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to use with sling swivels?
Sorry if already covered 1,000 times before.
Will be for shooting prone or benched, bolt guns only.
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Genuine Harris, Made in the USA!
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Genuine Harris, Made in the USA! This. Hands down.
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I like he Harris, 9-13" swivel/notched for bench or prone.
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I prefer the Harris 6-9" for bench use and wouldn't want anything higher for prone.
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You can't go wrong with a Harris, either way. The added height of the 9-13" works for me in "off-road" conditions. I Also use a Harris 12-25" where the ground/vegetation may not offer a prone shot.
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On the bench, the Harris 6-9 or 9-13 work fine for most days, depending on where we are shooting. In the field, the shorties work great if you are shooting prone- rock chucks, coyotes, sage rats, and other vermin and sometimes deer. For hunting in the grass and brush, the 13-27" or 12-25" work mucho bettero. If you hunt in the hills, get the swivel model- trust me on this one. You'll thank me later.In the tall Harris, get the 3 piece legs rather than the 2 piece legs. Better options for adjustments for height and uneven ground.
On the budget side, there are a number of Harris clones out now that aren't really bad units and about half the price of the Harris units. Not as many choices in lengths but good units. Senior moment here, can't for the life of me remember any of the names of them right now.
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You can't go wrong with a Harris, either way. The added height of the 9-13" works for me in "off-road" conditions. I like that tactical shooting mat!
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The dog's truck rug is pretty comfy.....grin I've also got a 'cool kid' mat from TAB Gear. It's pretty compact and light for taking afield.
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Thanks guys! Figured Harris was still where it's at!
I plop down and use a pack to shoot over occasionally for practice but want a little more consistency.
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I used Harris from 1984 to 2015. In 2016 I shot a couple antelope and a deer with a $17 imitation harris from Amazon. It worked just fine. All my previous attempt to deviate from Harris had failed.. ok the Atlas works, but all the cheap deviations. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017IJNELCI own ~~ 10 Harris, and I will be back with them next year, but there are alternatives now.
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This. The KMW is much better than the Alpha-Bravo that sells for aprox. 1/2 as much. As for the Harris knock offs-I've ended up with several through trades and package deals. Even the ones that look almost exactly like the Harris (you'd think there could be no difference) are not nearly as good. Anything will work if you only use it occasionally but if you need a product that keeps working through hard use then Harris is just a no brainer.
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The Harris knock-offs are junk for the most part. As soon as their patent expired a couple of folks knocked them off- pure junk.
There may be some recent versions that are better but the ones still available locally are the crappy Chinese versions. Look as see where they are made. If they are Chinese, they are suspect.
I have used a Parker Hale bipod that was good. It was quite heavy though.
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Long Short Is that an LTR or an XCR CT? I have one of each. I shot the barrel out of the LTR and rebarreled it with an unfluted SS 5R barrel.
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http://www.banggood.com/USB-8-LED-5...ope-Magnifier-Video-Camera-p-983803.html$11 camera shipped? What good is a camera that cheap? It took this picture of the firing pin hit from my antique Remington rolling block 22. What good is a $17 bipod? It has fired a lot of long range target shots on 5 different rifles [6mmBR, 25-06, 25-06, 308, and 7mmRemMag] and killed 3 big game animals. I can't find anything wrong with it.
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