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Posted: 10/26/2017 11:46:00 AM EDT
Alright, not a shill, I paid retail for this 

But, how about a light weight, very low profile bipod for AR type rifles that take up minimal rail space when not in use? Sound good? Yeah I thought so. 

Enter Heathen Systems with their Assaulter Bipod. 

Extended


Extended


Stowed


Doesnt stow properly with the screw type SF mount, which is ok, I needed to get a low profile MLOK mount anyway. 



The pic mount is printed polymer, it also doubles as a barricade and hand stop if you so choose to use it as such. The legs themselves are also polymer with metal re-enforced male component.

When installed to be used the legs just click into the right holes and away you go, they seem to have a decent amount of flex so that you can push slightly into the weapon. The length is fixed but seems to be an ok height, actual use will tell.

When stowed the legs are kept very close to the rail and are very low profile with little extending past the rail itself to snag or catch on stuff, far cry from either a Harris or an Atlas. 

I intend to use my recce type rig this weekend out to 700 or so, this bipod will be tested against both Harris and Atlas folding bipods, I expect both of them them to outperform the Heathen in every category Except being light weight and low profile. However, if I can use the Heathen to engage targets to the max range of the recce then it will probably stay on that rifle. 
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 11:47:26 AM EDT
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Neat,  thanks OP.

OST

ETA- do not want, back to Atlas
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 11:48:12 AM EDT
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Thanks for the review!  Looks tasty, and the timing is good, I was just looking at one to put on my Warsport.
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 11:50:32 AM EDT
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are the rubber bands the only thing that hold the legs up?
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 11:50:53 AM EDT
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So it's a pair of cheap shooting sticks that rubber-band to your gun when not in use, and it costs $90?
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 11:51:17 AM EDT
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I would like to know as well, hopefully not...
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 11:51:32 AM EDT
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Thanks for the review!  Looks tasty, and the timing is good, I was just looking at one to put on my Warsport.
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So that's what the $1500 tactical bunjee is for...
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 11:51:38 AM EDT
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Wait, is this supposed to be a joke?

Seriously?

Rubber bands to hold your bipod in a stowed position?

No price or info on the website, but the video is worth a watch (ignore the bipod in it)
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 11:53:29 AM EDT
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Was about to post this.

I'll pass.
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 11:53:57 AM EDT
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Look closer, they poke in holes in the plastic block, there is no hinge.



Link Posted: 10/26/2017 11:53:59 AM EDT
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Magazine to the dirt for me

Upon further review this is not a cool product

Link Posted: 10/26/2017 11:54:11 AM EDT
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I like it, but the rubber bands are bothering me... 

ETA: Wtf, seriously? The legs just stick into the thing? 
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 11:54:18 AM EDT
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Wait, is this supposed to be a joke?

Seriously?

Rubber bands to hold your bipod in a stowed position?

No price or info on the website, but the video is worth a watch (ignore the bipod in it)
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They are black tactical rubber bands
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 11:55:09 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 10/26/2017 11:56:37 AM EDT
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Oh and it's plastic? 3d printed plastic at that? So it's going to grenade into a million tiny pieces as soon as you let off the first round

What is with all these "veteran owned" companies making such terrible products?
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 11:57:08 AM EDT
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Detroit Spinners - Rubberband Man
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 11:58:07 AM EDT
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Oh and it's plastic?
So it's going to grenade into a million tiny pieces as soon as you let off the first round
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I didn't see this on it anywhere...
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 11:59:05 AM EDT
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How often do "Assaulters" use bipods?
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 12:00:36 PM EDT
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lmao the legs don't even fold out?

It's just a pair of fucking black chopsticks rubber-banded onto your rifle that you then have to manually remove and insert into holes?

Bahahahahahaha wtf.
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 12:01:52 PM EDT
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No, if you look at the 3rd pic, there are stowage holes for the male end of the legs. The rubber bands are to keep the other end from getting caught or snagged on stuff. Not ideal but workable. 
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 12:03:01 PM EDT
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lmao the legs don't even fold out?

It's just a pair of fucking black chopsticks rubber-banded onto your rifle that you then have to manually remove and insert into holes?

Bahahahahahaha wtf.
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lmao the legs don't even fold out?

It's just a pair of fucking black chopsticks rubber-banded onto your rifle that you then have to manually remove and insert into holes?

