As Spartan won't be brining out a 5th leg for their Springbok quad until later next year I thought I would get around this in the Interim time.
I took inspiration from another poster on this site who had already experimented with 5th leg solutions for this quad system.
Here is my version of it:
You need one of these which are on offer for £33 on an auction site:
Viper-Flex Single Leg Styx Journey+ XL Shooting-Sticks item number 335709737550.
And a pack of these from the same site:
12x Jet Black Nylon 66 Plastic SPACERS Standoff Washer M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M8 M10 M12. Item number 322060669936
In M12 x25mm. You will need 2 of them. Thats 2 of the spacers not 2 packs of spacers.
Once received take 2 of the spacers and using a fine hacksaw cut through one side of them longitudinally. Remove burrs from inner and outer surfaces.
Unscrew one of the front leg friction locks. I did the front left side but choose which suits.
Pull the leg apart and remove the aluminium end piece from the upper leg section then remove the knurled friction lock collar
Push on 2 of the spacers you cut longitudinally. Push right up to the top yoke. You need two as the clamp on the viperflex leg will slip.down or up over a single spacer and I found it then cammed off. So use 2, then it doesn't.
Put the aluminium end piece back on making sure to put the knurled friction lock collar back on the leg before you do, then put leg back together.
Move clamp that holds the legs together from the front legs to the rear legs . Will require taking the rear leg apart to do this. Enough flex in the clamp to ease it over the treaded exposed end of the dismantled leg. This allows the 5th leg to fold, clip to the qudpod leg and then rotate neatly along side the quad pod legs to make it easy to carry.
Clip the 5th leg to the spacers and you have this:
Mess about with leg height to find what suits you. I found having it such that the 5th leg foot sits above the bottom yoke makes for better folding away, yet still gives more than adequate 5th leg usability. The clip on the viperflex does clip to the Spartan quad pod legs. Its a loose fit but a bit of heat gunnery would make it more snug.
Might not use the 5th leg option most of the time but its there for those waiting in times when I can leave the rifle on the sticks and glass about, or thermal about if foxing.
I took inspiration from another poster on this site who had already experimented with 5th leg solutions for this quad system.
Here is my version of it:
You need one of these which are on offer for £33 on an auction site:
Viper-Flex Single Leg Styx Journey+ XL Shooting-Sticks item number 335709737550.
And a pack of these from the same site:
12x Jet Black Nylon 66 Plastic SPACERS Standoff Washer M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M8 M10 M12. Item number 322060669936
In M12 x25mm. You will need 2 of them. Thats 2 of the spacers not 2 packs of spacers.
Once received take 2 of the spacers and using a fine hacksaw cut through one side of them longitudinally. Remove burrs from inner and outer surfaces.
Unscrew one of the front leg friction locks. I did the front left side but choose which suits.
Pull the leg apart and remove the aluminium end piece from the upper leg section then remove the knurled friction lock collar
Push on 2 of the spacers you cut longitudinally. Push right up to the top yoke. You need two as the clamp on the viperflex leg will slip.down or up over a single spacer and I found it then cammed off. So use 2, then it doesn't.
Put the aluminium end piece back on making sure to put the knurled friction lock collar back on the leg before you do, then put leg back together.
Move clamp that holds the legs together from the front legs to the rear legs . Will require taking the rear leg apart to do this. Enough flex in the clamp to ease it over the treaded exposed end of the dismantled leg. This allows the 5th leg to fold, clip to the qudpod leg and then rotate neatly along side the quad pod legs to make it easy to carry.
Clip the 5th leg to the spacers and you have this:
Mess about with leg height to find what suits you. I found having it such that the 5th leg foot sits above the bottom yoke makes for better folding away, yet still gives more than adequate 5th leg usability. The clip on the viperflex does clip to the Spartan quad pod legs. Its a loose fit but a bit of heat gunnery would make it more snug.
Might not use the 5th leg option most of the time but its there for those waiting in times when I can leave the rifle on the sticks and glass about, or thermal about if foxing.
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