What were you using your knockoff on(you didn't put it on a firearm, I would hope)? I got one for like 15 bucks, and I haven't broken it. Its not like you NEED to stand on it, do you? *Do you need the push forward on the bipod, like your firing a machine gun? Its an airsoft gun, for crying out loud.
*For those of you who don't know, when firing a machine gun, you push into it for better control, it stresses the bipod alot, I broke one doing so.