Strike Industries COBRA Vertical Foregrip/Monopod
This new Strike Industries product, Cobra vertical foregrip/monopod, may look familiar to you. That’s because it is based on the Strike Industries MFS Monopod design. The difference is that if the MFS Monopod was an SI Modular Fixed Stock specific product due to the clamping portion designed for the MFS stock bottom loop, the Cobra has a Picatinny rail clamp which makes it a much more versatile accessory allowing to attach it to a variety of stocks with a bottom 1913 rail. Also, its dimensions and shape will allow you to use it as a vertical foregrip when it is attached to the handguard making it a dual-purpose accessory.
Another nice feature of this accessory is that you don’t need any tools for attaching and uninstalling it to the rail (thanks to the thumbscrew) or for adjusting the length of the monopod. The latter is done by simply rotating the body of the monopod to extend or collapse it as shown in the below-embedded video.
The core mechanism of the Cobra grip/monopod is made of S45C steel with a black nitrided finish. The outer body is machined out of 6061 aluminum with a hard coat anodized finish. Due to the steel and aluminum construction, the company also advertises it as a rugged barricade stop. Maybe you can even adjust the length and use it as an additional bottom contact point on the ground or barricades when it is mounted on the handguard of your rifle !?
Well, technically, any Picatinny rail mounted monopod can be used as a foregrip. However, not all of them are designed to be used so and not all of them have a comfortable enough shape and surface to be used as a VFG. In the case of Cobra, the manufacturer specifically markets it as a dual-purpose accessory. Tell us in the comments section what do you think about this device.
Images from www.strikeindustries.com
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I want it to FOLD under the barrel when either not in used or not required. Lots of these gizmos they put on rifles will catch on any vine, brush, wire, etc.. out there.
Didn't ANYONE learn anything from Vietnam?
I have the accushot monopod and just received the strike industries cobra. The cobra required me to tighten up some contact points to remove the wiggle but it was a simple and quick enough job to do.
The accushot costs $90 bucks or more. This cost me $35 w/free shipping. The accushot weight for the short (i also have a medium) is around 8 ounces. The cobra is half that.
I love the thumb screw and the fact I can comfortably use this as a forward vertical grip and hot swap to the rear when zeroing and shooting at 1000 yds and in.
In terms of adjustment, side by side there is maybe a quarter inch lost in overall height and adjustment with the cobra. For 1/4th the price...you aren't really losing much.
All in all, I love the fact I dont have to mount a forward grip AND a rear monopod on the long guns in 6.5cm. I can mount one item and hot swap when and if needed.
This is brilliant. For the tactical "shooters" and their sarcastic comments below the monopod is incredibly useful when zeroing. Sure, you could lug around 4 bags and a shit ton of equipment or you can use this as a one in done. I love fudds like some of the fellas below. I served as a grunt and DMR for 6 years, I do precision tactical shooting out to 1,000 yards and have seen the results of achieving a fantastic zero using monopods instead of carrying a backpack loaded with sand bads around.
Buy it, for what it is it achieves what the accushot does for a quarter of the cost.