Looking to buy a simple inexpensive bipod that will be only be mounted at the range. Any experience on which system gives good stability and easy detachment when needed? Thanks
Looking to buy a simple inexpensive bipod that will be only be mounted at the range. Any experience on which system gives good stability and easy detachment when needed? Thanks
I'd probably do picatinny and just leave a small section of rail on my handguard. M-Loc was never made to use like a QD coupling.
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I agree that using a short picatinny rail section for quickly attaching/detaching a bipod is a good idea. I also agree that there is no QD coupling designed for M-LOK. That, however, is not important to everyone. Personally, I have the MAGPUL M-LOK bipod in use on one of my ARs and it stays mounted. That was the entire intent for going with that bipod. If I wanted a QD type of setup with a bipod, I would have gone another route, but that would require a short picatinny rail section, an QD bipod adapter, and bipod. There is added expense to that option should I have wanted to go in that direction. Fortunately, the MAGPUL M-LOK bipod is lightweight and does not impede the use of the AR without the bipod deployed.
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I have the Mlok model on a Magpul chassis and it is steady. I leave it on constantly and agree that Mlok is not the best QD option. For quickly detaching at the range, I’d go with Picatinny.
Pick a different bipod. I have both the m-lok and picatinny Magpul bipods and it’s simply not meant for a QD platform use. It installs and stays. Yes you could probably replace the screws for the pic version with a QD cam but they weren’t meant for it.
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Buy the ARMS version and add a qd lever to it. Then you can just securely attach it to the rail section and easily remove it later.
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How many slots/what size rail does the picatinny version need?
That will work for QD, but that makes a $110 bipod a $170+ bipod. Not sure if that price range opens up the options to other brands though.
I recently bought the M-LOK version with the intent of occasionally moving it around, but think it will stay on a 15" rail. If I had it to do over I think I would prefer the 1913 version since it would ultimately be more flexible.
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