Took the HCS / KAC MK12 Mod 1 clone out for the first time today since completing it on Christmas and noticed right off that the cheek to stock weld on the LMT SOPMOD isnt going to cut it. I was consistantly swimming around in the glass and trying to get the right weld/contact would have me blacking the optic out as the correct sightline was much higher. When getting a clear sightpicture I barely had any real reference point for my face and it was very inconsistant; i tested this with 5 round strings where I would keep perfectly still and not move as opposed to firing and then reloading or taking my eye out of the scope and would have an instant POI shift due to a lack of reference.
Getting lower rings isnt an option as I have the KAC BUIS on the rail and having the optic any further down would have it hit the rear BUIS. I would like to keep the BUIS on the weapon.
This leaves me with 3 different opions and wanted to see what everyones opinion on this was:
- The optic I had on the rifle today was a Nightforce F1 3.5-15. This is usually on a 308 I have but was what I grabbed as the Nightforce 2.5-10 I have on order is not here yet. Since the 2.5-10 is a smaller optic, will there be any difference in how high/low it sits in the rings compared to the 3.5-15? This could technically remedy the issue, but is a guess at best.
- Craft some sort of foam pad and 100mph tape cheekpiece to make up the difference. Only issue here I see is that the charging handle will most like interefere with this.
- I saw a mod for the LMT that Lowlight had a demo video for and cant remember what it was called. Its practically an add on for the LMT stock that allows you to install a cheek riser onto the stock that does not interfere with the charging handle. I remember they were fairly pricey but the issue I had today reminded me of it and was curious if these were a gimmic or actually worked as well as held up to some abuse?
ETA - Here it is http://www.modarmory.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=40_43_67&products_id=719
Getting lower rings isnt an option as I have the KAC BUIS on the rail and having the optic any further down would have it hit the rear BUIS. I would like to keep the BUIS on the weapon.
This leaves me with 3 different opions and wanted to see what everyones opinion on this was:
- The optic I had on the rifle today was a Nightforce F1 3.5-15. This is usually on a 308 I have but was what I grabbed as the Nightforce 2.5-10 I have on order is not here yet. Since the 2.5-10 is a smaller optic, will there be any difference in how high/low it sits in the rings compared to the 3.5-15? This could technically remedy the issue, but is a guess at best.
- Craft some sort of foam pad and 100mph tape cheekpiece to make up the difference. Only issue here I see is that the charging handle will most like interefere with this.
- I saw a mod for the LMT that Lowlight had a demo video for and cant remember what it was called. Its practically an add on for the LMT stock that allows you to install a cheek riser onto the stock that does not interfere with the charging handle. I remember they were fairly pricey but the issue I had today reminded me of it and was curious if these were a gimmic or actually worked as well as held up to some abuse?
ETA - Here it is http://www.modarmory.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=40_43_67&products_id=719
