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The shortest Harris, for me....non-swivel with leg notches. Seems like I've had it for over 30 years? (I used it to shoot groundhogs, in Virginia, in the early 80s)

I use it and/or my day pack for prone, and my shooting sticks for sitting or standing.

Mostly, the bipod gets used for a safe way to set my gun down, in open country. On hillsides, I point the muzzle up hill. With the swivel bipod, my rifle would tip over, doing that.

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Originally Posted by Andy3
On hillsides, I point the muzzle up hill. With the swivel bipod, my rifle would tip over, doing that.

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Why didn't you just tighten the swivel if that had something to do with it?

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The first swivel ones didn't have the locking/tension feature on them.....to tell the truth, I didn't know that feature was offered, until now (had to look it up).

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Harris or Atlas. for me, I like Harris better than an atlas in most cases, I think it's quicker to deploy, and faster to adjust.

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A real shooting sling. I can use my pack to shoot off of otherwise. Field positional shooting practice has changed my outlook and opportunities.

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Does the Spartan extend far enough for shooting sitting down shots?

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Originally Posted by cecilb
Does the Spartan extend far enough for shooting sitting down shots?

The standard and long bipods are too short, but they sell longer accessory legs.

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Thank you.

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Originally Posted by Jackson_Handy
Trekking poles crossed or my pack.

Same here or single trek pole with practice its a great rest.


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I've shot a lot of animals using a single trek pole. For a bit more support, these shooting Stix work very well. They fold up and are carried on your belt and are very fast to set up.

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Atlas is the most stable bipod I've ever used. I don't even like using the Harris on 22s anymore. I've put mounting plates on all my guns for it now.

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Picked up the Hatch Outwest https://www.hatchoutwest.com/ bipod last year and love it. Lot's of adjustability. Very stable. Not light but not heavy either. Prone to sitting. Needs a picatinny rail to attach though an Arca rail attachment option is or about to be available. Went 2 for 2 this past Fall on deer and elk at just under and just over 600 yds. Prone off a big rock and prone on a sidehill shot where I had to extend the left leg further down the slope to level up the rifle.

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Originally Posted by GSSP
Picked up the Hatch Outwest https://www.hatchoutwest.com/ bipod last year and love it. Lot's of adjustability. Very stable. Not light but not heavy either. Prone to sitting. Needs a picatinny rail to attach though an Arca rail attachment option is or about to be available. Went 2 for 2 this past Fall on deer and elk at just under and just over 600 yds. Prone off a big rock and prone on a sidehill shot where I had to extend the left leg further down the slope to level up the rifle.

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Look nice but holy smokes, they are spendy! I'm personally over bipods since I put arca rails on my rifles and got a carbon fiber tripod with a ball head. For me personally, a bipod works on a belt fed machinegun but between a pack and the tripod, I just don't have much use for them.

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Depending on how much time a guy has, crossed treking poles, a pack, a rock, tree have all worked for me. Sitting or offhand has worked on close shots too.

Rifles are heavy enough so I prefer no bipod if hard walking.

Bipod on the 22-250 though.

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For me I have usually have a tripod for glassing when hunting in the mountains even if I leave the spotter at home I can use it with binos and having an arca rail on the rifle stock serves double duty plus eliminates having to lug a bipod along as well.

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nothing that attaches to the rifle

Trigger Sticks are nice.


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I used the snipepod last year on three critters. Worked well and lightweight. I like it better than a bipod affixed to the rifle.

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Snipepod for the last 25 years. Thousands of shots taken off the SP. Most of my shots on big game are sitting and the SP works great for that. When in open country and prone is possible, I have another sling stud added and will pack a short Harris on those trips.

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You should also look into getting a salmon River solutions mounting plate. You can get them with picayinney and ARCA built in together. I can swap back and forth from bipod to tripod in seconds

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Son in law uses the longest Harris very effectively. He extends the legs parallel if thinking of shooting, quickly moves them to perpendicular as he squats or sits & is ready to go very quickly- my concern on gadgets is slower speed, noise & movement & his method seems to work well.

In good to 200 off a knee, 500 seated off knees but best seated off my pack. The new Mystery Ranch frame is a terrific rest.

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