No, the rail is short, you can see where I want to put the rear tower? I am moving the scope to the back 4-5"
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What other FX Impact upper picatinny rail options?
- Thread starter bigHUN
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BigHun needs the rear scope mount to go further back, and none of the aftermarket rails support that requirement of his, therefore he will design and make his own
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@ bigHUN. That rail is exactly what I am looking for. Funny I was explaining this to the Bigrag just the other day but incorporate the entire top rail as well.
Dennis
Dennis
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My initial idea was to incorporate the rail with the upper plate, and this what I had plans to outsource to a friends machine shop. But the milling profile cutter is expensive to make only one piece. So I changed my mind now.
Very simple... duplicate the existing Guide Plate (this how FX is calling it), but need to make it thicker (because of a pocket underneath and not enough wall thickness to hold the thread).
Clamp as long as you wish picatinny rail on top.
This what I want to build, so I can have a loose play in that Pic rail that I can adjust to my needs.
Just to picture the reason - I have many scopes for different games and I have many liners for different pellets/slugs.
I am swapping both the scopes - and the liners .... if I would have a fixed rail I may not be able to index the liners or the POI would change.
There was a reason that FX made the upper rail adjustable, but unfortunately with that the scope is fixed distance from buttstock.
Very simple... duplicate the existing Guide Plate (this how FX is calling it), but need to make it thicker (because of a pocket underneath and not enough wall thickness to hold the thread).
Clamp as long as you wish picatinny rail on top.
This what I want to build, so I can have a loose play in that Pic rail that I can adjust to my needs.
Just to picture the reason - I have many scopes for different games and I have many liners for different pellets/slugs.
I am swapping both the scopes - and the liners .... if I would have a fixed rail I may not be able to index the liners or the POI would change.
There was a reason that FX made the upper rail adjustable, but unfortunately with that the scope is fixed distance from buttstock.
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I finished my design for the upper guide plate, sent out the file for quote for one piece only, to be made from aluminum 6x series and uncoated. The pic rail top face will be lower from OEM about 10-12mm, rail integrated=not adjustable, that means fully relying on OEM parts alignment.
It will pretty much look like this.
Anybody interested pls contact me in pm, so I can tell to the machine shop approximately what number of pieces to expect making and that can effect the piece price.
It will pretty much look like this.
Anybody interested pls contact me in pm, so I can tell to the machine shop approximately what number of pieces to expect making and that can effect the piece price.
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Geisele, also makes an extended forward one piece mount for AR type platform, you could reverse it.
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So was there a reason you did not go with a dovetail rail instead? Easier to make and easier to slide forward and back to the position you need.
Allen
Allen
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Allen....First the picatinny profile cutters are not cheap, but a friend machine shop called me they would get one.
The separate picatinny rail need to be bolted to the guide plate but not enough wall thickness to hold the thread = so the guide plate shall be thicker. Also the pic rail what I got from amazon have 3 mounting screws and that takes out a big deal from adjustability.
I will make one of each for now and will see which one is more user friendly for tuning the scope.
The separate picatinny rail need to be bolted to the guide plate but not enough wall thickness to hold the thread = so the guide plate shall be thicker. Also the pic rail what I got from amazon have 3 mounting screws and that takes out a big deal from adjustability.
I will make one of each for now and will see which one is more user friendly for tuning the scope.
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ETA about end of February.
Not much to see, only a functioning will be different in contrast to a original FX rail. As I said earlier I only want to move the scope location back towards the Bench end.
That is only a personal preference, may work for me well and not work for you at all
Not much to see, only a functioning will be different in contrast to a original FX rail. As I said earlier I only want to move the scope location back towards the Bench end.
That is only a personal preference, may work for me well and not work for you at all
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