Rifle with bipod

A rifle comprises a stock and a fore-end portion connected together by a housing, and a barrel fitted on the housing, said fore-end portion having a bore extending parallel to said barrel, a support means rotatably mounted in said bore for supporting a bipod having first and second legs each having a connecting pin means associated therewith, said support means includes a shaft portion received in said bore and a support part, said support part being provided with a pair of upwardly inclined opposed recesses extending substantially traverse to said barrel, wherein said connecting pin means has one end secured in each recess of said support part, a circular bead provided around one of the support part recesses and the bipod leg connecting pin means and a circular groove provided around the other of the support part recesses and the bipod leg connecting pin means wherein the circular bead is received in the circular groove and wherein the circular bead, the circular groove, the connecting pin means and the recess in the support part for each leg have a common axis of symmetry.