Question about cutting a scope rail off…
Hi there guys! Have not been posting here or anywhere in a while due to work load I had.
Have a question about cutting a scope rail off and putting tri-tail on to convert the gun to side cocking configuration. What I am interested in is if you do this will this worsen or help fix the frame flex?
What is your guys experience who done this before?
Thank you very much.
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Thank you Riffraff for the input. I was kind of thinking the same thing. On top of clamping it, to also bolt it down as well. I like side cocking better as it is more natural where my hand ends up after the shot is fired.
In my opinion, the tri-rail will not make the gun stiffer by itself.
When I got this cut frame, I tried the tri-rail and the flex seemed to be the same if not actually worse. The tri-rail is clamped in place, and only secured by the ends so flex was still an issue.
I then bonded and bolted the strip of picatinny rail in place, and the frame became super solid. That is a large gap to secure so I opted to go for glue and bolts.
The side-cocking is nice, but to really take advantage of cutting off the rail I need to get an angle adapter for the bottle. I ended up having to raise the scope with a very high mount.
Get in touch with Riff Raff. He has a handle on it. 😉 Or should I say he did a fine job of removing the Handle. 😆
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Just be sure to have it milled flat. I had the machinist here at work finish mine.
When Y sent me this frame, he had only sawed the rail off and filed down the edges a bit. It was nowhere near flat enough to mount the rail.
Its a fun rifle to shoot with a red-dot on it. Very light, compact, and a quick shooter on moving targets. I should probably fill the gap between the frame and rail a bit, but not really necessary IMO.