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Posted: 7/12/2026 2:21:34 AM EDT
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Hey all, I specifically put this thread here to ask if anyone used a tripod they recommend for use with an SBF/(simulated)Automatic rifle type? Because of the vast myriad of shooters getting into PRS, the information is slim for something like this. I had a whiff of an idea when I saw Pintles for sale in a surplus website, but I just saw a Binary firing video where the shooter used a “Caldwell Precision Turret” tripod. It looks good but the back 2 legs are very close to the magazine well and th grip rests on the traversing bar. 0331s and many other infantry will know exactly the issue with typical MG tripods for something meant for ARs. I have a Harris Bipod for my (BRN-4) M27 IAR clone, and it has served fantastically, but I’m looking for something incredibly solid to project larger volumes of fire, more accurately and further than a bipod can offer. Any thoughts? -Jono |
| I built a tripod system for my nephew who had a stroke for hunting, but also printed a cradle to strap an AR into so he could blast away with his AR. I dropped in an Affordable2A 3 position FRT and it works well. He has a blast shooting up whatever ammo he has with him. The tripod doesn't affect how the rifle shoots, it just does it's thing, and he's laughing his ass off the entire time. |
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I have both a BOG Deathgrip tripod and a surplus M2 tripod for use with my FRT/SS-equipped guns, especially with my FightLite Raptor belt-fed. The M2 tripod has an M60 gooseneck. I have a couple KNS Precision 30 mounts which attach to rails on the guns. There are a couple issues with this set up. First, the adapter mount has to be mounted pretty far forward if you hope to use a nutsack or anything more than a 20-round magazine. If it's mounted too far to the rear of the rail, the mag/drum hits against the crossbar between the two rear legs. Second, short of shooting from the prone or using NVGs and an IR designator, it's difficult to get low enough behind the gun to use sights or optics. If you're ok with walking rounds onto your target, it's a lot easier-especially if you use tracers-to sit behind the gun. The Deathgrip also has some issues I've found. First, if you're going to be in an SBF position, you need to be behind cover to use it, as you aren't getting prone. Second, it's pretty lightweight and recoil will cause the front leg to come off the ground unless you weigh it down somehow. Third, the plastic gripper head it comes with will start melting if you get your gun hot. Attached File |
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"Life is fucking hard. Either get used to taking a few lumps like the rest of us, or buy a fucking helmet and crawl into a corner somewhere." -Me
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I have this one from US Armament along with their Barrett mount and also have a 30/50 cradle and an M60 cradle. Attached File It’s a heavy SOB but we use it with my 1919 and buddies M60 at machine gun shoots. |
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I have two tripod setups. The one I originally used is a heavy-duty Smith-Victor photo tripos with a steel Picatinny adapter. That worked pretty will with an AR equipped with a BFSIII and a Franklin Armory CSM spade grip chassis. It tended to be less than perfectly stable if extended to its maximum height but as long as the shooter kept firm control of the firing grips it wasn't a problem. Later, I picked up a 1919 tripod with pintle and T&E from Sarco, along with a KNS pintle-to-Picatinny adapter. I haven't used it yet. I wanted to use the firearm/CSW with a different fire control system but alas, it isn't compatible with the system I wanted to use. I could mount a more conventionally configured rifle on the 1919 tripod but the problem with that is that I'm too old, broken and grumpy to be firing from prone and/or sitting behind the tripod so that setup may only come out if younger and more flexible folks are going to shoot it. In the meantime, I have a rifle configured as a heavy barreled A2 on the Smith-Victor tripod but I also have a bipod mounted so that I can fire the rifle from a bench. I'm lusting after a KNS spade grip setup so that I can effectively use the 1919 tripod but my wallet says, "No" for the foreseeable future. |
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