Bipod attachment types
Posted: Mon May 21, 2018 5:37 pm
I picked up a Blackhawk bipod at the Cabela's bargain cave a while back; its the type that mounts to a QD stud on the rifle. So I picked up a stud that mounts on the keymod rail of an AR and tested with the bipod at the indoor range. I'm not a fan of the attaching method, or this specific bipod but I do want to get one for the heavy barrel gun (also keymod) for bench use, and down the road for a long range class I'd like to take.
You can get Harris bipods with the stud mount or picatinny rail mount, and its easy enough to get a small section of rail as a keymod accessory. But the site I was looking at also had bipods that were two independent legs that mounted to each side of a keymod (or M-lok) rail. Those obviously don't have tilt/pan capability, where the picatinny type could have that capability.
So if anyone out there has used bipods much for bench or prone shooting, is tilt/pan a useful feature worth the thing wobbling around when folded or is it better to get a fixed (still folding) bipod that doesn't move around? And any thoughts on the side mounts? Seems like mechanically they _might_ be a little more stable, and when folded they sit on each side of the rail instead of underneath, which is both good and bad...
Thanks
You can get Harris bipods with the stud mount or picatinny rail mount, and its easy enough to get a small section of rail as a keymod accessory. But the site I was looking at also had bipods that were two independent legs that mounted to each side of a keymod (or M-lok) rail. Those obviously don't have tilt/pan capability, where the picatinny type could have that capability.
So if anyone out there has used bipods much for bench or prone shooting, is tilt/pan a useful feature worth the thing wobbling around when folded or is it better to get a fixed (still folding) bipod that doesn't move around? And any thoughts on the side mounts? Seems like mechanically they _might_ be a little more stable, and when folded they sit on each side of the rail instead of underneath, which is both good and bad...
Thanks