Bipod recommendations high end

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Originally Posted by Tahr

Ive got a backlanz. Its great and wont be replaced, but doesn't tilt which can be annoying having to adjust the legs to compensate.

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Is it the notched leg one ??

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Originally Posted by 7mmhunter

Is it the notched leg one ??

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No

I’ve gone from the original backlanz that would occasionally get twisted off when pushing through scrub to a mtn that was even lighter and mounted via a pic rail and now back to the Backlanz alpine bipod. It’s slightly heavier than the mtn but considerably sturdier and has lot less flex when you shoot off . I broke a couple of components on the mtn and Matt was very good to deal with for replacement parts. I just found over time that it slowly became looser as it wore more. Both fantastic kiwi products but the backlanz is the winner for me for both shooting off and sturdiness.

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Originally Posted by 7mmhunter

You own and use mtn gear out of them all and are happy with it ?

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Yip sure am mate can’t fault it

MTN bipod, mountain version. You won’t regret it!

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Originally Posted by 7mmhunter

Thanks for feedback definitely hard on the gear so I probably need to have a play with one

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Regarding how tough they are, Im guiding around 70 plus days a year on mountain and free range hunts, no issues.

Hi team

Matt here. Appreciate the input and support.

A couple of points that might be of interest are:
1 - We have sold the designs to MDT so at any point when they are ready it they will change to a Canadian made MDT version that I don't believe will have pan either. Also still no idea how that will affect price.
2 - We have had a number of revisions over the years so comments made about the products aren't always relevant to the current versions. I.e. about the small front bolt being tightened and the bolt snapping. While "if the instructions are followed" this isn't an issue but in reality the product could have been more user friendly so that bolt is now gone and as it just held the parts together it is done so with a different method so this is just a non issue now. Other minor items like this we have improved over the years and just generally bulked the product up a bit.
3 - Backcountry bipod being a bit awkwardly high on flat ground. The legs are reasonably long to get over grass and vegetation etc but it doesn't mean you can get as low for rear support in certain situations. This is one of the main reasons my recommendation is generally the Mountain Bipod but it is personal preference.

Even with the MDT design purchase any products with MTNGear branding will still be warranted by us so no dealing with an overseas company.

Any questions always feel free to reach out to us at info@mtngear.nz we want to hear from you.

And keep an eye out we have a bunch new products we are at various stages of working on. Non hunting bipods, hunting and non hunting tripods, 625ish grams (as things stand finished weight without any additional parts required) full feature folding buttstock chassis and more rail options.

We are slowly bring more of the processing in house with the next lot of rails we are working on being fully machined, surface prep and laser engraved in house. They should go to the anodizers this week and hopefully by the time we are back we have figured out the laser engraver.

Cheers Matt

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Originally Posted by MTNGear

Hi team

Matt here. Appreciate the input and support.

A couple of points that might be of interest are:
1 - We have sold the designs to MDT so at any point when they are ready it they will change to a Canadian made MDT version that I don't believe will have pan either. Also still no idea how that will affect price.
2 - We have had a number of revisions over the years so comments made about the products aren't always relevant to the current versions. I.e. about the small front bolt being tightened and the bolt snapping. While "if the instructions are followed" this isn't an issue but in reality the product could have been more user friendly so that bolt is now gone and as it just held the parts together it is done so with a different method so this is just a non issue now. Other minor items like this we have improved over the years and just generally bulked the product up a bit.
3 - Backcountry bipod being a bit awkwardly high on flat ground. The legs are reasonably long to get over grass and vegetation etc but it doesn't mean you can get as low for rear support in certain situations. This is one of the main reasons my recommendation is generally the Mountain Bipod but it is personal preference.

Even with the MDT design purchase any products with MTNGear branding will still be warranted by us so no dealing with an overseas company.

Any questions always feel free to reach out to us at info@mtngear.nz we want to hear from you.

And keep an eye out we have a bunch new products we are at various stages of working on. Non hunting bipods, hunting and non hunting tripods, 625ish grams (as things stand finished weight without any additional parts required) full feature folding buttstock chassis and more rail options.

We are slowly bring more of the processing in house with the next lot of rails we are working on being fully machined, surface prep and laser engraved in house. They should go to the anodizers this week and hopefully by the time we are back we have figured out the laser engraver.

Cheers Matt

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@MTNGear so does the sale to MDT essentially mean you can't develop any further hunting lightweight bipods yourself?

I would be interested in a hunting tripod.
The folding chassis sounds cool. Just ordered the MDT hunt 26 so will be interesting to compare to the XLR element