Airsoft Canada - View Single Post - Firepoint RDS melt in! I finally finished something.

MadMax · January 16th, 2006, 13:25

Melt in mounts aren't a new thing. Doctor, JPoint, and Firepoints have been melt in mounted for some time in R/S.

A dovetail mount isn't the same thing as a melt in though. You can't see the slide thru the RDS window with a dovetail mount. It's too high.

That Doc optic doesn't look like it can be melt in mounted though. The base is pretty thick.

The front optic on the Firepoint is nearly 1/4" thick plastic. I'm not sure cracking is an issue. It was a lot cheaper than a Doctor though.

As to custom installations, I'm out of the custom GBB market. It just isn't really worth the effort and consequent expense. Fitting the RDS was actually more work than just machining the slide. I had to mill a round pocket in the front of the RDS to match with the top curvature of the slide freehand. The frame isn't quite stiff enough to clamp aggressively so I scribed an arc traced to the slide and did some nervous dremel work.

January 16th, 2006, 13:25	#11
MadMax Delierious Designer of Dastardly Detonations Trader rating Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: in the dark recesses of some metal chip filled machine shop	Melt in mounts aren't a new thing. Doctor, JPoint, and Firepoints have been melt in mounted for some time in R/S. A dovetail mount isn't the same thing as a melt in though. You can't see the slide thru the RDS window with a dovetail mount. It's too high. That Doc optic doesn't look like it can be melt in mounted though. The base is pretty thick. The front optic on the Firepoint is nearly 1/4" thick plastic. I'm not sure cracking is an issue. It was a lot cheaper than a Doctor though. As to custom installations, I'm out of the custom GBB market. It just isn't really worth the effort and consequent expense. Fitting the RDS was actually more work than just machining the slide. I had to mill a round pocket in the front of the RDS to match with the top curvature of the slide freehand. The frame isn't quite stiff enough to clamp aggressively so I scribed an arc traced to the slide and did some nervous dremel work. __________________ Want nearly free GBB gas?