Been through a few bipods over the last year or so at all kinds of exorbitant prices, some are a ripoff some cost less but are awful. All demand a degree of compromise. Of the bipods that don’t pan from side to side the fortemier and the RPA were best, the RPA is a Sako TRG clone and is more ‘hunting and range’, the Fortemier is a range bipod. GRS [who are famous for their stocks] have taken a few ques from both ending up at a ‘hunting fortemier’ compromise.
Pro:massive controls, all the catches are upsized for use with mittens in cold climates
There’s a lot less play in the legs than the early RPS I had
With the Fortemier you have to choose between 6 o’clock or 12 o’clock mounting, the GRS mount is reversible
Instead of offering loads of optional feet, there are ski feet that reverse to toothy ski feet
Cons: the screw that locks the tilt isn’t captive
The spigot is their own size so you have to buy another proprietary spigot for every rifle and they ain’t cheap
GRS has missed a trick not offering an ARCA spigot for the PRS crowd, there are a few available but none in the proprietary size.
May your groups be small and your deer drop on the spo More soon
Your pal
SBW
