LiveLife
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Thinking about ordering it.
It's $22.09 with 15% off code OA2UNILB - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CWMW7YH?tag=gunpl-20
It's $22.09 with 15% off code OA2UNILB - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CWMW7YH?tag=gunpl-20
Thoughts on this carbon fiber bipod?
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might actually be better than the cheap aluminum ones, the lower legs are still going to be aluminum tho.
the bigest problem ive had with cheap pods is the legs squishing, carbon tubes, even chinese ones wont do that. I actually order alot of chinese carbon tubes for projects.
Id probably pad where the legs impact the stops, and if those two sctions of tube arnt glued together epoxy those, but otherwise i think its a good change.
one other change i might make is open the holes up that the legs pivot on and install tubes thru those to take some of the ware.
the bigest problem ive had with cheap pods is the legs squishing, carbon tubes, even chinese ones wont do that. I actually order alot of chinese carbon tubes for projects.
Id probably pad where the legs impact the stops, and if those two sctions of tube arnt glued together epoxy those, but otherwise i think its a good change.
one other change i might make is open the holes up that the legs pivot on and install tubes thru those to take some of the ware.
Ks5shooter
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Has one bad review,I would wait to see what other reviews reveal.
Personally, I would never order anything from any store that didn't receive at least 3 stars and that for many reviews. The one review for your bipod gives it one star and he gives some plausibly and important reasons. Looks like a waste of money to me.
WestKentucky
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I have the same exact design of bipod but mine is aluminum. I like it. I don’t like the way that it attaches though. It’s hard to use on a rail and I really want to use it on my AR.
Did yours come with the rail adapter? Mine is supposed to, and you can have it. Im going to be using this on the few guns that i dont have bottom rails on. I have a knock of Atlas for my railed guns.
The bipod showed up today.
It does use two carbon fiber tubes for the upper legs, they do not appear to be epoxied together.
The legs are attached to the base plate by partially thread bolts. This means you can't compress the tubes anymore than the threads allow.
As you can see from the pictures they are pinched pretty good, but I tried torquing on them and didn't hear any cracking or stressing of the tubes.
The lower legs are solid aluminum, and the lower portion of the upper legs tubes have a metal insert the lower legs ride in. The hardware is standard fair.
There are two "weak points" I'll be addressing in the future. I personally want the two upper tubes to be as solid as possible so I'll brake the bipod down and epoxy the tubes together. While it's apart I'll also make and install an insert for the leg/base plate joint so the tubes have better support at the joint.
Another spot that I can see possible failure is the mounting tensioning system, soft steel along with small parts makes a failure due to ware more likely. I'm probably going to just leave this mounted. If it works well for the next few months they, are cheap enough that I'll just buy a couple more and not take them off.
Overall quality is similar to any other chipod. The carbon tubes are a nice addition, but Editdon't do that much better than the 16 dollar aluminum ones. For the slight cost increase tho I'll take it.
Sorry pictures are mixed up I'll fix them when I can sit at the computer
It does use two carbon fiber tubes for the upper legs, they do not appear to be epoxied together.
The legs are attached to the base plate by partially thread bolts. This means you can't compress the tubes anymore than the threads allow.
As you can see from the pictures they are pinched pretty good, but I tried torquing on them and didn't hear any cracking or stressing of the tubes.
The lower legs are solid aluminum, and the lower portion of the upper legs tubes have a metal insert the lower legs ride in. The hardware is standard fair.
There are two "weak points" I'll be addressing in the future. I personally want the two upper tubes to be as solid as possible so I'll brake the bipod down and epoxy the tubes together. While it's apart I'll also make and install an insert for the leg/base plate joint so the tubes have better support at the joint.
Another spot that I can see possible failure is the mounting tensioning system, soft steel along with small parts makes a failure due to ware more likely. I'm probably going to just leave this mounted. If it works well for the next few months they, are cheap enough that I'll just buy a couple more and not take them off.
Overall quality is similar to any other chipod. The carbon tubes are a nice addition, but Editdon't do that much better than the 16 dollar aluminum ones. For the slight cost increase tho I'll take it.
Sorry pictures are mixed up I'll fix them when I can sit at the computer
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Legionnaire
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I'm more interested in the rifle. 
What is it?
What is it?Lol, it's an old 700 Ive had a for a while. It's gone thru some facelifts in that time.
Here's a thread about the latest. I'll update that in a bit, Im still making changes to the gun lol.
https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/boredom-and-spare-parts-6x47-truck-gun-rebuild.831607/
Here's a thread about the latest. I'll update that in a bit, Im still making changes to the gun lol.
https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/boredom-and-spare-parts-6x47-truck-gun-rebuild.831607/
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