Re: BEST Bipod for the Buck!
As I said before...there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with the Harris per se. I have many years of good service from Harris before switching to the Atlas on most of my rifles. The Harris BRM-S is basically ALL I used for many years prior to the Atlas becoming available. While my luck with them has not been as good as others (I have had 3 broken Harris bipods over roughly a 8yr period...two springs and one broken leg), Harris took care of them each time (as good as CS can be these days...no complaints there other than the inconvenience of a broken bipod)!
It comes down, as I said before, to an issue of what best suits the OP's particular needs/wants and budget. ~$250 bipods aren't for everyone especially when, for many folks, a fully equipped Harris at roughly half the price works just fine. To each their own.
To 900inch...I hope to hell you aren't talking about Rob01 in your comment as he has more experience in the real world with this issue than many, MANY others and is more than overqualified to offer the opinions he offered in this thread and countless others on this subject! You can respectfully disagree if your experiences differ, but calling him a "mall ninja" of any sort or questioning his "credibility, expertise, experience, and...skill" is baseless at best!