110 Trail Blazer front sling swivel issue

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The way Savage set this in the stock so the forend would slide smoothly on sandbags makes it difficult to attach a Harris bipod. Anyone have a fix? I could unscrew it some, but that's not ideal.
 

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My old Harris bipods or my newer Sinclair F-Class bipods wouldn't have a prayer of connecting to that stud.

CoalCrackerAI is probably right. You need to install another stud.
But wIth a bipod attached, you don't have to worry about the rifle sliding smoothly on a front rest.
But if you use a rear rest like I do, I would definitely take off the rear stud because the rear stud will bounce on a rear rest.
 
I'll pull the barreled action and see if there is any meat under there that would securely support a stud and bipod.
And if anyone is interested, the rifle's first shots put a .450 Bushmaster handload of Accurate 45-290K, 296 grains, sized .452 and powder coated, over less than a dozen grains of Unique into a ragged hole at 25 yards with a dead Burris scope that's going back for repair. I was just trying to see if the scope would track and it wouldn't. Chrono said avg 1,213 fps, SD 4.4. It fed this Keith-style bullet just fine, and oh so pleasant to shoot. That load out of a Blackhawk in .45 Colt would be considered a humdinger.
 
Yeah, that’s all. Use 2-part epoxy & add a screw as far forward as possible.

It’s always best to go as far forward as possible. This makes for less movement in the muzzle impacted from the rear. When I made my bipod, I took Versapod’s idea of using a spigot to move it forward of the forearm.

Here is the bipod separated from the spigot.


And attached to my Savage bench rifle.


I’ve always used Bipods, but I am thinking of switching to a rest.
 

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