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Nice very nice. Someday I'll either get the courage up to do this, or convince someone to do it for me.
Post more pics of the completed sight. We'll wait. |
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You throwing out hints again? |
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OH-58 AERO SCOUTS........"Un-armed and un-afraid!"
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Who me? I would never do that. |
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Minor technical issue: you cannot blue aluminum or any other non-ferrous metal. Paint, anodize, or powder coat, yes. Blue, no.
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I would use a mill if you have access to one. You will get a much cleaner result.
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Ah thanks JER, someone said "blue" it in a thread. Figured it was possible. Fixed the error. |
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racecar: It's sounds like your boner is effecting barrel harmonics.
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Glad you posted this Hemi. I get asked this quite often, and I'm glad that there is a sticky on it now.
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Why don't children come with a quiet setting?
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Excellent idea! Sure beats spending $$$ on a BUIS, and since I am already dropping $$$ on an Aimpoint - I am glad you posted it. I plan on doing this within the next week or so.
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Post some pictures on how it turns out! |
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racecar: It's sounds like your boner is effecting barrel harmonics.
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What type of scope is that you have on your AR?
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It's an Aimpoint Comp M3 www.aimpoint.com/o.o.i.s?id=258&product_id=115 |
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racecar: It's sounds like your boner is effecting barrel harmonics.
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Very good idea, and inexpensive.
From, Joe.... |
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I could never bring myself to cut a COLT handle like that!
If I had an aftermarket, I would do it though! |
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Just out of curiosity, what is the difference between a Colt carry handle and one from the other manufacturers? Are they designed or built differently? I can't tell a difference between any of mine. Thanks
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So, the other manufacturers are using non mil-spec parts? If so, the non Colt handles I have seem to zero just fine. I just wasn't sure what the difference was. Thanks
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www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=3&f=18&t=237552 |
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racecar: It's sounds like your boner is effecting barrel harmonics.
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Thanks for the link - I had not seen that particular thread yet.
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Bogus! Wow, remind me to tell all those aluminum parts I blued. Correct: You cannot blue aluminum or any non-ferrous metal w/ blue designed for ferrous metal. They do make a thing called Aluminum Black and another formula designed for brass. Most metals oxidize to some extent and that is all you are doing; creating a colored oxide coating on the surface of the metal. |
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Used your thread instructions last night...even I couldn't screw it up...turned out great, will go on my new midlength build...
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Glad it helped Now post some pictures! |
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Originally Posted By AmericanPatriot1776:
The best thing Kurt Cobain ever released was the safety. "Abe Lincoln may have freed all men, but Sam Colt made them equal." |
WILCO...my gear shipped from Del-Ton yesterday, will have pics up in about a week...
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Here is the cut handle and cowitness.
http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l152/superbee24/CUtcarryhandle.jpg http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l152/superbee24/cowitness.jpg |
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Great job superbee
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Originally Posted By AmericanPatriot1776:
The best thing Kurt Cobain ever released was the safety. "Abe Lincoln may have freed all men, but Sam Colt made them equal." |
+1 Very nice work! |
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Sadly, I used a hand saw. But yeah man, it turned out real nice. No problemo, glad it helped you. |
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Originally Posted By AmericanPatriot1776:
The best thing Kurt Cobain ever released was the safety. "Abe Lincoln may have freed all men, but Sam Colt made them equal." |
Great looking middy you got there, good job |
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Originally Posted By AmericanPatriot1776:
The best thing Kurt Cobain ever released was the safety. "Abe Lincoln may have freed all men, but Sam Colt made them equal." |
Does anyone have a pic of how this would cowitness with an Aimpoint?
I have been debating getting a flip up BUIS but I didn't want to lose the distance adjustment. Do you look over the aperture when using the reflex sights or through it? Nice job to all who did this and posted pics. |
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I'm trying to find my pic, I'll update but If you do this process depending on your mount you should have absolute co-witness (dot right over the front sight post) and since the Aimpoint is Parallax free, you can most certainly just aim over the aperture. Looking for pic, will update. |
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Originally Posted By AmericanPatriot1776:
The best thing Kurt Cobain ever released was the safety. |
You can find pics here (first page, first post) of my EOTech/CCH BUIS combination and the views looking through it. I know it’s not an Aimpoint, but it’ll give you some basic idea of what to expect.
FOR THOSE NEW TO THE AR: HERE ARE SOME “OPTICS OPTIONS”. |
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We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.
Ronald Reagan |
This man is my tag team partner. |
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Originally Posted By AmericanPatriot1776:
The best thing Kurt Cobain ever released was the safety. |
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We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.
Ronald Reagan |
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Fixed all of the image links with a permanent host. |
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Originally Posted By AmericanPatriot1776:
The best thing Kurt Cobain ever released was the safety. |
Those kind of cut down carry handle sites go for $30 at AIM. I say sell your carry handle for $50 and buy the one at AIM for $30. No labor involved and you just made $20
www.aimsurplus.com/acatalog/Removable_AR15_M16_adjustable_Rear_Sight.html |
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Anyone have one of these from Aim? Stupid question...but what's the difference that makes LMT's version of the same thing cost nearly $100 more? It's got to be more than just the logo. |
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Mil-Spec sight bases and I believe the LMTs are specifically machined to that shape, the ones on AIM look chopped. |
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Originally Posted By AmericanPatriot1776:
The best thing Kurt Cobain ever released was the safety. FREE TheDoctors308! |
http://carbine308.home.att.net
SUPREME <font size=2>كافر</font id=s2> "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." -Edmund Burke |
Yes I got one. And it was a waste of $30. First Problem: Sight sits to high. Had to raise the front sight/post so that it was even with the protective ears, just to get the bullets on the paper. And yes the rear sight was all the way down. Second Problem: Sight won't stay put. Even with the screw tighted with a screw driver the sight still moves back and forth on my RRA flat top receiver. It does not fall off, but can move about 1/8" of an inch back and forth. The good news. This crappy piece of chinese junk, pissed me off. And in my anger I found the motivation to chop my extra Bushmaster carry handle and make my own BUIS. And it came out great. Thanks Hemi-Cuda. |
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I feel validated then. A couple nights ago I decided to give one of these "cut carry handle" sights a try, but I found one of the EE dealers selling the LMT for $89 delivered, and figured for the extra $60 over the Aim one, it was worth it to just get the quality one to start with. I should have it any day now. |
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Wow excellent work Roger. You did a great a job. Really smooth painting and sanding. |
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Originally Posted By AmericanPatriot1776:
The best thing Kurt Cobain ever released was the safety. |
If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write something worth reading or do things worth the writing. -Benjamin Franklin
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you can't expect a quality sight for $30
i am suprised that AIM carries that chinese crap |
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I did mine today. I'm more of a hack and don't really care if it looks perfect or not. Plus it's something I did with about a matter of less than 1/2 hour labor.
Check it out: Here's how I did it: cut it with a chop saw shimmed it in a vice and went to town with a hand held belt sander and wallah: I used a sharpie to cover up the cut part If you don't sit there and inspect it, it looks just fine. If you nitpick it, yes, it's not as nice as some of you other guys. But it works the same as the nice looking one. One thing that I didn't realize is the sight picture is actually alot cleaner with the handle cut off. I used to get that reflection off the inside of the carry handle. This is way better. Plus a hair lighter. Every ounce counts on this one, it's an HBAR. |
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I actually like that slant, gives it some style. Good job ol' JJ. |
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Originally Posted By AmericanPatriot1776:
The best thing Kurt Cobain ever released was the safety. |
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