Door hinge optic mount
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June 2nd, 2010 at 7:44 pm
He says it keeps its zero, which I dunno if a believe, but if it does, props to him!
June 2nd, 2010 at 9:51 pm
It’s black, so it’s tactical 🙂
If it’s stupid but it works, it’s not stupid. And I’m all for it if it works.
The scope isn’t mil-dot w/ 1000 yards .75 MOA groups, so it’s possible it keeps the zero.
June 2nd, 2010 at 10:48 pm
It’s pretty redneck, but I’ve often wondered why nobody makes an optic mount that works like that. Seems like a way better design than one of those zero-holding mounts that let you remove the scope, but then what do you do with it? Put it in your pocket?
June 2nd, 2010 at 11:51 pm
Note that it’s a SPRING-LOADED door hinge. That would mean that it would return to the same place each time.
He tommy’d up the carbine extensively. I have no clue why he thought he needed a muzzle brake: by the time a .40 round gets down that 16.25″ barrel, it doesn’t have enough blast behind the bullet to let a muzzle brake work.
The guy in the video seems to be a decent fitter, but working with that plastic fore-end is iffy as to alignment. He didn’t say just how he fastened that hinge to the rifle, but I’d guess he inletted the top of the fore-end for it and screwed it down.
A basic why on all of that. The .40S&W has about a 100-yard effective range (drops off severely after about 120), and most folks can use the excellent ghost-ring sights which came on the gun. I can put an 8″ group out at 100 yards with my old eyes!
I’d consider a laser before I’d bolt on a red-dot. Laser and light, and you have a very nice short-range carbine for urban work.
June 3rd, 2010 at 12:37 am
Yo Uncle, do we really need to waste broadband
on this?