Re: Accuracy International Pics
The PH/AI bipod is a great bipod and I would never say the PH is fragile. I rather suspect it's weight and noise are stronger considerations for a military sniper rifle.
Sure, the PH on/off feature is second to none (currently) but to consider keeping it off the rifle to eliminate the noise, bare in mind that the time it takes to fish it (or any) bipod out of a bag/pocket and attach it, one might have missed the opportunity for its need in the first place!
But this is just my opinion.
However, while I can't speak with any authority about the Brits and their choice of gear, I do know some local guys that have money and run AI rifles in rough places, are choosing neither AI nor Harris bipods....this fact warms my heart and puts a smile on my face.
Here is a little bit of trivia, with both hands holding the AI stock with the AI bipod attached, at chest level, you can snap it in a downward motion towards the deck, and abruptly stop at arms length (same type of used to "flick" a knife open), and the bipod legs will deploy. Kinda cool, well most the time it's kinda cool.