goteron
27 March 2012, 20:48
I was prepping a gun for an upcoming class and was trying to decide where to move a laser. I wanted to use a Specter DR for the class, however the laser blocks a good portion of the field of view. I tried a few different options and finally settled on this.
I have an insatiable need to modify perfectly good kit and am a direct mount advocate. If I can reduce weight, but complexity and make things lower profile, ill do it.
I measured the 17s interface, chucked up a cutter, indicated and got to work. 8 minutes later I have this...
http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa436/TacticalElitist/9c74f816.jpg
The rail is still usable for that location, I did not create weakness or in any other way destroy the rail.
http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa436/TacticalElitist/b4bb80bb.jpg
The laser is much lower than it was before, I havent mounted a DR yet, but it should be completely out of the field of view, if not, it will be very minimal.
I save very little weight, but the setup is very low profile. I need to remove the pressure switch to change the battery, but thats a non issue.
I switched from a PEQ-15 to a Class 1 OTAL for several reasons, suffice to say it just fits my needs better.
http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa436/TacticalElitist/da9ddd07.jpg
Starboard Side
http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa436/TacticalElitist/2d17ac1a.jpg
Port Side
http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa436/TacticalElitist/dc540a79.jpg
Front, I checked it under nods, no splashback.
My night shooting time was always very limited, and much more nowadays, so a cheaper, less feature laden IR laser made sense.
Direct mounting it in this fashion made even more sense.
Ill be using Unity Tactical prototype iron sights for the class, so I will need to get rid of the pressure switch and flop the light to the port side with a clickly, but this setup works well.
I have an insatiable need to modify perfectly good kit and am a direct mount advocate. If I can reduce weight, but complexity and make things lower profile, ill do it.
I measured the 17s interface, chucked up a cutter, indicated and got to work. 8 minutes later I have this...
http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa436/TacticalElitist/9c74f816.jpg
The rail is still usable for that location, I did not create weakness or in any other way destroy the rail.
http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa436/TacticalElitist/b4bb80bb.jpg
The laser is much lower than it was before, I havent mounted a DR yet, but it should be completely out of the field of view, if not, it will be very minimal.
I save very little weight, but the setup is very low profile. I need to remove the pressure switch to change the battery, but thats a non issue.
I switched from a PEQ-15 to a Class 1 OTAL for several reasons, suffice to say it just fits my needs better.
http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa436/TacticalElitist/da9ddd07.jpg
Starboard Side
http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa436/TacticalElitist/2d17ac1a.jpg
Port Side
http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa436/TacticalElitist/dc540a79.jpg
Front, I checked it under nods, no splashback.
My night shooting time was always very limited, and much more nowadays, so a cheaper, less feature laden IR laser made sense.
Direct mounting it in this fashion made even more sense.
Ill be using Unity Tactical prototype iron sights for the class, so I will need to get rid of the pressure switch and flop the light to the port side with a clickly, but this setup works well.