Bipod question

[hotrail]

I'm planning to buy an Atlas. Figure if I go cheap I will just want to upgrade later, so why not go big. Problem is I have some rifles with a picatinny rail and my new Rem 700 only has a sling stud. What I really would like is one Atlas with a QD mount so I can move it around all of my rifles. That works great for the AR and whatever have a picatinny rail, but is there some kind of adapter I can use with the Rem 700 (its a Varmint SF) that will let me attach the same bipod to the sling stud?
Thanks!

[gixxnrocket]

I purchased a used hs stock from a fellow calgunner. There was a magpul plastic picatinny section screwed into the stock covering the front sling mount (snapped off clean) . The marks on the stock are obvious signs of a harris bipod once attached to that snapped sling stud hidden beneath.
I ended up using the rail section but replaced the screws. They were only 1/2 long machine screws (probably came with the magpul piece).

I had to drill all the way through the stock and aluminum spar. Then counter sink / flush cut the holes in the barrel channel to install T-nuts. Lastly I bolted to magpul rail with allen head bolts.

Now the rail mount is stronger than ever.

There are picatinny adapters that can either mount to a single sling stud. Or you can get the atlas rail section that uses 2 sling studs to bolt to the stock.

[gixxnrocket]

http://www.accu-shot.com/catalog_new/48-atlas-bipod-accessories

Or

Single stud adapter:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00NVK0RR2/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1470457777&sr=8-5&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=sling+stud+adapter&dpPl=1&dpID=41uAea3O5PL&ref=plSrch

[scbauer]

Single stud adapter:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00NV...5PL&ref=plSrch

This is how I use my Atlas bipods on my Remington Model 7 which has a stud.

[ar15barrels]

I'm planning to buy an Atlas. Figure if I go cheap I will just want to upgrade later, so why not go big.

Atlas bipods are a big step up in price from a Harris, but not particularly any better than a harris.
Harris are more solid and load better which is more important while actually using it.
Atlas are more adjustable and pivot more which is more important on paper.

[jeremyy]

I went tiptop bipods myself, I have all sets for my rifles.

[ar15barrels]

I went tiptop bipods myself, I have all sets for my rifles.

Those are the chinese harris knock-offs.
Nowhere near the quality of a legitimate Harris.

[jeremyy]

I'd beg the differ on that statement.

I have a bent leg on my Harris from a roof top shooting. The tiptop finished the same course without problems.

[hotrail]

OK follow up question: what kind of "feet" are best?

I was shooting at West End today, and one of the RSO's was telling me how he "preloads" the bipod. I was trying this with an inexpensive Caldwell bipod on my 10/22. The benches at West End are covered in carpet, but I just found the rubber feet on the Caldwell sliding forward if I applied more than minimal forward pressure. I know spikes are available for some. So what say the real riflemen:
a) you need spikes;
b) you need better rubber feet; or,
c) you are doing it wrong.

Thanks

[ar15barrels]

OK follow up question: what kind of "feet" are best?

I was shooting at West End today, and one of the RSO's was telling me how he "preloads" the bipod. I was trying this with an inexpensive Caldwell bipod on my 10/22. The benches at West End are covered in carpet, but I just found the rubber feet on the Caldwell sliding forward if I applied more than minimal forward pressure. I know spikes are available for some. So what say the real riflemen:
a) you need spikes;
b) you need better rubber feet; or,
c) you are doing it wrong.

Thanks

c) you are doing it wrong.

[jeremyy]

I've learned not to shoot off a bipod while on a bench, a bag is better.

[kcstott]

I use a bipod for prone shooting and have a fully adjustable Bald eagle front rest and a bag for the rear when shooting off a bench

Bi pod is a Harris swivel 6-9" with the notched legs, Makes it real easy to get back to the same spot.