Thread: Warning A7 shooting off a bipod

just got my new pod spikes they were great they really griped in but this was the down side. I did read on US sites that people were using bedding compound to stop this happening but i hadn't got around to it. Could i fix this with bedding compound? Or do i need a new stock if i want to shoot from a bipod again

Buy a carbon stock for it and never give it another thought.

Send it to Beretta NZ and tell them to replace the damn thing.

PS. You just put me off ever buying an A7, I'll be sticking with my current 75's or possibly a new 85 now.

Originally Posted by dogmatix

Send it to Beretta NZ and tell them to replace the damn thing.

PS. You just put me off ever buying an A7, I'll be sticking with my current 75's or possibly a new 85 now.

Send the fucken thing back , get real angry like a sharemilker with no grass , no water and a date with the vasectomy knife.

Originally Posted by von tempsky fan

Send the fucken thing back , get real angry like a sharemilker with no grass , no water and a date with the vasectomy knife.

Probably not quite the thing to say in the middle of a drought. but you are about to become "all river, and no fish".

I'm trying to work out how this happened ?
Is this from shooting - loading up the bipod and then the recoil forces being transfered through the stud ?
Or is it from damage from an accident - dropping it etc ?
No matter what caused it , it's still a pain in the arse , good luck fixing it .


Ken

If its hollow i would do as dogmatix said for repair then fill to just below the varrel channel with epoxy and a carbon shaft to stiffen it becausenif it is as hollow as it looks it must flex a heap

Originally Posted by Tahr

Probably not quite the thing to say in the middle of a drought. but you are about to become "all river, and no fish".

Im that Sharemilker Tahr.

Reports from the states say beretta wont replace it cause its not designed to for a bipod just a sling

I dont know if the US has a CGA...and thats a cwap excuse. I'd contact the shop and tell them you expect a free replacement, otherwise $35 gets you an appointment with a tribunal. You have the choice of going for the shop or the NZ distributor, if you are friendly with the shop go at the NZ distributor.

sako is suppost to be top end, but I woudlnt expect that even out of a norinco

Originally Posted by steven

I dont know if the US has a CGA...and thats a cwap excuse. I'd contact the shop and tell them you expect a free replacement, otherwise $35 gets you an appointment with a tribunal. You have the choice of going for the shop or the NZ distributor, if you are friendly with the shop go at the NZ distributor.

Arguing the use of a bipod with spikes is intended use would be rather subjective. We all assume its fine etc but they can claim (as they have) its nit intended for a bipod let alone one with spikes which allow for a heap of pressure to be loaded up which then gets jarred by recoil and the stock snaps.
Im not saying i agree with their stance but it is a subjective argument.
(A bit.like if i put a massive winch on my truck and twisted the.chassis)
. If the stock is as hollow as it looks in the pic id say their argument that its not designed to be used as such would be sound and the issue would be with if this info (not to be used with a bipod) was freely available and provided
Fill the stock with epoxy, will be nice and stiff and keep using it i say

Edited to add i would love to be shown wrong on this and see themncome aroun and give a replacement/discount an sfter market option but for me personally my time on the hill hunting is worth more to me than going backward and forward arguing over something i could fix myself and be out hunting again

Whats the rifle like? the blot and barrel?

Get a walnut one

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Rife is good as it shoots .4 when i do my bit