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Update with my solution on post #16.
I know you should not ask too much of any one gun, and I am not a fan of hanging a ton of stuff off a rifle, but that is what I am about to do. We travel a lot and I am setting up a gun that can cover a lot of bases. I want something fun to shoot, quiet, cheap, handy, reasonably accurate.
I am using an SBR, AR platform with a CMMG .22 upper with 9" barrel and Thompson can on it. I just moved from a 1-4x to a 1-8x scope for increased accuracy at long distances, plus this one has locking adjustment knobs. I know VFG's have fallen out of coolness, but they work for me and I would really like to keep it. While I do not use the light a lot, it is not something I want to lose, but it could be moved. Where it currently is, allows me to momentarily or constant turn the light with the hand on the VFG shooting from either hand.
I would really like to add a bipod to this rifle. Like the light, it will not get used a lot, but I would hate to not have it on there when I need it. When the bipod is folded forward, I would like it to not extend past the end of the barrel. I have been looking at the bipods that are 2 piece and mount to the side M-lok. One challenge I face with this, is that they likely will only be able to mount them in the set of slots just forward of the VFG. The side slots on the hand guard are not very deep and I am not sure the back plates will fit with the can. I would like to stay under $100 so I have been looking at the inexpensive brands and the UTG appears to have good reviews, most of the ~$35 brands do not.
I did look at the grip pods, as that would fit my need well, but nothing I found had anything good to say about them.
Is there another option I am missing or something else I should consider?
I know you should not ask too much of any one gun, and I am not a fan of hanging a ton of stuff off a rifle, but that is what I am about to do. We travel a lot and I am setting up a gun that can cover a lot of bases. I want something fun to shoot, quiet, cheap, handy, reasonably accurate.
I am using an SBR, AR platform with a CMMG .22 upper with 9" barrel and Thompson can on it. I just moved from a 1-4x to a 1-8x scope for increased accuracy at long distances, plus this one has locking adjustment knobs. I know VFG's have fallen out of coolness, but they work for me and I would really like to keep it. While I do not use the light a lot, it is not something I want to lose, but it could be moved. Where it currently is, allows me to momentarily or constant turn the light with the hand on the VFG shooting from either hand.
I would really like to add a bipod to this rifle. Like the light, it will not get used a lot, but I would hate to not have it on there when I need it. When the bipod is folded forward, I would like it to not extend past the end of the barrel. I have been looking at the bipods that are 2 piece and mount to the side M-lok. One challenge I face with this, is that they likely will only be able to mount them in the set of slots just forward of the VFG. The side slots on the hand guard are not very deep and I am not sure the back plates will fit with the can. I would like to stay under $100 so I have been looking at the inexpensive brands and the UTG appears to have good reviews, most of the ~$35 brands do not.
I did look at the grip pods, as that would fit my need well, but nothing I found had anything good to say about them.
Is there another option I am missing or something else I should consider?
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