thank you, just saved me £60
Woodsmoke
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I hesitate to agree with this, to be honest. I have two bipods, one tilting, one fixed. Both were bought around 10 years ago from the Bay of E. Both cost (at that time) around £13. Both have extendable legs (one sprung, one not), and both are made from aircraft grade alloy. Neither of them have given me a moments grief in all that time, and they've both been given some pretty hard work. They're both practically Harris clones, and as such I'd say they were damn good ones. I point blank refuse to pay the money for genuine Harris bipods though, as I think they're obscenely over-priced and you get no better performance from them. That's not to say they're bad, they're not. They're just not worth their price, in my honest opinion. Anyway, just my view . . . .
I agree that bipods are over-priced for what they are - but at least in today's world, there do not seem to get anything sturdy unless you pay. I'd love to be proved wrong though. I'm looking for a fixed f-class type bipod with a picatinny mount.
There is always the DIY route too - but for a one-off, a lot of effort for not much savings. Chap at my club used to make them.
Woodsmoke
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That's a different animal than the ones I have, true enough. Into the scary realms of TierOne and the likes!
I like the look of the Seb Joypod-x. But it is £500 - and there is a wait.
Woodsmoke
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Holy hell! That's impressive. And expensive! Having said that, for the engineering that's obviously gone into it that price is more than acceptable. And if you have a £6k competition rifle & scope setup an extra £500 makes perfect sense. I have to stop looking at these things from my own perspective!!
Yes, SEB makes some incredibly well engineered rests. And you are right - people can spend thousands just one a scope and gun - so £500 pales into insignifance. One good thing about quality stuff - it tends to retain a lot of its value when you come to resell it. Not just gun stuff - but good kit in general. Life lesson there.
Just to add (and more in line with what the OP asked), in my investigations in looking for a moderately priced bipod - I found this video where he compares a genuine AccuTac bipod with a Chinese clone. The differences are subtle - quality certainly lower - but the price difference is 11X
For some it may not be a big deal - or buy a clone until they can afford something better.
For some it may not be a big deal - or buy a clone until they can afford something better.
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