Wildcat Picatinny Airtube mount
- Thread starter Mark_Walt
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Just wanted to let everyone know that I have 2 mounts in stock if anyone wants one. This means you won't need to wait for them to be printed. The cost is $25 and that includes shipping. Just PM me if interested.
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Great work Mark, did you create this in Tinkercad? If so that's even more impressive lol. $25 for these is a bargain. I don't know Mark but I know 3D printing and a piece like this take hours.
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Thank you Donny and yes these were created in TinkerCAD. It took many hours to learn the program, but now it wouldn't take me very long to recreate this design.
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Doesnt this present undue stress on the tube fitting?
Edit, disreguard. I was thinking of another gun.
Edit, disreguard. I was thinking of another gun.
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I know see your edit, but I would like to put out justification for why that isn't a problem if anyone else is having those same concerns.
1st. Would Companies like FX or Daystate sell guns where your front hand was designed to rest on the bottle if it was a problem? That's the simple justification that the Impact would have a rail or something on the bottom of it to take "stress" off of the bottle if this actually was a problem. FX also sells air tube clamps that are a similar principle to what I'm selling except their are medal and $70 plus shipping. I would have gone that route if they weren't so expensive.
2nd reasoning. Think about the amount of pressure that is on the threads of an air tube. These threads have to hold back a 3000 POUNDS per SQUARE Inch of air from launching a rocket at someones face. For simple math were are going to say that the threads cover exactly 1 square inch and are 1cm depth. This would mean that if the gun weighed 10 pounds and you moved the force away from the threads 20cm (about as far as you would probably want this picatinny mount) then you would have 10lbs (weight of gun) multiplied by 20 because the force on the threads will be multiplied the further out you go. This would mean that an extra 200 pounds of force are going onto the threads when compared to the threads on their self. If the gun is already filled to 3000psi then how much more dangerous would it be to fill the gun to 3200psi? That is the same amount of force being added to the threads. No one would have hesitation if they accidentally filled their gun up an extra 200psi. Well...maybe someone would have a problem, but most likely not most of us.
I do not claim to be an engineer and I am assuming a lot of things in that mathematical equation, but hopefully you will get the point. Yes their is added stress, but it's not any more significant than the extra stress that you are putting on your cars suspension when comparing the vehicle moving to a vehicle moving with a person inside.
1st. Would Companies like FX or Daystate sell guns where your front hand was designed to rest on the bottle if it was a problem? That's the simple justification that the Impact would have a rail or something on the bottom of it to take "stress" off of the bottle if this actually was a problem. FX also sells air tube clamps that are a similar principle to what I'm selling except their are medal and $70 plus shipping. I would have gone that route if they weren't so expensive.
2nd reasoning. Think about the amount of pressure that is on the threads of an air tube. These threads have to hold back a 3000 POUNDS per SQUARE Inch of air from launching a rocket at someones face. For simple math were are going to say that the threads cover exactly 1 square inch and are 1cm depth. This would mean that if the gun weighed 10 pounds and you moved the force away from the threads 20cm (about as far as you would probably want this picatinny mount) then you would have 10lbs (weight of gun) multiplied by 20 because the force on the threads will be multiplied the further out you go. This would mean that an extra 200 pounds of force are going onto the threads when compared to the threads on their self. If the gun is already filled to 3000psi then how much more dangerous would it be to fill the gun to 3200psi? That is the same amount of force being added to the threads. No one would have hesitation if they accidentally filled their gun up an extra 200psi. Well...maybe someone would have a problem, but most likely not most of us.
I do not claim to be an engineer and I am assuming a lot of things in that mathematical equation, but hopefully you will get the point. Yes their is added stress, but it's not any more significant than the extra stress that you are putting on your cars suspension when comparing the vehicle moving to a vehicle moving with a person inside.
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Just got mine today.
OUTSTANDING bit of kit. Someone asked in another thread if this mount slips or rotates on the tube. The answer is absolutely not.
Honestly, if you own a Wildcat and are even thinking about mounting a bipod, buy this mount NOW before they get so popular that he doubles the price. The time saved by not drilling your stock to mount a rail -let alone the chance that you might make a mistake in the process- makes this mount an absolute bargain.
OUTSTANDING bit of kit. Someone asked in another thread if this mount slips or rotates on the tube. The answer is absolutely not.
Honestly, if you own a Wildcat and are even thinking about mounting a bipod, buy this mount NOW before they get so popular that he doubles the price. The time saved by not drilling your stock to mount a rail -let alone the chance that you might make a mistake in the process- makes this mount an absolute bargain.
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I need this lol.
What about for a sling attachment also? For those Mohican Sneak hunts.
PM on the way.
What about for a sling attachment also? For those Mohican Sneak hunts.
PM on the way.
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I don't think a sling stud would be successful if I created it. There is no way for the pressure to be put onto the air tube for the stud to stay in place. It would also mean that each one I sold would need to get sling stud mounting kits for and those aren't the cheapest. You would still need to drill a hold on the back of the gun for the rear stud. If you have to drill one hole, then why not just drill 2?
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