Not a harris, but a good enough for light weight weapons or if you're on a budget... - Caldwell XLA Bipods

Compared to my Harris bipod it's a 3 out of 5, but for the money, if you're on a budget, and/or are needing to equip several weapons with their own 'permanent' bipods, this is the bipod you want. It's a little flimsy compared to a Harris, but adequate enough to support my ten pound AR-10 on dirt or grass, but interestingly, when I deploy the legs out and sit it on the hardwood floor in my house, the springs on the legs are not strong enough to support the weight of my AR-10 and the legs start to straighten out and the bipod slowly collapses. The Harris doesn't do that as the springs are stiffer. The reason I gave it a 3 is because the two little 'prongs' that actually attach the bipod to the rifle kept coming off the rifle swivel post when I hoisted the weapon up to my shoulder and I nearly dropped the weapon. The metal Caldwell uses for these two little 'prongs' is about 30% thinner than Harris uses and the angle that these prongs are bent at is incorrect causing it to come off the swivel post. What is causing this is the fact that the square hole that the 'prongs' go through on the base of the bipod is the same measurement or size as the Harris (it is a copy of the Harris by the way). The resulting problem is that when you start to tighten the bipod knurled fastener, the 'prongs' are supposed to be held or kept in place by the pressure exerted on them by the hole in the base, but since the thickness of the 'prong' material is thinner than the Harris 'prongs', the Caldwell 'prongs' don't get held or pinched into place with enough force to keep the 'prongs' from coming off the swivel post. I was able to somewhat 'fix' the problem by removing the 'prongs' and carefully bending them into a steeper angle and it does a much better job of grabbing the swivel post. I temporarily swapped out the 'prongs' from my Harris bipod and put them on the Caldwell and they work perfectly, holding the bipod on the weapon securely. I am going to contact Harris to see if they will sell me a set of their 'prongs' for this Caldwell bipod to correct the issue. Also, I plan to contact Caldwell about this issue. Bottom line, yes, I would recommend this bipod for two situations: 1) use on a light weight weapon or 2) if you're on a budget. Now, if you're in law enforcement and going to be depending on it in tactical, rough use situations where you're life might depend on a stable rest, I would not recommend the Caldwell bipod.