Kalashnikitty590
.22LR
One of the first things that I did when I brought my two Mossberg Shockwaves home was remove the front and rear sling mounts from my Shockwave, they didn't suit my needs; I left my wife's Shockwave sling mounts in their stock configuration. After carefully reviewing my sling mount options I decided to take a chance and ordered the GG&G Mossberg 590 Looped Rear Sling Attachment; I did this despite many of you being told by GG&G that it would not work...I'm hard headed like that.
I removed the Raptor Grip from my Shockwave and test fit the GG&G sling attachment to the receiver; when I added the Raptor Grip I noticed that the fit was not flush as there was a ridge on the face of the Raptor Grip that did not seat fully in the back of the GG&G sling attachment due to it having a shallower groove than the groove at the rear of the Shockwave receiver.
Lacking a machine shop I opted to carefully sand the ridge of the Raptor Grip instead of deepening the rear groove on the GG&G sling attachment. I placed a sheet of sandpaper on a flat surface and lightly sanded the ridge for a few seconds, then checked the fit, I continued doing this until it fit flush.
I think the results turned out well and will now allow me to using my favorite single point sling (With HK snap hooks) with my Shockwave. As you can see in the attached pics the is a gap on the bottom of the GG&G sling attachment/Raptor Grip connection; I may fill that gap with epoxy or modify a Glock Grip Plug to fit.
The gap:
The ridge on the Raptor Grip that requires sanding for a flush fit:
Flush fit after careful sanding:
Looking good:
Very nice:
I like it:
Not sure about the best way to fill this gap:
I removed the Raptor Grip from my Shockwave and test fit the GG&G sling attachment to the receiver; when I added the Raptor Grip I noticed that the fit was not flush as there was a ridge on the face of the Raptor Grip that did not seat fully in the back of the GG&G sling attachment due to it having a shallower groove than the groove at the rear of the Shockwave receiver.
Lacking a machine shop I opted to carefully sand the ridge of the Raptor Grip instead of deepening the rear groove on the GG&G sling attachment. I placed a sheet of sandpaper on a flat surface and lightly sanded the ridge for a few seconds, then checked the fit, I continued doing this until it fit flush.
I think the results turned out well and will now allow me to using my favorite single point sling (With HK snap hooks) with my Shockwave. As you can see in the attached pics the is a gap on the bottom of the GG&G sling attachment/Raptor Grip connection; I may fill that gap with epoxy or modify a Glock Grip Plug to fit.
The gap:
The ridge on the Raptor Grip that requires sanding for a flush fit:
Flush fit after careful sanding:
Looking good:
Very nice:
I like it:
Not sure about the best way to fill this gap: