Can anyone tell me where I can get this bipod mount?
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Bipod/monopod/tripod under rail try not to attach to the bottle. Some people doing it don't listen them.
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During each shot with a bottle attachment the connection from bottle to breach will become a pivot point when used on a bipod that's attached to the bottle. Therefore there is a chance to speed up the wear of the threads/attachment nipple.
I'm strongly against attaching directly to the bottle, common sense to me, this design just lightly touches the bottle for alignment and the best compromise I've ever seen
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Took me a week to gather the right materiel's and had to make some custom adapters but I'm very happy with the results
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You and bigHUN should read the entire thread and see I agree, this is a cantilever design and DOSE NOT rely on the bottle for support or any bearing. Don't be a Debbie Downer if you don't understand what a cantilever design is, look it up, the saddle part is ONLY for alignment
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I use bottle clamps on my two crowns and do not worry about the minimal recoil or any other stress affecting the metal.
The threads and metal surrounding them are over built to handle the 3,750 psi passing through the threaded fittings. Generally forged steel is used for those pressures.
I own a pressure washing company and we use 4000 psi @ an average of 200 degree water all day long. There are many threaded fittings in the system and over 14 years I have never seen threads fail despite the constant on and off of the high pressure and attendant water hammer. It fatigues other components But never the threads
The threads and metal surrounding them are over built to handle the 3,750 psi passing through the threaded fittings. Generally forged steel is used for those pressures.
I own a pressure washing company and we use 4000 psi @ an average of 200 degree water all day long. There are many threaded fittings in the system and over 14 years I have never seen threads fail despite the constant on and off of the high pressure and attendant water hammer. It fatigues other components But never the threads
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That looks great! What did you use to attach it to the gun? It looks like a lever clamping Arca or Picatinny plate.
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Yup. GoldWing actually built the wood version based on the image of the metal one. I prefer the look of the wood.
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For the life of me I could not find a Picatinny mount with the absence of the Picatinny rail built into it so I had to mill off the Picatinny rail for a custom one I love wood also, love to have a wood shop, loving all the exodic woods and building stuff
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Excellent solution!
You can buy Picatinny clamping plates made for red dot sights with a Picatinny rail on the bottom and flat on top but they are all fairly short - 1.5" - 2" or so. Another option is a Picatinny to Arca Swiss adapter. They are flat on the bottom, but again most of them are short. I don't think either of them would would be even close to how solid your design is. This was the longest Arca to Picatinny adapter I found at 3".
You can buy Picatinny clamping plates made for red dot sights with a Picatinny rail on the bottom and flat on top but they are all fairly short - 1.5" - 2" or so. Another option is a Picatinny to Arca Swiss adapter. They are flat on the bottom, but again most of them are short. I don't think either of them would would be even close to how solid your design is. This was the longest Arca to Picatinny adapter I found at 3".
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With a strong cantilever design in mind (not relying on the saddle support up front) I needed the maximum length Pic rail and clamping device that would grab the entire pic rail for the strongest anchoring point.
I had to shim the forward portion of pic rail a bit with the walnut forward stock curving up at the last second to keep it in line with the bottom of the bottle also.
I'd like to suggest to FX to update there stocks to be flatter in this portion of the stock and add a pic rail on new production models stocks like so many other airgun manufactures are already doing
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That's a pretty nice set up you built. Just my eye says if you'd have routered it some to match the stock better?
It'd be perfect and not stand out so much.
It'd be perfect and not stand out so much.
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I thought of routeing it but I would have to stop short of the areas where the metal rails are to keep the entire bearing surface
I have a hand held router but it's a bit clunky but yes your right, maybe when I get bored and take it apart and make a table for the router I can finish it that way.
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Yeah. Just some shape to it and it wouldn't look like a board sticking out there. The Grain and stain is fantastic!
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