Video Transcript
So there are tons of bipod options on the market and Harris has been around for a very long time. They make tons of different skews. So we have simplified the process by selecting the one that we really like and the one that we believe offers the best value, especially on a wide variety of rifles. And we are making that available. So this is the Harris Ultralight Series-S.
So what you have is a pretty lightweight and very small bipod. These are typically found on AR-15s, you know, MK12s, SPRs of various sorts. And then usually you find the bigger bipods on much larger rifles, larger precision guns. But this is a great little bipod to have on lighter weight carbines. This is going to give you, I think this is 6-9 inches. So I have six inches of height as I am shooting.
And these can extend a bit more for either some high angle shooting, or if you are shooting, usually more likely with a 30 round PMAG. Now in the shorter configuration, when they're all the way collapsed, you could shoot just fine with a 20 rounder. And the closer you can be to the ground, generally the more stable you are. And that's why having a 6" height as your default is really nice so that you can be as stable as possible.
Cause that's the goal of our bipod to begin with. The mounting mechanism for this one is going to be this little twist knob for picatinny. So if you have an M-LOK rifle, I highly suggest you just add a little piece of picatinny all the way out at the end. It's not going to get in the way of barricade drills further towards your upper receiver, but it is going to allow you to mount a bipod all the way at the end of the rifle.
So I'm going to loosen this. I want the tension knob here in the rear to be in the rear where I can access it with my hands and the bipod's going to collapse forward. So that is how we're going to position it on the rifle. It will go all the way out. Tighten the knob down. Hand tight is probably good enough, but with experience in shooting, you'll see if the vibration of your rifle is going to unloosen that.
And if need be, you could take a little pair of pliers or something and give it a little half turn and you should be fine. Now, you'll see that this bipod can move left and right. This is very important for leveling your rifle to the terrain that you are shooting on, having some sort of level on your rifle, a bubble level or an electronic level will allow you to see if you're shooting on weird terrain, hey, I'm not level, so my trajectory is going to be bad, and then you can re-level the rifle manually. But you'll see that it's pretty loose right now, and that's what this knob is for down here on the bottom. This is for tightening down that tension so that the rifle isn't moving back and forth and firming it up so that you can be nice and stable.
And then if you need to loosen it, you can always loosen it so then you could start getting your rifle back to level, wherever that's at, tighten it down, and then you're good to take prolonged shots from that position without the rifle moving back and forth. One of the advantages to the Harris bipod over many out there is the very fast deployment. I literally just grab the legs, drop them down, shoot, push.
So it's one of the fastest bipods out there. I'm not having to play with latches and knobs. It's literally just spring tension, hence these giant springs on the side, making it a very efficient bipod to put on a rifle such as this. As a recommendation, if you are building out a rifle with a bipod like this, I highly suggest getting some shorter magazines, such as 20 rounders, even 20 rounders with a small base plate. I think this holds 25 rounds, it's not bad. Or you can just go straight to a Magpul D60.
If you have any other questions about the Harris bipod and its compatibility on various rifles and hand-guards, go ahead and email us at team@trex-arms.com.