Help ~ Installing UTG bipod / Ruger 556

FalconMacAllister · May 19, 2017, 02:17 PM

Hello. First off, I'm blind, so I can't see diagrams, and this makes installations or assembling things difficult if I can't figure it out on my own. I have a Ruger 556, and a UTG collapsible, folding bipod. The bipod comes with an adapter, to mount the bipod on a swivel stud. Under my gas block/front sight, there is a socket for a sling attachment. Could someone tell me what part, or parts, I need to attach my bipod to this socket? I currently have the bipod attached to a small rail section at the front of my handguard, but I need it to be further out, because my arm needs to extend a bit more for a comfortable hold, and it seems like the pivot point of a bipod should be further out on a rifle.

Art Eatman · May 19, 2017, 08:45 PM

Folks, legally blind isn't totally blind. I have a friend who's legally blind. He can read large print up very close. He can play golf--sorta--but his friends concede the puts.

Mobuck · May 19, 2017, 08:51 PM

My younger Son is a legally blind hunter/shooter. I'd be happy to help but have neither a UTG bipod or Ruger 556.

Koda94 · May 19, 2017, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by FalconMacAllister

I have a Ruger 556, and a UTG collapsible, folding bipod. The bipod comes with an adapter, to mount the bipod on a swivel stud. Under my gas block/front sight, there is a socket for a sling attachment. Could someone tell me what part, or parts, I need to attach my bipod to this socket?

I'll go out on a limb and offer my opinion on this, being as I dont own either items the OP is trying to assemble, but....

I think you are out of luck. My guess is that the socket on the Ruger is for a Quick Detach sling mount, not a swivel sling mount. The UTG adapter is to adapt a swivel sling mount to the adapter so the bipod can attach to the adapter with its picatanny mount.

some links for reference:
http://www.ruger.com/products/ar556/models.html
http://leapers.com/index.php?act=pro...temno=TL-BP88Q

photo of the UTG adapter... http://leapers.com/images/600X381/TL_BP_STL1.gif

you might be able to find a bolt on picatanny rail that mounts on the Ruger handguard and extends out to the gas block, mount the UTG bipod...

FalconMacAllister · May 20, 2017, 12:35 PM

Sounds good. I guess that I was hoping there would be a swivel stud that plugged into a QD socket. I will try to find a rail section to extend forward, like you mentioned. That might be just what I need. Thanks much.

FalconMacAllister · May 20, 2017, 12:38 PM

Thanks Mobuck.

MagnumWill · May 21, 2017, 09:51 PM

Yeah, I wasn't that lucky as well. I had to mount a picatinny rail - with a sling swivel mount - to the bipod itself on my AR.

flashhole · May 27, 2017, 08:12 AM

Take a look at this thread and see if it helps.

http://www.perfectunion.com/vb/ruger...g-my-mini.html

pblanc · May 28, 2017, 07:18 PM

I have a Ruger AR 556 with a folding UTG bipod attached. I looked around for some type of adapter that would attach to the quick release sling socket of the carbine and make it a swivel mount that could work with the UTG adapter. I did not find anything.

I have a Magpul M-LOK MOE fore-end on my carbine with a Magpul angled foregrip attached. I bought a short aluminum Picatinny rail segment and mounted it just in front of the angled foregrip to attach the bipod to, and this works pretty well for me.

May 19, 2017, 02:17 PM	#1
FalconMacAllister Junior Member Join Date: May 17, 2017 Location: Missouri Posts: 4	Help ~ Installing UTG bipod / Ruger 556 Hello. First off, I'm blind, so I can't see diagrams, and this makes installations or assembling things difficult if I can't figure it out on my own. I have a Ruger 556, and a UTG collapsible, folding bipod. The bipod comes with an adapter, to mount the bipod on a swivel stud. Under my gas block/front sight, there is a socket for a sling attachment. Could someone tell me what part, or parts, I need to attach my bipod to this socket? I currently have the bipod attached to a small rail section at the front of my handguard, but I need it to be further out, because my arm needs to extend a bit more for a comfortable hold, and it seems like the pivot point of a bipod should be further out on a rifle.

May 21, 2017, 09:51 PM	#7
MagnumWill Senior Member Join Date: March 18, 2009 Location: Central Colorado Posts: 1,001	Yeah, I wasn't that lucky as well. I had to mount a picatinny rail - with a sling swivel mount - to the bipod itself on my AR. __________________ Those who hammer their swords into plow shares will plow for those who didn't...

May 27, 2017, 08:12 AM	#8
flashhole Senior Member Join Date: February 9, 2005 Location: Owego, NY Posts: 2,000	Take a look at this thread and see if it helps. http://www.perfectunion.com/vb/ruger...g-my-mini.html __________________ ,,, stupidity comes to some people very easily. 8/22/2017 my wife in a discussion about Liberals. Are you ready for civil war?

May 19, 2017, 08:45 PM	#2
Art Eatman Staff in Memoriam Join Date: November 13, 1998 Location: Terlingua, TX; Thomasville, GA Posts: 24,798	Folks, legally blind isn't totally blind. I have a friend who's legally blind. He can read large print up very close. He can play golf--sorta--but his friends concede the puts.

May 19, 2017, 08:51 PM	#3
Mobuck Junior member Join Date: February 2, 2010 Posts: 6,846	My younger Son is a legally blind hunter/shooter. I'd be happy to help but have neither a UTG bipod or Ruger 556.

May 20, 2017, 12:35 PM	#5
FalconMacAllister Junior Member Join Date: May 17, 2017 Location: Missouri Posts: 4	Sounds good. I guess that I was hoping there would be a swivel stud that plugged into a QD socket. I will try to find a rail section to extend forward, like you mentioned. That might be just what I need. Thanks much.

May 20, 2017, 12:38 PM	#6
FalconMacAllister Junior Member Join Date: May 17, 2017 Location: Missouri Posts: 4	Thanks Mobuck.

May 28, 2017, 07:18 PM	#9
pblanc Senior Member Join Date: March 23, 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 697	I have a Ruger AR 556 with a folding UTG bipod attached. I looked around for some type of adapter that would attach to the quick release sling socket of the carbine and make it a swivel mount that could work with the UTG adapter. I did not find anything. I have a Magpul M-LOK MOE fore-end on my carbine with a Magpul angled foregrip attached. I bought a short aluminum Picatinny rail segment and mounted it just in front of the angled foregrip to attach the bipod to, and this works pretty well for me.