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  • 19-09-2017 9:50pm
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    RS98
    Registered Users Posts: 149 ✭✭


    Hi lads, where would be the cheapest/ best place to get a Harris bipod 9-13 swivel? Is it worth it buying from UK etc?

    Also, what do ye make of the deben ones, they're a good bit cheaper but from what I've heard, they're not supposed to be great. Any truth to this?

    RS


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    Cass
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 28,557 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cass


    RS98 wrote: »
    Hi lads, where would be the cheapest/ best place to get a Harris bipod 9-13 swivel?
    No idea about cheapest, but some places have good offers o them. The price of them has risen slightly, but if you search around you'll find them for a decent enough price. Such as Uttings.co.uk
    Is it worth it buying from UK etc?
    With the current exchange rate, yes. At the moment the LM-S model is about €170 here. In the UK its £120 which is €135.
    Also, what do ye make of the deben ones, they're a good bit cheaper but from what I've heard, they're not supposed to be great. Any truth to this?
    I have both Harris and Deben and have the 6-9 model in both. I both them a month or so apart and both have the exact same features, same quality and both are still working perfectly.

    Now you'll get some coming along shortly claiming they have "friends" who bought the Deben and it fell apart, or they had one themselves. Well i bought a Nightforce that was broken before i got it out of the box and that cost €2500. My point being even the best makes have lemons. Getting one is not a pattern.

    Hell i bought a cheap one of Ebay for parts and the fecking thing is still working today and that cost a tenner, delivered.

    The Deben is €70 cheaper. Thats a whole other bipod, or a nice bit of ammo. Cheaper does not always mean inferior, and quite frankly some people don't feel like they're getting value unless they're getting rode. A nice leftover from the boom times.
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    RS98
    Registered Users Posts: 149 ✭✭RS98


    Thanks, I'm just after buying the Deben 9-13" tilt and swivel off of Sportsden . Nice bit of change left for ammo now :)

    RS


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    ejg
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    Have a cheapy 9-13 swivel since years. Whenever a nut or screw fell off I used good permanent Loctite to keep in place. Still my main bipod although I have several Harris. One new Harris I bought snapped in half the first time I wanted to fire a shot. It was replaced no question. Generally Harris are better quality than cheaper models but most cheaper ones still work.
    edi


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    RS98
    Registered Users Posts: 149 ✭✭RS98


    Yeah i suppose every company occasionally makes lemons, even Harris. Hopefully my deben isn't one


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