Assistance with Atlas Bipod

Hey! My personal recommendation would be the Atlas CAL. It has a wider stance than some models, and allows for cant adjustment. It does not have the ability to pan, which could be useful if shooting in a PRS style match (but not often necessary). If you primarily shoot off of a bench or prone, I think the CAL is where it's at. I would be happy to help you out if you are ready to purchase!

I’d definitely look at the CAL.

A good support bag like the heavy fill pint or schedium to the OG Game Changer and similar have displaced 90% of what the bipods where tasked to do during positional shooting, up that % if you mix in a tripod. Tripods have done the same for me hunting in the West.

F-class and ELR are generally super wide and stable and while suited well for their purpose, but just to clunky for positional use.

If your primary interest is field matches where you might not carry a heavy bag, the Ckye-pod is hard to beat.

I think understanding the above may take some of the pressure to find a bipod that does everything perfect, less important.

A lot of new bipods like the Warne Skyline are offering interesting new features like fast deploy legs (like the Harris), fast easy click accurate return legs, and locks up tight like the CAL; but without the downsides making them worth a look. I moved my CAL over to my Vudoo NRL22 rifle and it works well as the target packages never cover a huge FOF. The CAL is at home on the square range and more like an ultra mini-F-class offering . But, I think the best do everything bipod for what your describing for the money, is the ATLAS PSR..

Just my 2 cents. I own the bipods mentioned.

DocRDS said:

Dear god, don't introduce tripods, thats even more confusing.

Does anyone have a "Atlas for dummies" breakdown--I can go their site and look at all the models, some stuff (pan, cant) are understandable, some of the other features are greek.

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Here is a couple of pictures on the CAL, V8, and Skyline for comparison. I think if you look at what pan can do for you, like allow you to use the bipod on the most solid footing available, it might make more sense why some of us enjoy that feature. FYI- the rail adjustments are not on the wrong side for me.




The CAL is wider but only has tilt, yet it locks solid with the handle. The PSR & V8 (V8’s are older and the lower legs rotate) adds pan, but the lock-up is much harder to maintain. The Skyline has a hair more pan and locks up like the CAL adding a few more features like the fast deploy legs, but the leg adjustments are at the bottom and could be more problematic in the mud.

The last photo illustrates the amount of pan-

Here is a quick video, done with my left hand, one-handed holding my cell phone showing the Warne. Like the Harris is can be quickly deployed with one hand, but locks solidly in 90 or 45 so you can reverse load if need be. While on the gun it is fairly easy to pull out for height or click one click at a time to reduce height- if you master the button it will retract 100%. It locks tight but is more prone to mud than the PSR.


I meant to include the Ckye-pod but forgot I left it on my gun in my Wyoming house.

I’ve never regretted owning the Atlas PSR. Not too heavy, versatile, and robust - btw leg extensions are available for it.

BTW a lot of the numbers on Accu-s’s web have to do with the head option of each bipod and the height. I think that’s what makes it confusing. I now run rails on everything even my hunting rigs (Ultralight full-length Henderson rails) so factor rail or not to rail into your purchase plans.



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Here is a couple of pictures on the CAL, V8, and Skyline for comparison. I think if you look at what pan can do for you, like allow you to use the bipod on the most solid footing available, it might make more sense why some of us enjoy that feature. FYI- the rail adjustments are not on the wrong side for me.View attachment 7416694
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The CAL is wider but only has tilt, yet it locks solid with the handle. The PSR & V8 (V8’s are older and the lower legs rotate) adds pan, but the lock-up is much harder to maintain. The Skyline has a hair more pan and locks up like the CAL adding a few more features like the fast deploy legs, but the leg adjustments are at the bottom and could be more problematic in the mud.

The last photo illustrates the amount of pan-

Here is a quick video, done with my left hand, one-handed holding my cell phone showing the Warne. Like the Harris is can be quickly deployed with one hand, but locks solidly in 90 or 45 so you can reverse load if need be. While on the gun it is fairly easy to pull out for height or click one click at a time to reduce height- if you master the button it will retract 100%. It locks tight but is more prone to mud than the PSR.


I meant to include the Ckye-pod but forgot I left it on my gun in my Wyoming house.

I’ve never regretted owning the Atlas PSR. Not too heavy, versatile, and robust - btw leg extensions are available for it.

BTW a lot of the numbers on Accu-s’s web have to do with the head option of each bipod and the height. I think that’s what makes it confusing. I now run rails on everything even my hunting rigs (Ultralight full-length Henderson rails) so factor rail or not to rail into your purchase plans.

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V8: is older and the lower legs rotate​

PSR: Updated with non-rotating lower legs​

5-H: larger guns, meant to compete with some of the other field-hybrids F-class style bipods. A wider stance and lower CG make it more stable. The tilt feature is a bit harder to use than it should be in my opinion.​

CAL: A blend of the features of the 5-H in a smaller package no pan, but the tilt locks up solid.​

SUPER CAL: In my opinion, this is a better 5-H. not as low CG and no pan, but the tilt is way smother and locks tight.​

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Very nice and informative, thank you for taking the time to write this up.