ATLAS Cal Bipod - with ADM-170-S - BT65-LW17

It’s a little on the heavy side but weight isn’t really too important on a precision rig. Adm 170 is amazing very tight lock up and atlas has no competition imo, the bipod is sturdy and the adjustments are tactile. Only downside is the price buy once cry once though

I made the mistake and got the BT10, then the BT10-LW17, then the BT46-LW17 because so many people had recommended them. Yes, they are great tripods, BUT they have a pan feature that was causing too much play in the bipod that was ruining my accuracy. After a great conversation with the friendly folks at Atlas I realized that THIS is the tripod I really should have got in the first place if I wanted to do precision shooting. It does NOT have the pan feature and it has a MUCH easier to lock lever for cant adjustments, so it's really fantastic and stable.The target shown with 5 shots was my first shots at 100 yards after a 50 yards zero and I'm a newbie (only 163 centerfire rounds every shot - including these), but this tripod and a Caldwell medium rear bag and I was on the money using American Eagle 120gr with a lousy SD of 26.1 (ES 82)! The target shown with a tight group was 10 shots from a 1983 Ruger 10/22 with the only mods being an Archangel Precision stock, a BX trigger and Eley Tenex.This tripod is EXTREMELY well built, the picatinny mount works very well but be sure you get it flush level in there before clamping down and don't force the lever down.This tripod looks obnoxiously wide in pics, but when you fold it up it isn't much wider than the BT10 & BT46.I use this on my Ruger American Predator, Ruger 10/22 with a Archangel Precision stock and DDM4 V7 LW and it works great on all three BUT I have to slightly adjust the clamp screw when moving between them.My only gripe is that it still seems too easy to get user induced cant when its fully locked, but the owner tells me that's by design so you can easy adjust to override for minor corrections or unlevel terrain. That said, this locks better than the others so if you have a bubble level on your scope you can quickly adjust and it works great.I should note those shots I took were WITHOUT the bipod loaded.

Exceeded my expectations.

Built like a tank, a big improvement with stability vs the model I had before with rotating legs and panning.

This is my third Atlas bipod and my favorite. Easy adjustments, lightweight and versatile. I’m actually considering selling my other two Atlas bipods to buy more of this one.

You can say anything about the Atlas products that’s an amazing product to

Item received was not as advertised nor pictured. It is not a genuine Atlas product. Item received appears to be a fake BT10-LW17. I own a genuine Atlas bipod, and the item received does not compair. Item received does not have a cant lock lever function. The outer legs rotate around the inner legs. The head pans and cants like a BT10-LW17. Packaging has ATLAS BIPOD CAL STANDARD HEIGHT BT65-LW17 printed on it. Item will be returned for refund immediately.

I spent months and months debating the purchase of an atlas. Well, now I own multiple. When you get out past 500, I absolutely recommend it! Excellent purchase.