Bahahahahahaha wtf.
This is pretty accurate 
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 12:03:09 PM EDT
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No, if you look at the 3rd pic, there are stowage holes for the male end of the legs. The rubber bands are to keep the other end from getting caught or snagged on stuff. Not ideal but workable. 
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Why are you defending this piece of shit so much? It's starting to smell a little shilly in here
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 12:04:08 PM EDT
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That's ghetto as fuck.
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 12:05:01 PM EDT
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Is their next product going to be a $300 knife so that you can tactically cut the rubber bands to deploy your assault bipod?
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 12:05:02 PM EDT
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PASS
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 12:06:26 PM EDT
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Why are you defending this piece of shit so much? It's starting to smell a little shilly in here
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Because he bought it?
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 12:09:21 PM EDT
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That's ghetto as fuck.
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This 
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 12:11:09 PM EDT
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Why are you defending this piece of shit so much? It's starting to smell a little shilly in here
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Defending? I take it you dont read well huh.

Im not defending anything, I've pretty clearly pointed out the pro's and the cons to this item. It may work for what I want it to do. It may not. I dont like the construction all that much but if it works then it works
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 12:11:33 PM EDT
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please tell me this is a joke cause ...wow that thing is a fucking joke
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 12:11:44 PM EDT
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Sorry I wouldn't put that on my kids nerf gun
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 12:13:01 PM EDT
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I don't even think tapco would sell that thing
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 12:13:11 PM EDT
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That’s real retarded, sir.
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 12:14:03 PM EDT
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What a piece of shit lmao

You could have a Harris for that money.
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 12:14:46 PM EDT
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You could stab someone in the face with the chop stick after you run out of ammo on your assault. Try thinking outside the box.

(from an ultralight standpoint I actually think it's kind of cool)
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 12:16:39 PM EDT
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Like I said previously. I'm not happy to learn that the stop is just 3d printed 

That being said, its a small and lightweight alternative to a full Harris or Atlas type. Small and light being key words here. 

Time and use will determine how much I like this thing. 
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 12:16:47 PM EDT
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lol
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 12:17:19 PM EDT
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You could stab someone in the face with the chop stick after you run out of ammo on your assault. Try thinking outside the box.

(from an ultralight standpoint I actually think it's kind of cool)
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You know what’s even more ultralight? Using the fucking magazine in your weapon as a monopod for support. And you’re not fiddlefucking around with plastic chopsticks when you should be shooting.
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 12:17:20 PM EDT
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What a piece of shit lmao

You could have a Harris for that money.
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I have Harris's for that money, Harris bipods are good at being bipods, not good at small and light. 
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 12:22:23 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 10/26/2017 12:23:51 PM EDT
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Been around for sometime - HK figured that system out decades ago....
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 12:25:44 PM EDT
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I admit to missing the rubber bands....blame the lack of coffee...
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 12:28:59 PM EDT
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Magazine to the dirt for me

Upon further review this is not a cool product

http://2ht1mik98ka4dogie28vqc4y.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/1MOA-Rifle-Magazine-on-the-Deck.jpg
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I am not a single-Qtip rifle-cleaning Nazi but the fucking rifle in that picture makes my rockers itch and my knife hand twitch.
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 12:31:59 PM EDT
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I am not a single-Qtip rifle-cleaning Nazi but the fucking rifle in that picture makes my rockers itch and my knife hand twitch.
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Magazine to the dirt for me

Upon further review this is not a cool product

http://2ht1mik98ka4dogie28vqc4y.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/1MOA-Rifle-Magazine-on-the-Deck.jpg
I am not a single-Qtip rifle-cleaning Nazi but the fucking rifle in that picture makes my rockers itch and my knife hand twitch.
“That rifle is like your asshole, Johnson! You keep wiping it until the cloth comes back clean!”
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 12:32:29 PM EDT
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No thanks. I'm keeping my Atlas bipod.
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 12:33:19 PM EDT
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I'll stick with my Harris, thank you very much.
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 12:33:37 PM EDT
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If you’re using the rifle on a bipod, why does the bipod need to be lightweight? Harris and atlas bipods (and their functional clones) don’t weigh much...
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 12:34:44 PM EDT
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why not tie a small balloon on the bottom of the rail, and then just pop it, when you're finished. costs like .03 cents, plus a few puffs of air.
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 12:39:23 PM EDT
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Can't I just stow plastic chopsticks on my rail, and then jam them into one of the rail holes? Looks about as effective.
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 12:42:34 PM EDT
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Yes, but thanks for the laugh, OP.
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 12:45:09 PM EDT
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Um, no. Thanks..
Link Posted: 10/26/2017 12:45:09 PM EDT
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You know what’s even more ultralight? Using the fucking magazine in your weapon as a monopod for support. And you’re not fiddlefucking around with plastic chopsticks when you should be shooting.
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You could stab someone in the face with the chop stick after you run out of ammo on your assault. Try thinking outside the box.

(from an ultralight standpoint I actually think it's kind of cool)
You know what’s even more ultralight? Using the fucking magazine in your weapon as a monopod for support. And you’re not fiddlefucking around with plastic chopsticks when you should be shooting.
Can you stab someone in the face with a magazine?
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