On the right track with moving over the Aimpoint and running a low powered variable on the DD/BCM carbine, if indeed you do want a mid range optic on one.
Trijicon's TR24 is still the poor man's short dot, I really like my 24RT version of that on the taller SPR1.93 mount. Not for everybody though.
The Vortex 1-4x PST isn't bad for the price - if you're budget is restrictive, and daytime illumination isn't a huge deal, the Mil/mil version of this is decent for the money. The Meopta line used is a good option, but I don't have any personal experience with those.
Magazine monopod works pretty well, but if you do really want a range-specific bipod (for just square range use) no reason to feel too bad about running a cheap sprawl mart sourced bipod. Won't be as rewarding, usually requires you take the whole thing apart and reassemble it with blue loctite just to make them decent enough to load weight against properly, but at $35, at least when I got my one of those, it's not a terrible investment. I'd still recommend practicing shooting it mag monopod style as well, since your everyday configuration on that rifle should still be sans bipod - a fairly lightweight 16" carbine with a 1-4x optic is still a great HD carbine, and obviously the tool of choice out to 300yd. Bipods on that type of rifle just add too much weight to really be worth it.
Another option if you still are super old school about how you run a VFG would be the GripPod - they're decent (when they're an issued item, and thus basically free), but IMO there are only so many niches where those make sense, and this isn't really one of them.
Last edited by TehLlama; 01-16-13 at 18:20.
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