Could definitely knock this out. With a scan of what it's going on you could make it seamless feeling.
What would you need for a scan? I’m working with an AI AXSR chassis and the magpul ARCA rails on other guns.
How long are you carrying rifles with Arca rails on them?I surely don't find ARCA plates to be sharp at all. Carry the gun by the rail bit, and have on the bottom of cameras, thermals, etc which I handle a lot.
Am I not carrying it hard enough or... what?
Yeah, that explains it. The hunting stocks I’m thinking about are slim and the plate sticks out.That may be it. The main rifle I carry around with one is heavy, but the chassis there is also a bit wider than the ARCA plate. All other gear is relatively light and similarly the plate is on the bottom of an area larger than the plate. I can see a narrow one at or past the stock edge, being much more the 45° edge cutting into you over time.
So, think of a CZ 527 or wood-stocked hunting rifle (or for that matter, fiberglass/carbon fiber).
Inletting is by far the best. You can just attach it to the bottom but that's nowhere near as nice.
Shame no one makes a rubberized cover like the magpul pic covers
Yea what does Caylen know right? He just runs one of the BEST precision rifle training courses in the world, was not only a Marine Sniper, but was lead instructor at the schoolhouse for years. He also was a pretty good competitor when he cared to compete. He mostly just shoots for fun in local matches. Even Frank has said a bunch of times if you want the some of the best, up to date traininig then take the MDS courses.
Pretty sure lowlight says to bend or maybe has bent in his videos too. Feels better for me to bend a little.
Probably. @lowlight and @Diver160651 ’s general idea is to mimic prone in tripod shooting. Frank also talks about mimicking prone when bench shooting by getting shoulders way ahead of hips. In fact he has a vid in which he suggests standing at the bench and leaning way over is the way to go.
This would be roughly 80 durometer-imagine weather stripping on a car. Flexible but tough. We plan on recoil pads and other doodads such as this.
I think the issue is with chassis that have a built in full length rail.
Some (all?) of the JTAC guys do this. A 6" brass ARCA up while maximizing bag contact @ balance point
The problem is the ideal balance point for all rifles on a tripod that I know of is right in front of the magwell.
Friend of mine (whose service/industry bonafides you'd like a lot but I'll let him decide what he wants to share if he joins) has gotten a series of increasingly nice 3D printers over the last months, for hobby stuff. Already this morning got him excited for this so:
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(May be radiused more than this, etc).
And... it's printing now. I say someone other than me will use this a lot harder so PM me to say you want to be the prototype user and I'll have him ship it to the first one with a good enough story or big enough bribe
Retention is a concern (so it can be slid on to install but doesn't slide OFF under general use) so we'll discuss that once it's installed; expect that is the biggest thing to tweak in prototype phase.
