Fortmeier over-the-barrel Installation for Oryx

[chromatica]

Thought I would play show&tell with my over-the-barrel installation of a Fortmeier bipod. My rifle is a Bighorn LA chambered in 300 PRC and sits in an Oryx stock. Oryx does not make an optics hood for this model of stock so I was faced with the challenge of rolling my own. I tried adapting several picrail products and finally settled on a UTG optics mount for a Remington 870 shotgun. I had to shave off about .040 in from each side of the Oryx forend in order to slide the optics mount over the forend. Unfortunately, the forend does not have a simple U shape. When I removed the skins, I saw there were some complicated ridges and channels I would have to work around. I crafted some shims from a piece of 18 gauge sheet metal to allow the optics hood to mount flush to the forend walls. Then I cut out the skins to accommodate the shape of the UTG optics rail. Finally, I chopped the picatinny rail so that I could mount the bipod spigot directly above the hood attachment points. I have tested the rifle on the range and I am impressed with the stability of the rifle in this configuration. Here are pics of the mounted optics hood and then with the Fortmeier bipod attached.

 

[gunsandgunsmithing]

That actually makes sense to me...so it'll probably never work. Lol!

 

[LVLAaron]

I love that idea. I can and should do this for my MPA chassis... I use it for fun f-class local matches and it seems top heavy in the type of config I run it. This would certainly change that!

 

[gunsandgunsmithing]

I love that idea. I can and should do this for my MPA chassis... I use it for fun f-class local matches and it seems top heavy in the type of config I run it. This would certainly change that!

Center of gravity is a big part of positive compensation, fwiw. I've said for a long time that if 100% pc is even achievable, the gun would look drastically different than what we're used to due to center of gravity. Again...fwiw. Hard to prove thast stuff either way so it's mostly theory on my part but there's some real stuff to it too.

 

[6.5grendel]

Is that bipod blocking some of the sight picture or does it just look like it from the pics? Looks like it is right in the middle of the centerline of the scope, but could be just the way the picture was taken.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

I guess im way out in left field on this one. I hate stuff right in front of my scope

 

[chromatica]

Is that bipod blocking some of the sight picture or does it just look like it from the pics? Looks like it is right in the middle of the centerline of the scope, but could be just the way the picture was taken.

Part of the bipod is in line with the optical path of the scope, but the hardware is too close for the scope (or me) to see it.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

It does make it darker

 

[chromatica]

If a bipod is attached to a point below the barrel, the force of gravity (especially during recoil) tries to push the rig out of plumb to one side or the other. When the bipod is attached to a point above the barrel, the force of gravity works to return the rig to vertical alignment during recoil.

 

[chromatica]

It does make it darker

True, but it hasn't been a problem in daylight on the range.