All this talk about dope cards, here's my solution to holding them!

Tyler Kemp

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There are some cool options coming out such as the electronic e-dope card, etc. I see lots of discussion on dope cards, where to place them, etc...but haven't seen many options available for mounting on your rifle. There are low cost, chintzier options, and very few "higher-end" card holders.

Here's my foray into the market, a modular setup that will ship with both a holder section for plastic dope cards we'll ship with the unit (easy use with dry erase markers) and a "blank" plate for mounting your e-dope card, Kestrel, phone, etc.

I used both our high-strength printing and milling capabilities for this design, printing the card section, milling the mounting pieces, and getting custom flex arms made in my choice of length and stiffness. The arm is plenty strong to hold a phone, stays put where you want it, and won't bust if a rifle falls over on it.

Hardware will be black oxided, all aluminum parts with be hardcoat anodized. Planning on a sell price of $99.99, again with an extra plate for mounting your choice of larger accessory or card section.

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Hey Tyler, any update on these? Have you gotten any feedback on any out in the wild? I ordered one when you first opened up the pre-order, just curious on how they're coming along!
 
I actually sent these off to anodization this morning...or they're packed up and will go out today I should say.

Used one holding my phone prairie dog hunting a few weeks ago and it worked great. Arm is stiff enough the phone doesn't flop around under recoil, but it's not solid mounted which can tear up phones!

I'd estimate less than two weeks to shipping, anodization is usually a pretty quick turnaround with the shop we have been sending all our work to the past few months.
 
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