handguards for drop in quad rails (or get the rail sections that bolt to the plastic handgards), use a sling swivel picatinny mount, attach bipod to that.
Best method: install free float rail system, use a sling swivel picatinny mount, attach bipod to that.
Basically, you don't want to alter the barrel harmonics by loading it with a bipod.
OK method: swap the handguards for drop in quad rails (or get the rail sections that bolt to the plastic handgards), use a sling swivel picatinny mount, attach bipod to that.
Best method: install free float rail system, use a sling swivel picatinny mount, attach bipod to that.
Basically, you don't want to alter the barrel harmonics by loading it with a bipod.
Cheapest/simplest route would be something like the harris HB5 which will give you a swivel stud on the standard plastic handguard. More expensive is replacing the handgaurd with something with rails, either drop-in(easier) or free-float(better), and getting a picatinny->swivel stud adapter or a bipod that can attach directly to a rail.
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Thanks. I was looking around earlier and did see a video on youtube of a guy installing a Harris bipod on a MA comp M&P. It didn't say what model it was, but he pulled off the lower handguard, added the swivel stud, and then put the bipod to that. Do the bipods come with the swivel stud in this scenario or is that separate from the bipod itself? Thanks.
Ha. Thanks. Was actually just coming back here to add that I just noticed that was the case. Got a recommendation on a Harris model to go with that?
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Stacks of your enemies make great bipod... or so I've heard from operational theater operators. Always in the primary.
srspost. I've had two harris bipods that rusted out. I either bought knockoffs or the QC is slipping. I don't put guns away wet, and our storage area is climate controlled.
srspost. I've had two harris bipods that rusted out. I either bought knockoffs or the QC is slipping. I don't put guns away wet, and our storage area is climate controlled.
IMO for a semi-auto gun a fixed/attached bipod defeats the whole purpose of having mobility with the firearm. it adds fixed weight.
i prefer to shoot either prone on a bag or with shooting sticks that are easily carried and deployed with just about any weapon. plus if I'm hunting the sticks are way easier and i can adjust them to any height i need.
these sticks work great for me but there's all sorts of options:
http://www.amazon.com/Vanguard-Scou...id=1405712668&sr=8-2&keywords=shooting+sticks
if you're really set on a bipod then i agree w the posts above.
i prefer to shoot either prone on a bag or with shooting sticks that are easily carried and deployed with just about any weapon. plus if I'm hunting the sticks are way easier and i can adjust them to any height i need.
these sticks work great for me but there's all sorts of options:
http://www.amazon.com/Vanguard-Scou...id=1405712668&sr=8-2&keywords=shooting+sticks
if you're really set on a bipod then i agree w the posts above.
Reason I was thinking bipod is because I figured it would be easier to shoot off of from a prone position. Then again I could shoot off my pack. I have a monopod hanging around and I hated it. Kinda what soured me on the sticks setup and why I was thinking about the bipod off the hand guard. I've got some time to think about it. Putting a Leupold VX2 3-9 on Burris rings first. Then we'll go from there I suppose.
if it were a heavy bolt gun i would say throw a bipod on it.
my feeling about a DI AR15 is that it excels in being light since it has no piston system. for me I try to keep such a rifle as light as possible and make it more of an agile/tactical weapon (as much i hate using the term "tactical" because of all the wannabe commandos who drop the word constantly).
anyway that's just my feeling but you could always get a quick-release bipod. i've had some that mount to a pic rail but i wasn't impressed with them. the best value mounting bipod I've used is the blackhawk sportster but i gotta say that thing weighs like a brick so IMO it would kill the whole idea of a lightweight DI AR15 gun.
it's really mindblowing how quickly accessories can turn any rifle into a 12lb disaster. personally i like to have a flashlight on every self-defense gun I own because of how important it is to identify a target before ever shooting. so for me i gotta factor in a flashlight, sometimes a front VG, sling, optic, and i'm already at 4 accessories which are easily pushing an extra 2 lbs. put a bipod and now it's 3-4 lbs extra and now we're well over 10 lbs total for the rifle which is a dealbreaker for me.
my feeling about a DI AR15 is that it excels in being light since it has no piston system. for me I try to keep such a rifle as light as possible and make it more of an agile/tactical weapon (as much i hate using the term "tactical" because of all the wannabe commandos who drop the word constantly).
anyway that's just my feeling but you could always get a quick-release bipod. i've had some that mount to a pic rail but i wasn't impressed with them. the best value mounting bipod I've used is the blackhawk sportster but i gotta say that thing weighs like a brick so IMO it would kill the whole idea of a lightweight DI AR15 gun.
it's really mindblowing how quickly accessories can turn any rifle into a 12lb disaster. personally i like to have a flashlight on every self-defense gun I own because of how important it is to identify a target before ever shooting. so for me i gotta factor in a flashlight, sometimes a front VG, sling, optic, and i'm already at 4 accessories which are easily pushing an extra 2 lbs. put a bipod and now it's 3-4 lbs extra and now we're well over 10 lbs total for the rifle which is a dealbreaker for me.
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Why not just learn how to use a sling in prone position.
I will admit I slapped a bi pod on my carbine. Used a adapter for the standard hand guards and a Harris bipod. 6-9" and the one that swivels.... the fixed one sucks. So I would say after my 7 yrs of playing with ARs and going from shtf carbine to full tactifool and then back to basics. **** the bi pod and optics. Get some good A2 irons and a usgi web sling. Sling up go prone and spend the scope and bipod money on a reloading set up or ammo.
I used the # 5 Harris adapter and 721 sbr bipod which is now on my daughters savage rascal.
As far as the scope......I got a optics only AR also. "Varmint" style gun. Old 80s vintage VXIII and the luepold mk2 mount
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