S.R. Crawford
.270 WIN
I kinda didn't want to make an entire thread for this but I don't know where else to put this.
I'm working on adding a little rear ring sight to my M500 to work with my bead. The idea is to have something small enough that I can ignore it when wing shooting, but gives me a little something extra when I'm shooting slugs. I've tested this concept with a mockup and it will certainly disappear the way I need it to if I'm not focusing on it so the concept is sound.
Here's what I'm working with:
I chopped this off of a backup iron sight from an ACOG replica I have. I cut off more than I needed so I can grind it down on the belt sander to sit at the right height for my bead; that saying it will be even shorter when finished.
My plan is to JB Weld it to my receiver just behind the rail mounting holes, that way I could still install a rail if I ever felt like it. I'm not too sure how well this would hold up over time especially on such a small part, but I believe it's fairly common practice to install ghost rings with JB Weld. If anyone has any thoughts on this I'm looking for advice.
If worse comes to worse I could just screw it into one of the rail mounting holes.
This could be a good use for any extra pistol rear sights anyone has lying around; grind off the dovetail so it sits flat on top of the receiver and epoxy it on.
I'm working on adding a little rear ring sight to my M500 to work with my bead. The idea is to have something small enough that I can ignore it when wing shooting, but gives me a little something extra when I'm shooting slugs. I've tested this concept with a mockup and it will certainly disappear the way I need it to if I'm not focusing on it so the concept is sound.
Here's what I'm working with:
I chopped this off of a backup iron sight from an ACOG replica I have. I cut off more than I needed so I can grind it down on the belt sander to sit at the right height for my bead; that saying it will be even shorter when finished.
My plan is to JB Weld it to my receiver just behind the rail mounting holes, that way I could still install a rail if I ever felt like it. I'm not too sure how well this would hold up over time especially on such a small part, but I believe it's fairly common practice to install ghost rings with JB Weld. If anyone has any thoughts on this I'm looking for advice.
If worse comes to worse I could just screw it into one of the rail mounting holes.
This could be a good use for any extra pistol rear sights anyone has lying around; grind off the dovetail so it sits flat on top of the receiver and epoxy it on.