Attaching atlas bipod to LA 101

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Guys looking for some help on a picatinny rail for the forend of my LA 101 which i will be getting in a few weeks. I already have an atlas bipod on my centrefire with the quick detach. I dont want to drill into the stock so am looking at the options that secure a picatinny rail with the single swivel stud that comes with the LA 101. I know caldwell make one just wondering if anyone else can recommend other models that will fit to the stock and enable use of the atlas with quick detach.

Can someone confirm if the forend of the LA 101 with laminate stock is flat or is it slighlty rounded ?

[allan]

This may give you some idea...My laminated stock has a similiar profile.

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Thanks mate so it looks like it’s flat along the centre and then angles off slightly?

Maybe I will just have to go with the same fitting I use on my centrefire the atlas B17 picatinny rail. I guess I could use a wood screw to screw the second part in. I’m hesitant to install the t nut method that requires using a spade bit on a brand new stock I don’t have a drill press and this job could easily fail but if I have to I guess I will.

[bladeracer]

Thanks mate so it looks like it’s flat along the centre and then angles off slightly?

Maybe I will just have to go with the same fitting I use on my centrefire the atlas B17 picatinny rail. I guess I could use a wood screw to screw the second part in. I’m hesitant to install the t nut method that requires using a spade bit on a brand new stock I don’t have a drill press and this job could easily fail but if I have to I guess I will.

You could unscrew the swivel, lay a short rail on double-sided tape, and put the swivel (or a replacement screw/bolt) back in to secure it

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Yeh I’m thinking more and more I should just do the t nut method and take the risk.

Has anyone installed the t nut and B17 rail on a LA101 stock ? Is the stock thick enough? Anything to be aware of when using a spade bit on a laminate stock ?

[womble]

Bit cheaper than the Caldwell > https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/184872665143?hash=item2b0b450037:g:HYQAAOSw6lRaVaHR

[allan]

Is the stock thick enough? Anything to be aware of when using a spade bit on a laminate stock ?

LA101 barrel channel inlets look like this:

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Thanks allan hard to tell from the pic are you familiar with the BT 15/17 rails for atlas bipods? Do you think i could install a t nut on that stock?

[allan]

Sorry mate - I've been around guns for over 60 years but never fired a shot using a bipod!!!! You'll have to get the young fellows to comment on that one. I can tell you that I replaced that wood stock with one of Hatchers LA101 tactical stocks - There is plenty of material in that design to fit any type of rail/bipod set up.

[Downunder]

Alan’s pic shows below the barrel inlet an inlet for the action screw to the rear and a weight inlet to the front.

All my rifles are through drilled as soon as I get them for either a nutted swivel or nutted rail.

If possible I fit a piece of 3mm aluminium plate the width of the inlet by a couple of inches long to spread the load (especially on stock that have had the inlet milled deep leaving only a thin amount of holding material.

If the stock has no inlet below the barrel I either mill one in or over bore a recessed hole so a washer and nut can recess below the barrel on the end of a swivel or screw/bolt.

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Alan’s pic shows below the barrel inlet an inlet for the action screw to the rear and a weight inlet to the front.

All my rifles are through drilled as soon as I get them for either a nutted swivel or nutted rail.

If possible I fit a piece of 3mm aluminium plate the width of the inlet by a couple of inches long to spread the load (especially on stock that have had the inlet milled deep leaving only a thin amount of holding material.

If the stock has no inlet below the barrel I either mill one in or over bore a recessed hole so a washer and nut can recess below the barrel on the end of a swivel or screw/bolt.

Thanks mate yeh its all a bit hard to make decisions about this when i dont have the stock in my hands to see for myself. Was hoping to have all the parts ordered so i could get everything done as soon as it arrives. Think it will be safer to wait for it to arrive and pull it apart to see what im working with.

At this stage it looks like the stock is slightly rounded so I will most likely be ordering the ATLAS B15 rail and installing it with the T nut as per atlas video.

[bladeracer]

At this stage it looks like the stock is slightly rounded so I will most likely be ordering the ATLAS B15 rail and installing it with the T nut as per atlas video.

You could also try some adhesive velcro before making any permanent mods to ensure you want to do it.

[bladeracer]

Sorry mate - I've been around guns for over 60 years but never fired a shot using a bipod!!!! You'll have to get the young fellows to comment on that one. I can tell you that I replaced that wood stock with one of Hatchers LA101 tactical stocks - There is plenty of material in that design to fit any type of rail/bipod set up.

You should at least try a bipod, just so you know what they're about

Really not a necessity on most rifles, but can be very handy when varminting. Get a variety as you'll want different types for different situations, like when grasses are higher. Really, I find the bipod most handy when I'm not actually shooting, more when working on a rifle, or climbing through a fence without having to lay the rifle in the muddy grass, those sorts of things.