Bipod

[surprise]

@Lowlight I have been listening to your podcast's for a while now and I seem to hear several references to bipods and getting up off your belly. Recently there has been lots of talk about the Elite Iron, Atlas CAL, and the Thunderbeast. I am in the market for a new bipod and don't have any experience with the three that have recently been talked about and more importantly seem to be working well. Price is always important but any of these can be doable. Unfortunately, I have not had the opportunity to touch or play with any of these. Also wondering what height you would suggest. Taking the Atlas Cal for example the regular is 4.75" to 9" and the Tall is 6.5" to 12.5". For getting "off my belly" what are you seeing the best results with for height-or are you recommending your students to buy the tall or the regular version?

Thanks

 

[Mike4837]

@Lowlight I have been listening to your podcast's for a while now and I seem to hear several references to bipods and getting up off your belly. Recently there has been lots of talk about the Elite Iron, Atlas CAL, and the Thunderbeast. I am in the market for a new bipod and don't have any experience with the three that have recently been talked about and more importantly seem to be working well. Price is always important but any of these can be doable. Unfortunately, I have not had the opportunity to touch or play with any of these. Also wondering what height you would suggest. Taking the Atlas Cal for example the regular is 4.75" to 9" and the Tall is 6.5" to 12.5". For getting "off my belly" what are you seeing the best results with for height-or are you recommending your students to buy the tall or the regular version?

Thanks

I will not attempt to speak for Frank, but I have both the Elite Iron and the CAL. My preference for my style of shooting is the CAL. The Elite Iron is great for prone shooting, but a bit cumbersome for practical/tactical shooting like PRS etc, in my opinion. I'm a thinner guy so the standard height CAL works well for me. They also make leg extensions if you need them. I have no experience with the TBAC bipod so you're on your own there. It LOOKS similar to the CAL. More so than the Elite Iron, so I'd probably consider them for the same type of shooting style.

 

[surprise]

Thanks for the info!

 

[Dthomas3523]

I have both the cal and the tbac. Haven’t tried the elite iron as it seems more of a prone/stationary bipod.

Cal is more “solid.” Only a small amount of play to load out and it is just a tank of a bipod.

Tbac has a little more play to load out, but not much. The tbac is also faster to deploy as well as faster to manipulate under time.

The tbac tension also works a bit better than the cal.

If I had to pick only one, for prs, I’d go with tbac. For field use, probably the cal until durability has been proven on the tbac.

Perfect world, cal for prone and tbac for dynamic stages.

 

[Lowlight]

Yes

We are noticing the same thing, the TBAC has a tiny bit of wobble in it, especially noticeable with the extensions in, the CAL even with Extensions is a bit more rigid.

Both are working out great, we are seeing positive results with either.

The EI is a big bipod the AL version is a lot lighter and works pretty darn well and a direction I am gonna move with it, but overall, any one of the 3 is awesome and a noticeable improvement over older brands.

 

[DOPE]

The EI is a big bipod the AL version is a lot lighter and works pretty darn well and a direction I am gonna move with it, but overall, any one of the 3 is awesome and a noticeable improvement over older brands.

@lowlight, does the top of the EI bipod come into view of the scope or in anyway block some of the scope's view that a shooter will notice?