Well I am sure this thread did not go in the intended direction,
We have a very dim view on the discussion or promotion of counterfeit Atlas bipods.
If you want to save money you get a Harris or any number of those clones. As noted the patents have long run their course.
The counterfeit Atlas out there however are a completely different story. Not only do they steal directly from a personal friend and contributor to this site and many members, they are not designed for real rifles. They are Airsoft products which usually break shortly after being put to use.
The justifications around the purchase of these products will continue to fall on deaf ears and probably get you run off. There is no rational justification, there is just excuses and ignorance.
Bipods are an essential part of the weapon system. Sure many consider them an accessory or usually an after thought in terms of their quality and use, but that does change the fact they have a big bearing on our performance. What happens to your ability to engage targets after they break?
A better bipod increases accuracy through physics, a better bipod PREVENTS CANTING and doesn’t just point it out that it is happening. A better bipod allows for successful engagement of targets through adaptability, why do think certain disciplines have better dedicated designs?
If you spend $5000 on a base rifle, then add in $2500 on a scope, toss in $200 to $500 on rings, it’s easy to see these systems are not cheap. But to say, okay I spent $7500 on a rifle system only to invest in $89 for a bipod seems foolish. Bipods help guide the recoil pulse, recoil tells the bullet where the barrel is upon release. An inconsistent pulse due to an out of square bipod will cause minor variations in group size. So why not spend 10% on the bipod vs 1%, $500. Is actually the right number, the fact we tend to pay less than that is function of the market so good on capitalism.
I would hope people reading this understand, it is not personal to point this out, it’s meant to educate the consumer. No Airsoft bipod is going to survive centerfire recoil. I get it, this was meant for a .22, but still the message is there, if you are public about supporting the Chinese knock off market, you will not be welcomed here. Go start a thread and tell everyone you are gonna create an OEM company out of China for Armaggeddon Gear products and see what happens, sure we know nylon is copied all the time. But make it public up front what the plan is and see how that works out. Or a Chinese Spuhr Copy, It’s never received well.
All my rifles wear either Atlas or a Ckyepod.
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