stiff neck
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I shoot prone here and there, and I needed something solid for a front rest. I really like my home made adjustable bi-pod for shooting while sitting, so I decided to work on something small, collapsable, and steady for use while shooting prone. I had a Harris bi-pod a while back, but I don't like the added weight and feel of an attatched bi-pod. Here's what I came up with.
Like my bi-pod, some of my ideas came from Varmin Al's "Bi-fur Pod". I used one piece of 1x1x48" oak square from Home Depot for $1.68. I cut three 13" legs and rounded the edges and ends with my dremmel and sandpaper. Then I drilled 1/4" holes 3" from the tops of two of the legs. Those two legs are the bi-pod. The third leg is exactly that. A third leg. It attatches to one of the bi-pod legs and sorta turns it into a tri-pod. Drill a 1/4" hole 1" from the top of that leg. Drill another hole in one of the bi-pod legs. All of the hinges are 1/4" x 2.5" eye bolts with a washer between each leg and a T bolt connector on the end. Cut the eye bolt to size, you'll need to remove about 1/4" so it doesn't protrude from the other side. I removed a little bit of wood from the areas where the rifle rests on the legs and wrapped it with athletic foam and then athletic tape for padding. This has worked very well on my other bi-pod. Then I primed and painted the whole thing. The eye bolts give you somthing to hold onto if you want to tighten or loosen the sticks in the field, no tools requires, and they're round so they won't scratch your equipment. Set them hand tight, and they're very stable but still fold up, or crank them down for absolute rigidity. They're fully adjustable for height just like a bi-pod. Move the legs further apart and it gets shorter, etc.
Views from the front side, and rear.
They fold down into a compact little bundle that is 15" long. It will easily fit into your day pack.
Here is a size comparison. On the top is my bi-pod. Below is my prone-pod. They share a matching camo paint job.
Notice I did not put nails on the bottom of the legs of the prone-pod. I may add them later, but I don't want to scratch up my shooting table if I decide to use them on the table. Also, I may decide to cut an inch or two from each leg to make it shorter. We'll see after some field use, I think it will be fine just the way it is.
Like my bi-pod, some of my ideas came from Varmin Al's "Bi-fur Pod". I used one piece of 1x1x48" oak square from Home Depot for $1.68. I cut three 13" legs and rounded the edges and ends with my dremmel and sandpaper. Then I drilled 1/4" holes 3" from the tops of two of the legs. Those two legs are the bi-pod. The third leg is exactly that. A third leg. It attatches to one of the bi-pod legs and sorta turns it into a tri-pod. Drill a 1/4" hole 1" from the top of that leg. Drill another hole in one of the bi-pod legs. All of the hinges are 1/4" x 2.5" eye bolts with a washer between each leg and a T bolt connector on the end. Cut the eye bolt to size, you'll need to remove about 1/4" so it doesn't protrude from the other side. I removed a little bit of wood from the areas where the rifle rests on the legs and wrapped it with athletic foam and then athletic tape for padding. This has worked very well on my other bi-pod. Then I primed and painted the whole thing. The eye bolts give you somthing to hold onto if you want to tighten or loosen the sticks in the field, no tools requires, and they're round so they won't scratch your equipment. Set them hand tight, and they're very stable but still fold up, or crank them down for absolute rigidity. They're fully adjustable for height just like a bi-pod. Move the legs further apart and it gets shorter, etc.
Views from the front side, and rear.
They fold down into a compact little bundle that is 15" long. It will easily fit into your day pack.
Here is a size comparison. On the top is my bi-pod. Below is my prone-pod. They share a matching camo paint job.
Notice I did not put nails on the bottom of the legs of the prone-pod. I may add them later, but I don't want to scratch up my shooting table if I decide to use them on the table. Also, I may decide to cut an inch or two from each leg to make it shorter. We'll see after some field use, I think it will be fine just the way it is.
