Type-81 pictures, range reports, and modifications thread
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Wallenstein
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- Not the Fraser Valley
Good video.
It'd be nice if True North Arms or DLASK or similar made these mounting plates. There would be a ready market for them.
b-wingpilot
CGN Regular
- Location
- Sherwood Park
Excellent work! Finding a proper anodizer was the most difficult part, back when I was making AR upper and lowers.
ive been waiting on his side plate since way before he made a vid on how to install the thing. pretty much gave up on waiting. Might go rivet on a ruskie side plate
ill buy one even if its not painted for good coin!
how would you even rivet it? would the rail need to be offset by 1mm so you dont max out elevation at 300m? so like the end of the rail thats towards the muzzle would be 1mm lower than the other end? look at pic related or would you muzzle end have to be 1mm higher not lower? https://imgur.com/mFlpCPU
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I was originally going to Liquid nitride them... that yeilds the real rich black u see on the prototypes in the video. But the facility that offers that service quoted me 2 weeks lead time. Not a huge deal but everything got bumped back when i noticed the rails all needed some TLC before going into the process. This delayed my submission. At the same time i switched jobs to a different machine shop that offers in house coatings. Ceracoat, Gas nitride and phosphate. My boss liked the project and said i could use the services for free. So then i submitted a 2 samples, one kit for Gas nirtide, one "optics ready" for zinc phosphate (since most of the optic ready TI rifles are parkerized anyways). The gas nitride turned out "good enough" not quite as rich as liquid, but decent enough and the lead time is one day haha. So ive decided tomorrow ill drop the whole works off to get Nitrided. Theyll be done monday. Ill photo op the sample this weekend and have some fun plinking with it. The Phosphate sample on the other hand came out terrible. Like battleship grey. So i need to look into some options regarding that. Or if it comes down to it, i may just nitride them as well. But that would put a "blued" looking part on a matt black gun. Visually not ideal.
then I will definitely keep on waiting for them, i am so excited you have no idea. the TI one was hot trash, i cant wait to use my rs regulate 303 with primary arms 2x prism and my POSP. what retailer are you using to sell them?
Yes it does. It will come as a 4 part kit. The Universal Warsaw Pact style side rail, 2 custom bolts, and a right hand 90 degree throw safety.
At the same time a single rail will be offered to those who have an "Optics Ready" Type 81. This rail is more or less the same as the kit one, however it has 2 M5x.8mm holes to fit with the Optic Ready bolts rather then the kit one which has 1 M5x.8mm and 1 M6x1mm hole.
I bought one last winter, drilled the holes myself and reused the pins. Put a Midwest triangle folding stock on it. Well worth the effort, much better cheek weld than the factory wood.
