OzFclass

Hi guys,
Does anyone know of a stockist of sinclair bipods in australia or the best way to import one?
Also interested to hear from anyone who has one and how they fare.
cheers

bsouthernau wrote:http://www.sinclairintl.com/

I've only seen one, NQRA Queens and I can't for the life of me remember who was using it. I do remember that they had run a bracing bar horizontally between the legs, about 2" up from the feet.

They are on sale

http://www.sinclairintl.com/shooting-re ... 44699.aspx

Are there hassles importing bipods? I know some "tactical" bipods are restricted, I might shoot them an email.

They can be ordered and sent into the country no problems at all. I have purchased one and have found them to be very stable. Definitely worth the money if you are interesting in getting one. Word to the wise, it is very much worth the effort to get a few more things in the order to assist with the covering of freight from the states out of Sinclairs. It is easy enough to open an account and the service from an on-line perspective is pretty good.

All the best

Andrew

Tim L wrote:

bsouthernau wrote:http://www.sinclairintl.com/

I've only seen one, NQRA Queens and I can't for the life of me remember who was using it. I do remember that they had run a bracing bar horizontally between the legs, about 2" up from the feet.

They are on sale

http://www.sinclairintl.com/shooting-re ... 44699.aspx

It was Shane Green who was using one. I have one too, but mine is the one with elevation which is nice but there is too much play in the fine elevation. Shane has both versions and he likes the one without the fine elevation for this reason, also his stock has a fine elevation riser fitted to he does not need the fine elevation in his bipod. I have modded my Sinclair quite a bit but it still needs more work. I fitted a thin rod between the legs (Shane did this too) as it stops some flex. I also fitted a spring behind the fine elevation knob and this eliminated some of the loose issues but there was still a lot of flex fore and aft. The issue is the pins that ride up and down in the main stand have too much clearance. As a temporary measure I have jammed in a 10 thou shim forcing the pins to one side of the hole which again has made things better but it is still not perfect. I need the stand at the moment so this is where I have stopped, but in a few weeks when I will have a bit more time I plan to drill out the stand and bush it to properly eliminate the fore and aft play.
The great thing about the Sinclair is the fixed footprint ie the footprint does not narrow as you get higher like on other stands, but all the same I am not sure how much this is an issue. I recently made a prototype similar to the Davies but much much lighter (500g) that the missus is using. She actually could have a much heavier bipod I just wanted to see how light I could make one and it still be strong and stiff I couls still make it lighter than that but few people need it that light. She shot it recently with the stand up very high as an experiment and it did not seem to matter in practice (the footprint) so I am am not convince how important a fixed footprint is.
I do like the Sinclair stand it is just a shame it needs modding to make it work properly.
Regards
Chris

thanks mate that's exactly what i was worried about. i liked the idea of the fine adjustment on top but as we know theres usually a trade off in rigidity for extra joints.

dummos wrote:thanks mate that's exactly what i was worried about. i liked the idea of the fine adjustment on top but as we know theres usually a trade off in rigidity for extra joints.

The other solution is go the fixed one ie without the fine elevation and Get Phil Mastin to fit a riser to your stock butt I think they cost 170 dollars fitted but dont quote me it is just what I remembered. You would have to post him your stock though. His risers have no play at all really quite impressive. http://www.mastingunsmith.com.au/stocks.html
The other option is get the Sinclair with the fine adjustment but you will have to work on it to get it right.
Chris