A firearm handgrip includes a housing and a bipod movable between stored
and deployed positions. The bipod is adapted for panning (horizontal
rotation), tilting (up-down) and canting (right-left) movements when
deployed and includes a torsion spring enabling tracking a horizontal
angle for quick leg realignment. The bipod includes a piston, a
deployment spring between the piston and the housing, and a locking
assembly for holding the bipod in the stored position. The locking
mechanism preferably first and second magnet pieces respectively located
on a release ram near the top of the housing and on the piston. Alignment
between the magnet pieces in a first ram position holds the bipod in the
stored position while movement to a second ram position creates magnet
misalignment for bipod release.