Thread: Harris vs Atlas Bipod

Originally Posted by Tussock

Lay it in its gunbag Greg. No way I would fit a Harris to every rifle even if I was willing to fit one at all. With the other bipod offerings you can have multiple pointing points, like the rail or a Versod pin, and just clip your multi hundred dollar bipod from rifle to rifle instantly. No fiddle screwing or unscrewing.

With multiple rifles at the range I lay them on their gunbags and snap the bipod from rifle to rifle.

You can load the atlas up more than a Harris. Stronger like a versapod, a Harris will colapse first. Plus Harris is a very tricky thing to shoot with in the field due to its twangy springy legs and the absence of play in the mounting bracket. Versapod and Atlas you can just throw them down, lean on them and know they won't throw the shot.

I like my versapod but its super heavy and you don't get a low profile mounting point.

Also, the total length range available is limited. I don't have enough, you actually need two separate bipods for the length range you should probably have. I'm not running two versapods, my short one and Gimps long one, off the same pin.

Would much rather have a single Atlas with leg extensions.

I have tried lying them on a towel, gun bag, ute deck etc.

It is a PIA, they take ages to cool down, much faster up off the ground in the breeze

Also up out of the wet grass etc, I don't like my gun bags getting soaked....