Big_Sparky
Well-Known Member
How’do!
Appreciate this is a site filled mainly with stalkers (in more ways than one ha ha) but I know there’s usually a good spread of advice and opinion for other disciplines.
So, after some great advice from here as well as other sources, I bought a Bergara B14 HMR in .308 for the purposes of doing some long range work - not anything special from a competition etc point of view - more just to please myself and see if I’m still capable!
Ticked off everything on the list now, rifle, scope, rail, mounts, MOD with the exception of a bipod. For the rest of my rifles I have a collection of Harris Bipods which I swap about as and when required - excellent bits of kit and no issues at all. But for the Bergara I’m really after something a little heavier and more substantial. As I don’t really have any serious plans to stalk with the rifle I’m really not that bothered about weight and, well, even if I took it stalking once in a while I’m a big lump anyways so as long as the overall affair is still lighter than a GPMG I probably wouldn’t complain (too much ha ha)
So really just after some thoughts and reviews of what other people have/have used. One thing I’ve noted is that the prices seem to suddenly go a bit crazy - £100 & a bit ish for a Harris and then suddenly £400 because something looks a bit “tactical”.
Ideally a “couple” hundred quid - ideally something that will do at least 12” (or a foot for those of us who are a bit younger
) - not at all bothered about it being brand new if something has something lying in the cupboard that would suit and the only other factor is the method of attachment. The Bergara has two sling swivel attachments at the fore end (picture for information) so any bipod would either have to attached via them or via some kind of additional rail or other add on attachment I presume?
As ever - thanks in advance for any advice!
Appreciate this is a site filled mainly with stalkers (in more ways than one ha ha) but I know there’s usually a good spread of advice and opinion for other disciplines.
So, after some great advice from here as well as other sources, I bought a Bergara B14 HMR in .308 for the purposes of doing some long range work - not anything special from a competition etc point of view - more just to please myself and see if I’m still capable!
Ticked off everything on the list now, rifle, scope, rail, mounts, MOD with the exception of a bipod. For the rest of my rifles I have a collection of Harris Bipods which I swap about as and when required - excellent bits of kit and no issues at all. But for the Bergara I’m really after something a little heavier and more substantial. As I don’t really have any serious plans to stalk with the rifle I’m really not that bothered about weight and, well, even if I took it stalking once in a while I’m a big lump anyways so as long as the overall affair is still lighter than a GPMG I probably wouldn’t complain (too much ha ha)
So really just after some thoughts and reviews of what other people have/have used. One thing I’ve noted is that the prices seem to suddenly go a bit crazy - £100 & a bit ish for a Harris and then suddenly £400 because something looks a bit “tactical”.
Ideally a “couple” hundred quid - ideally something that will do at least 12” (or a foot for those of us who are a bit younger
) - not at all bothered about it being brand new if something has something lying in the cupboard that would suit and the only other factor is the method of attachment. The Bergara has two sling swivel attachments at the fore end (picture for information) so any bipod would either have to attached via them or via some kind of additional rail or other add on attachment I presume?As ever - thanks in advance for any advice!
