Bipod spigot mounting

[mshelton]

Hello, been lurking for a few years and had finally had a question worth making a post about.

Most of my experience has been in benchrest, both long and short range and then some varmint (groundhog) hunting with similar rigs. I recently started messing around with shooting prone and well, I'll admit after a couple bourbons one night I ordered a RPS bipod. The bipod comes with a spigot mount and I'm planning on installing it on one of my stocks and trying a swivel stud adapter on another.

I haven't seen much discussion on milling or drilling a stock for one of these and was wondering if anyone that has done one would have some tips on it, the spigot will either go on a Mcmillan Marksman or a Manners T2, haven't fully decided yet but I just was looking for any advice someone experienced in installing these could give,

Thanks

 

[lash]

Well, assuming that you have an adapter something like this:

https://www.amazon.com/150-108-Embedding-Spigot-Versa-Pod-Adapter/dp/B001DZ5IIA

You drill your fore-end for the adapter and epoxy it in place. Then you mount the spigot mount onto it.

Does that answer your question?

 

[Braindoc]

If you don't mind, where did you order the RPS bipod from in the US? You probably know there are videos on youtube on attaching the spigot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_o6YOntkEU&t=130s

 

[mshelton]

Bought the bipod direct from RPS, I checked out that video and it's for a stock that can receive a bolt in spigot.

I understand that it is drilling a hole on the end and epoxying the spigot in but short of having a horizontal boring machine I was wondering if there were some tricks or methods for keeping it aligned with the bore and should it be slightly canted up or down.

 

[lash]

Well, ideally, you do want at least a drill press and a way to clamp the stock so that the spigot mount stays roughly parallel to the barrel channel, but I don't think that it will affect results much if any if you do not have the correct machinery/tools and it is slightly off from parallel.

I imagine that lacking a drill press or mill, I would create a rough jig that would first clamp the stock securely to a table/bench, barrel channel down and parallel to the table/bench, at a height that would put the center of your drill bit right where you want it when your drill is upside down on the table/bench. Then create a channel (using 2x4s or other available wood) for the drill to ride in that holds the upside-down drill parallel to the stock and ensures that the drill bit is parallel to the table/bench surface and to the barrel channel in the stock.

Done carefully, this should work pretty well for a one-off method.