Some may have already caught wind of an interesting bipod that showed up in a photo on TOS… well, here you go.
It is from Vltor, it has been around for a bit going through testing and passing through some of the primary end users… but it will be available early next year. It it a two piece design that mounts to the pic-rail and allows the shooter a lot of options as to how to mount and deploy it, it comes in black or tan.
As usual, Vltor wanted to wring it out good to make sure it is a solid product, and it is… look for it at the SHOT Show in a couple of months!
It’s interesting. The legs and swivel buttons appear to be directly from the Tango Down bipod.
My concern would be that it would eat all the valuable rail space on the side rails where lights run most of the time.
And why won’t these companies produce these bipods with QD levers from LaRue or ARMS? This bipod would be a lot more user friendly to me if I could quickly detach it from the gun and carry the two pieces in a pack with my other equipment and then if I were set up on a perimeter it would be no problem to place it on the side rails.
Well brother im certainly not an industry expert by any means but i would bet that for every Bipod with a Larue mount sold there are 30 sold to deer hunters that have never heard of a a picatinny rail. By the way the Larue QR bipod mount Fricken rocks!
I think I would prefer to see some sort of bridge with a top pivot. Similar to what we talked about a few months ago; a pivoting bipod that hangs the barrel below the pivot in order to constantly level the rifle.
I know this is off topic and I’ll apologize for that but what ever happened to the TD bipod? I have wanted one of those for quite awhile and this is using the TD legs?
TD is busy fulfilling orders - both TD and Vltor are at the mercy of their parts suppliers who mold the legs. so, you won’t see Vltor bipods available before you see TD bipods available.
That bipod will never see a deer hunter’s gun. You’re comparing apples to oranges when you put sporting guns and their accessories up against equipment like this.
That bipod will never see a deer hunter’s gun. You’re comparing apples to oranges when you put sporting guns and their accessories up against equipment like this.
Yesterday 04:10 AM
Actually im not. I was stating an opinion based on the question you had posted.
To whit; And why won’t these companies produce these bipods with QD levers from LaRue or ARMS?
Companies and bipods, which i took to mean as more than one manufacturer and more than one model IE: Harris.
cost and space, to name a couple of factors. adding a QD mechanism can add quite a bit to the cost. also, it can take up more space than a bolt or thumbscrew.
the tangodown and vltor bipods are designed to be lightweight enough and integrate with the weapon so that you don’t have to take them on and off, and store them separately. it’s one of those things they considered into the convenience vs. need vs. cost equation.
I’ll add that I have no doubt that Eric could have designed, machined, and included a highly functional QD system into it if he had wanted. Like you said, cost becomes an issue.
