BiPod swivel lock

[siameseHague]

I've a, I think, WildHunter bipod.
Its for kneeling, so the legs are quite long.

I think its Wildhunter, I picked it up at a training course.

The legs are free swivelling. There is a catch, but it doesn't seem to do anything. Twisting anything doesn't seem to add tension.

Is this broken or just misconfigured? It is unusable at the moment, the legs just bang off the rifle when you move it at all.

 

[siameseHague]

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[siameseHague]

anyone able to help?

 

[Klenchblaize]

Are you referring to the PodLock-like arrangement that should lock-up the swivel function?

K

 

[siameseHague]

Yeah, nothing happens when you twist or pull that

 

[Klenchblaize]

Push the lever forward so it sits fully over the exposed nut and wind it clockwise until you encounter positive resistance. If this doesn't result in stiffening or lock-up of the swivel function something is wrong with the mechanism.

K

 

[siameseHague]

It is just free spinning

 

[Greenmist]

Tighten the allen bolt, if that doesn't work you'll have to buy a new one, ant-supplies sells them I think

 

[siameseHague]

OK, I've hacked it a bit. Probably gotten it wrong.

I took off the pod-lock think, and then tightened up the nuts so the bipod was firm.

I can now push the pod-lock lever thing now on to the nut, so I can tighten or loosen the swivel, and when I let go the spring keeps it off the nut that manages the tension.
Essentially, I've moved the spring so now the teeth will grip the adjusting nut if the lever is pushed on to it, but the spring keeps it off this nut when not forced on.

Looks mank, but it seems to work