Recommend Me a Bipod

[EddieCoyle]

I'm not a rifle guy so I'm hoping someone here can help me out. I just got a new AR - a Bushmaster M4A3 Carbine. I was shooting at the range yesterday using a sandbag rest and found that it was too low when I used a 30 round mag. I ended up putting my range bag on top of the sand bags to get a high enough rest.

At the Pumpkin Shoot, I shot Rockrivr1's Serbu with a bipod, and that was awesome. I want to get one like it for my AR.

The Bushmaster catalog shows one by Harris for about $120. I don't mind spending the money if this is a good one, but if I can spend less and still get a good one, I'll do that too. Can anyone recommend a bipod? I'll use it mostly for benchrest, but I'd like one that I could adjust high enough for prone too.

 

[LR308_GNR]

I have a GG&G bipod on my LR308, the thing is a work of art. Rock solid, and better than a Harris (my opinion).

http://gggaz.com/index.php?id=63&parents=38,49

http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=3&f=19&t=280857

 

[FalArAk]

Harris 6-9 is a good one,they can be found for about $80,then you also need a mount for about $20.

The GG&G is also a great bipod,but it's very pricey.

 

[Executive]

Harris. Reasonably priced, though not inexpensive by any stretch. Different mounts available. You can bolt it up to almost any sling stud on any rifle.

 

[LoginName]

+1 on the Harris bipods. Don't get the swivel model... no need to pay extra for something that's not necessary.

 

[KMM696]

If you decide on Harris - get your C&R license, send a copy to Brownells or Midway, and buy the bipod from them, at their dealer price. I think the one I just ordered went for $62 + shipping. The C&R will pay for itself even if you never buy a firearm with it!

Kevin

 

[Boston-Irish]

Shooters ridge

I got a shooters ridge bipod which is a copy of the harris. I think I got mine from Cabellas for around $45. I have it on My bushmaster M4A3. I have a rail system with a bipod stud atatchment.
I "inherited" a harris from my cousin and like that one too. For the money... go shooters ridge.
I think I even saw the shooters ridge one at Dick's.
Good luck in the search.

 

[JGG]

bipod

Wouldn't it make more sense to use a 10 round mag to bench the gun, and use the money towards a good adjustable front rest with a bag on it you could use for all your bench shooting? That is if you don't already have one. It is a pain to keep setting up guns for attached bipods and then having to move them or more expensive to buy more than one.

 

[dreppucci007]

+1 for Harris bipods...I love mine.

 

[drgrant]

Wouldn't it make more sense to use a 10 round mag to bench the gun, and use the money towards a good adjustable front rest with a bag on it you could use for all your bench shooting? That is if you don't already have one. It is a pain to keep setting up guns for attached bipods and then having to move them or more expensive to buy more than one.

I like my bipod, but I have to agree with this. A good rest, even a set of
front/rear bag rests, is better than a bipod is in terms of keeping the gun
stable. On the other hand, the bipod is still portable... but I dunno on a
light 16" rifle whether I'd bother putting one on at all. If I did I'd make
sure it has some sort of mechanism so it's easy to take it off if you don't
want it on there. I'm glad I can easily take the harris bipod off my Savage
10FP, because it makes it a lot easier to get it in and out of a rifle bag, and it
also makes it easier to use with a regular rest if I want to. (if the bipod isn't
there it doesnt interfere with the rest at all ).

-Mike