FTR front rests

[Buzzsaw]

I've looked at some posts on this here. Where are the best places to buy these? Some seem they are from Europe?

 

[Rocketvapor]

You mean F-Open Front Rests?

 

[Dub]

F/TR are Bipods

 

[Rocketvapor]

Bipod.
Like this

 

[Buzzsaw]

Yes FTR, I shoot in small , local 500 yard steel matches and I will shoot "OPEN" in F-Class (6mmBR) but I have a rest for it.

In my local matches, I can use a bi-pod. Most use the "Atlas/Harris" type but I think I want a Phoenix style. Dont like the cost but............

 

[Dub]

Yes FTR, I shoot in small , local 500 yard steel matches and I will shoot "OPEN" in F-Class (6mmBR) but I have a rest for it.

In my local matches, I can use a bi-pod. Most use the "Atlas/Harris" type but I think I want a Phoenix style. Dont like the cost but............

The cost of quality F/TR bipods is certainly a concern but the cost of the good ones is well justified if you truly want to win

 

[Dub]

SEB JoyPod is my recommendation

 

[Ned Ludd]

Yes FTR, I shoot in small , local 500 yard steel matches and I will shoot "OPEN" in F-Class (6mmBR) but I have a rest for it.

In my local matches, I can use a bi-pod. Most use the "Atlas/Harris" type but I think I want a Phoenix style. Dont like the cost but............

Not sure where you're shooting, but not many F-TR shooters around the country use a "traditional" Harris/Atlas-style bipod any longer. Most have switched over to the ski/sled-type bipods, together with an "eared" rear bag. These bipod setups require a somewhat different shooting style than a traditional pre-loaded Harris bipod. The key with a ski-type bipod is to get the rifle tracking perfectly straight during the recoil impulse, whereas the key to a traditional pre-loaded bipod is not to have the feet move at all. If you do a search using "Phoenix bipod", "Duplin bipod", "SEB Joypod", etc., you can find online vendors for the ski-type bipods. When using this type of bipod, it is also critical that you obtain an eared rear bag of the appropriate height. Getting one that is too tall or too short can make shooting the rifle excruciatingly uncomfortable during the long strings of fire in an F-Class match. Ideally, you would like to have the actual bipod you intend to use attached to the rifle, then measure the bag height needed under the buttstock to keep the rifle level with the bipod legs adjusted somewhere near the middle of their upward/downward travel.