Posted: 2/7/2013 7:23:35 PM EDT
| I never had one (I was a SAW gunner), but a lot of my buddies in the Army did. I always thought they were pretty cool. Why is the consensus on ARFCOM that they were retarded? |
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Is that LAPD, or Oxford PD? Trying to read the dude on the right's vest. |
| I think the T Pod: http://www.themakogroup.com/category_s/44.htm is an improvement on the design, if you are looking at them. |
| im a big fan of mine and would recommend one any day. they look stupid and their longer then your average vert grip but its a bipod and a grip so its a double whammy.. i love the fact you can set the gun down with out having to lay the gun on its side... i have no idea why people dislike them but to each is own, i love mine.. |
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Quoted: im a big fan of mine and would recommend one any day. they look stupid and their longer then your average vert grip but its a bipod and a grip so its a double whammy.. i love the fact you can set the gun down with out having to lay the gun on its side... i have no idea why people dislike them but to each is own, i love mine.. This. I love mine. You have to get the one with the metal inserts though. |
| I have one, but do not keep it mounted. It is very good for prone shooting on the ground, but does not work well on a shooting bench or other hard surface. It slides around and is unstable, as bipods go. It is huge, but very comfortable as a for grip. Far from the best bipod out there, but far better than nothing. |
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I never had one (I was a SAW gunner), but a lot of my buddies in the Army did. I always thought they were pretty cool. Why is the consensus on ARFCOM that they were retarded? They are awesome for setting your rifle down in the chow hall. Hell yes they are. Or on a truck hood while you drink coffee. |
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Real world use case: Army, Live fire training scenario.
Used a grip pod that I got from supply to run about a 2KM dismounted live fire course. Was issued because I was the SDM and they reasoned I needed a stable shooting platform. The grip is physically too short (around 9" when deployed iirc) to fire on level ground or downhill slopes in the prone with an IBA on. Works a little better if firing at an uphill angle. Get one if you like it but understand that the limitations are great and are a deal breaker for me. Shortly after, I switched out the gay-pod for a Harris 9-13" with a pic rail adapter that I had sent over by family and I had reason to use it. Best decision I made that deployment... |
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im a big fan of mine and would recommend one any day. they look stupid and their longer then your average vert grip but its a bipod and a grip so its a double whammy.. i love the fact you can set the gun down with out having to lay the gun on its side... i have no idea why people dislike them but to each is own, i love mine.. This. I love mine. You have to get the one with the metal inserts though. That is a secret...The plastic ones suck. The ones with metal inserts will last a while. |
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Is that LAPD, or Oxford PD? Trying to read the dude on the right's vest. Should be LAPD. I just yanked the photo from the LA at War thread 
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| One of my friends has one. I think they are great. This is the one I got but I wish I got the one that swivels. http://www.themakogroup.com/product_p/t-podg2qr.htm3 |
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I think they look so tacky... You think correctly. They are stupid looking as fuck. They sorta work as a bipod. I last used one to sight a rifle in at a bench & I had no rest or bag. I do still have one though, but it has been in a pocket of a rifle case for at least 5 years now. |
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I never had one (I was a SAW gunner), but a lot of my buddies in the Army did. I always thought they were pretty cool. Why is the consensus on ARFCOM that they were retarded? They are awesome for setting your rifle down in the chow hall. This, everyone took them off their rifle before qual. |