I was shooting on Saturday, prepping for an upcoming match, confirming my dopes and chrono’ing my loads etc. One type of shot I was taking off a 55gal barrel on its side was too tall for legs extended and too short for legs closed on the Magpul bipod. It made me really wish I had the 45 degree setting like an Atlas.
I’ve never looked at the Magpul bipod as an Atlas competitor, just a Harris replacement. It took away the two things I always hated about the Harris (spring reverb and the legs dragging on the frame during deployment).
I like the Magpul bipod except I wish the lowest/shortest setting was a little lower than what it is, and a 45 degree leg position would solve that but they aren’t capable of that.....until now! I took the legs out of the frame (one solitary Allen key machine screw and a nut), and you can get all the goodies out (don’t lose the spring...it’s keeping tension on the unlock button).
You need a drill bit or a dremel grinding wheel that fits the notches in the legs already. Mark the correct side on each leg, and get after it!
Don’t go too deep; you can always reassemble and test fit it and remove more material. You can’t undo a huge mistake.
I used some polishing cloth where necessary. I lubricated everything really good and cleaned off any metal shavings and reassembled. The clamp slipped when I had mine on the drill press and I took a teeeeeeeny bit too much off the right side, so I have to cant it about a millimeter or so due to a little extra “sag”, but it was my first time and I was figuring it out as I went. I’m happy with it. Might do one of my others soon
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I’ve never looked at the Magpul bipod as an Atlas competitor, just a Harris replacement. It took away the two things I always hated about the Harris (spring reverb and the legs dragging on the frame during deployment).
I like the Magpul bipod except I wish the lowest/shortest setting was a little lower than what it is, and a 45 degree leg position would solve that but they aren’t capable of that.....until now! I took the legs out of the frame (one solitary Allen key machine screw and a nut), and you can get all the goodies out (don’t lose the spring...it’s keeping tension on the unlock button).
You need a drill bit or a dremel grinding wheel that fits the notches in the legs already. Mark the correct side on each leg, and get after it!
Don’t go too deep; you can always reassemble and test fit it and remove more material. You can’t undo a huge mistake.
I used some polishing cloth where necessary. I lubricated everything really good and cleaned off any metal shavings and reassembled. The clamp slipped when I had mine on the drill press and I took a teeeeeeeny bit too much off the right side, so I have to cant it about a millimeter or so due to a little extra “sag”, but it was my first time and I was figuring it out as I went. I’m happy with it. Might do one of my others soon
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