Noah Corek
Cocked, Locked and a Smoking Barrel
(From Top to Bottom: Vertical Grip, Angled Grip, Grip Pod, Tac Light/Laser, Bipod Type 1, Bipod Type 2, Magazine Coupler and Mag-Grip)
- Intent: To create a series of tactical accessories that Hekler'Kok can market along with their new optics series
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- Manufacturer: Hekler'Kok Defense Industries
- Affiliation: Hekler'Kok Defense Industries
- Market Status: Open Market
- Model: Tactical Accessories Series
- Modularity: Magazine Coupler and Mag-Grip come in different sizes to fit different calibers
- Production: Mass Produced
- Material:
- Grips:
- Rubber Overmolding
- Textured Surface
- Quick Attach/Detach System
- Integrated Handstop (Vertical)
- Integrated Storage Compartment (Vertical)
- Deployable Bipod (Grip Pod)
- Tac Light/Laser
- One Touch On/Off Switch
- Pressure Switch (Optional)
- Visible Flashlight
- Infrared Flashlight
- Visible Laser
- Infrared Laser
- Bipods:
- Magazine Coupler:
- Adjustable for Caliber
- Textured Surface
- Gription Lining
- Mag-Grip:
- Textured Surface
- Gription Lining
- User Comfort and Function: The Tactical Accessories Line was designed with the goal of helping users make their weapons more comfortable and functional
- No Actual Improvement: While helping the user feel more comfortable and makes the weapon more functional for them it doesn't provide any real qualitative improvements
With the Optics Series finished up the design team at Hekler'Kok began work on a series of accessories to further enhance the weapon and improve comfort and functionality for any interested parties. As always the first step of their process was to decide what exactly it was that they would be building. Looking at similar accessories that were on the market they took the best selling accessories, refined them and made them their own.
The accessories they found were the most popular were foregrips, weapon tac lights and lasers, bipods, magazine couplers and devices to make removing magazines from pouches and reloading magazines easier. They decided to make three different types of grips: a vertical grip, angled grip and a grip-pod, a foregrip with an integrated deployable bipod. For the weapon tac lights and lasers they decided to consolidate them all into one platform. With the bipod they decided to consolidate all the various models on the market into one.
Lastly they made two simple yet effective accessories, a magazine coupler designed to hold to magazines next to each other for quicker reloading and a 'Mag-Grip' a small piece of rubber that fits around a magazine making it easier to reload or pull from pouches.
With basic designs and such chosen they moved onto the materials they would use in the construction of said designs. First was the grips which were made out of Plastoid for its low weight and high durability and then overmolded in Rubber to provide a more firm hold and user comfort. The tac lights/lasers were constructed out of Hekler'Kok's patented Titanium-Alusteel Alloy to save weight without sacrificing durability and includes all needed electronic components. The bipod's were made out of the same Titanium-Alusteel Alloy for the same reasons mentioned previously. The magazine couplers were made out of Plastoid to provide durability yet flexibility. Finally the mag-grips were made out of rubber to allow them to stretch and expand over the magazines.
With the designs and materials chosen they moved onto the features that would be included in each accessories.
They started first with features for the grips, with each grip having some similar features while some have unique features. All the grips feature rubber overmolding to help acquire a more firm grasp on the grips, texture surfaces to prevent slippage in adverse environments and a quick attach/detach system to add or remove the grips at will. The vertical grip includes an integrated handstop to prevent the users hand from slipping forward when firing and a internal storage compartment for storing things like spare parts. The biggest feature of the grip-pod is its deployabe bipod that gives the user the ability to better brace the weapon against surfaces.
With the tac lights/lasers all being contained in a single package both of them share the same features. First is a one touch on/off switch meaning that a single press of the button turns the light or laser off and on. An optional pressure switch can be attached to the light for quicker access to the light and lasers switch. The flashlight portion of the combo consists of two different lights, a visible light observable to the naked eye and a infrared light only observable by use of infrared viewing devices or by species who can see in the infrared spectrum. Just like the flashlight the laser comes in two versions, a visible laser and a infrared laser that follows the same concepts as the lights.
The bipod that the design team made is a great piece of equipment, being modular to suit a wide variety of needs and durable as well. The accessory can be mounted in two different places at the 12 o'clock position, above the barrel, or at the 6 o'clock position, below the barrel. Spring loaded and locking folding legs make sure that the legs are sturdy and stay in position whenever it is deployed. Five locking positions for the legs, completely forward, completely back, at a ninety degree angle or at a forty five degree angle back or forward, gives the user options for deploying the bipod in whatever position the user feels. Finally the feet of the bipod can be changed out depending on expected terrain: sled feet for soft terrain, claw feet for moderate terrain and spike feet for rough terrain.
When it came to the two magazine accessories that the design team made they shared a few similar features, both being similar in role. One thing that the magazine coupler has over the mag-grip is that it is adjustable for weapon calibers. Besides that both the magazine coupler and the mag-grip share two features, textured surfaces to allow the user to get a better grip and gription linings to prevent either of them from slipping of the magazine.
