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Bipod broke my stock!!! Ever seen this?
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<blockquote data-quote="rammac" data-source="post: 1930584" data-attributes="member: 27761"><p>A word of caution? You mean that people should follow the manufacturer's instructions? </p><p></p><p>Kevlar is designed to not flex, a lightweight kevlar stock would be more brittle than stocks made from other materials. Your situation was probably about as bad as you could imagine. My guess is that you preload your bipod pretty heavily, that puts a lot force on the mounting holes. Add to that the recoil force of a heavy magnum and the fact that you were shooting from an inflexible concrete bench top and you've just created just about as much force on that mounting point as is possible. This is just another physics lesson. It is similar to the concentration of forces created when you put the butt of a rifle against a concrete wall when you fire it, it will shatter the stock in the skinniest spot around the handgrip.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rammac, post: 1930584, member: 27761"] A word of caution? You mean that people should follow the manufacturer's instructions? Kevlar is designed to not flex, a lightweight kevlar stock would be more brittle than stocks made from other materials. Your situation was probably about as bad as you could imagine. My guess is that you preload your bipod pretty heavily, that puts a lot force on the mounting holes. Add to that the recoil force of a heavy magnum and the fact that you were shooting from an inflexible concrete bench top and you've just created just about as much force on that mounting point as is possible. This is just another physics lesson. It is similar to the concentration of forces created when you put the butt of a rifle against a concrete wall when you fire it, it will shatter the stock in the skinniest spot around the handgrip. [/QUOTE]
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