somewhere in a workshop not too far from Melbourne

[JasonF]

Jason the only drawback with the flat forend is that the bipod slips and this is a spotlighting rifle. Thinking of bringing it back up to Geoff and getting a couple of grooves cut in so the bipod has something to bite on and not slide. Any other suggestions welcome as I would prefer not to mark it!

Here are some options:

- use a Magbox instead of the bipod
- have Geoff inlet a short length of Anschutz rail into the front of the fore end and use a Sinclair Rail Bipod adapter
- drill a second hole in the fore end and bolt a Sinclair adapter directly to the stock
- drill a second hole and mount a short picatinny rail then use a picatinny adapter on the bipod

The grooves idea would work, but it wouldn't be as neat.

Cheers, Jason

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Trevor after using OL 55`s I would grab one of these

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rather than cutting grooves

[Brad Y]

Anchutz rail for sure.

[Gnome]

Jason the only drawback with the flat forend is that the bipod slips and this is a spotlighting rifle. Thinking of bringing it back up to Geoff and getting a couple of grooves cut in so the bipod has something to bite on and not slide. Any other suggestions welcome as I would prefer not to mark it!

Perhaps a grooved alloy plate that can be fixed via the stud up front would suffice to hold the bi-pod in place. Put a thin lining of velvet between the plate and stock to arrest any nasty scratches.

[trevort]

ok finally looked at the sinclair site. The adapter and rail, how does that stop the sides of the bipod sliping round? Is that because the swivel in the rail cant twist round?

[Ned Kelly]

G'day Trev,
the delux model (pt no. 749-004-371se) appears to be located in the rail at 2 points preventing it from moving around. But more importantly, it mimics a curved stock which is locates the bipod snuggly to and properly aligned with the stock centrline.
I've got a piece of walnut that I have shaped to fit over a sling swivel stud that is shaped to a harris bipod, but I need to find a very thin rubber sheet to go between it and the stock to stop it all moving around. If I can make it work I'll pm you.
hope this helps
Cheerio Ned

[trevort]

good stuff Geoff