Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Long Range Hunting Going to try a Bi-pod

https://www.wiserprecision.com/

I toss all the stop screws to get the most adjustment range.....

I have made too many crazy shots off my Harrises to discount them. I have a Javelin as well. I am waiting for the Pro hunt long right now. IF you have your studs properly secured, the Harris seems to work just fine. Only complain I have is that I have given myself a few blood blisters over the years letting the legs snap in on my fingers!

I have Harris 13-27 and they are too tall for prone shooting. Fully extended they are almost always tall enough unless sitting on a steep hill. I’ve never had a problem with a sling stud and I’ve been using the same set for 20 plus years so they are built right!

Might try this ..It works for me...Get a piece of plastic cpvc and cut to 16",,2 pieces,,drill a hole about 3'' down on each then tie with wire or cord and ya got "buffalo sticks"...Take the rest of ten foot piece and make longer set for kneeling..Very light to carry and cheap to make....When using lay stock on cross section and hold with support hand .....Other sticks can be used....Clip can attach to belt until
needed..

Thanks Don.

I use

https://www.accu-tac.com

i own a few bi-pods the most useful bi-pod i use is a Harris swivel 13 - 27 inch bi-pod ,killed many big game animals deer,antelope,elk and caribou with this bi-pod over many years maybe 20 - 25 years ?good luck with your choice,Pete53

I love my Swagger. You might want to check them out.

Saw one on outdoor or pursuit channel.
Don't know what it was and have not been able to find any info about it.
It was a molded piece under the forearm into which the two legs retracted.
Not quick to deploy, but a more contoured grip in the stowed configuration..

Anyone else seen this unit?
Thoughts?
Criticism?

I have a Harris 6-9 swivel model with one podlike, Core Adapters and atlas 3” leg extensions and feet. Basically makes it a 10-13”. The atlas feet are quick release so I can just rip them out if I want to stick 1/2” dia wood dowels in the atlas extensions to use it sitting. It’s a pretty expensive setup though.

The one you saw on the Outdoor Channerl was a Swagger. Designed by some Nebraska Coyote Hunters.

tomato garden stakes with a jumbo rubberband, like the ones they put on lobster claws.

Stand, sit, prone. $3

YMMV

I`ve used the Harris bi-pods, swivel, for years, the short for prone, long for sitting. Lot of the choice would depend on the country your hunting in, and only you know that. I`ve also found that if I mount the long, sitting, bi-pod, I can react quickly to shot chances by extending the bottom legs when carrying my rifle. I also found them light, so can pack either or both, with no problem. What ever you buy, practice with setting it up quickly. I dry fire with all mine, in particular the 12 - 27 inch sitting. Longest shot with it has been to 465 yrds.
Good Luck

Yeah me too, thanks Don.


mike r

I have something like 5 or 6 of the Harris from the bench rest model to the tall. For competitive work or ultra long range precision maybe they are not the best. For the average Joe to ranges out to 400 or a tad further they are pretty useful.

I use Harris all the time. No problem banging steel way past 1000 yards.

No they are not as sexy as the newer high-speed, low-drag, ultralight, carbon-coated, titanium-tipped super duper ultra bipods.....(grin)...but they are certainly still a good serviceable bipod.

I find myself more and more preferring to rest over my pack than use a bipod, for multiple reasons.

I have an Atlas on one rifle and a Javeline stud on another but other than that I have moved away from bipods.

We hunt deer and exotics from Oct.1st till March 1st every year, you will only go prone once, and you will learn to never do it again, you will be picking sand burr's and prickly out of your front side and butt for weeks. shooting sticks are a must here, when a hunter shows up with a bi -pod on their rifle I tell them they are just carry'in extra junk around, after a couple of day's they agree. Rio7

I bet you still shoot outdated cartridges too.....

Thanks NEBHUNTER.

Seems pretty versatile..
I haven't figured how the flex leg thing works but maybe it is more apparent from the videos than the stills with the gray squiggly arrows..