I am taking a shop class that requires me to come up with my own projects and work on them after hours. I decided I would make something that I would find usefull and I think that what I am making might interest some of you guys too.
I have been wanting to shoot aperture sights on my MkII for quite a while now but nobody makes a mount that you can get good eye relief with yet still attaches to your optics rail. I've looked far and wide but haven't found anything that could be bought that would make this easy, short of threading holes into the receiver, but I don't wish to do that to my rifle should I have to sell it later on.
Anywho, here is a basic sketch of what I am making for myself:
This is just the basic model too, as I have a more complicated model I'm figuring out right now that will allow you to make gross adjustments in all directions (useful when you want to have a 25 yard zero yet still be able to dial out to 400 yards or whatever) using the mount itself, and then go back for fine tuning with the sight.
It attaches to your picatinny rail and extends the sight back towords the back of the action for proper eye relief. It also solves the problem that I have read about with the MkII-FVT. I know someone will mention that it's pre threaded to accept irons, so the reason I don't want to go that rout is because I have read of others complaining about the sight being too low and this forces the shooter to use stocks with un-ideal cheek welds.
I will have alot of unused materials lying around after I've built my own so I have decided to make them for those that want them. I haven't worked out a price yet, but it won't be very much, especially when compared to other routs you would have to take to mount a rear sight without going to work threading your receiver.
If you have any questions please feel free to ask and I'll do my best to answer them. Thank you for your time!
-Dylan
I have been wanting to shoot aperture sights on my MkII for quite a while now but nobody makes a mount that you can get good eye relief with yet still attaches to your optics rail. I've looked far and wide but haven't found anything that could be bought that would make this easy, short of threading holes into the receiver, but I don't wish to do that to my rifle should I have to sell it later on.
Anywho, here is a basic sketch of what I am making for myself:
This is just the basic model too, as I have a more complicated model I'm figuring out right now that will allow you to make gross adjustments in all directions (useful when you want to have a 25 yard zero yet still be able to dial out to 400 yards or whatever) using the mount itself, and then go back for fine tuning with the sight.
It attaches to your picatinny rail and extends the sight back towords the back of the action for proper eye relief. It also solves the problem that I have read about with the MkII-FVT. I know someone will mention that it's pre threaded to accept irons, so the reason I don't want to go that rout is because I have read of others complaining about the sight being too low and this forces the shooter to use stocks with un-ideal cheek welds.
I will have alot of unused materials lying around after I've built my own so I have decided to make them for those that want them. I haven't worked out a price yet, but it won't be very much, especially when compared to other routs you would have to take to mount a rear sight without going to work threading your receiver.
If you have any questions please feel free to ask and I'll do my best to answer them. Thank you for your time!
-Dylan