Patent ID: 8443538

Claim:
A firearm with an elongated barrel and a shoulder stock with a rear grip with a deployable monopod, comprising in combination: a firearm with a horizontally elongated barrel at one end and a shoulder engageable stock portion at an opposite end; an vertically elongated grip handle on the firearm being adjacent to the shoulder engageable stock portion, the grip handle having an upper end and a lower end and a channel opening through the handle; a telescoping assembly inside of the handle having a retracted position with the telescoping assembly within the handle, and an extended position with the telescoping assembly extended from underneath the lower end of the handle forming a monopod, the telescoping assembly including a first cylinder and a second cylinder which telescope relative to each other; a switch on the handle for automatically moving the telescoping assembly from the retracted position to the extended position; a first spring for extending the first cylinder below the lower end of the handle; a second cylinder for extending the second cylinder below the first cylinder; a second spring for extending the second cylinder below the first cylinder, with the first spring and the second spring are at an offset axis to one another, at least one of the first spring or the second spring for causing the telescoping assembly to rapidly move from the retracted position to the extended position when the switch is activated; and height adjustment members in the telescoping assembly for selecting different extendable heights of the monopod.