I concur with a lot of that.
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Sample size of 1, I installed the C&H mount to my G45 MOS today, I meant to let it sit upright in the safe overnight since I did use blue loctite (directions gave some instructions about nail polish, but who has that handy?) & torqued everything to spec. Anyway, my gun fell out of my safe unto a tile floor and after looking through the sight the dot moved over significantly on me, losing its (rough) zero. Needless to say, I do not trust the mount at this point. YMMV, I think I’m going to just have agency arms cut this gun properly. I think I will either just have slides milled for the RMR in the future and/or just build a Glockish pistol from the ground up with a Polymer 80 frame and brownells slide already cut for THE RMR.
How many times do you guys running a C&H plate think you will be able to change out your battery’s with out the threads in the 6061 aluminum plate failing?
You blame the C&H pate for landing on a tile floor? Surprised the RMR is still working properly. I believe a slide milled for the same optic may have lost ZERO the same. Blame gun on your negligence or accidental placing the pistol in a unsecure position?
I’m glad the pistol dropped, I wouldn’t trust it with an optic mounted as currently configured.
https://youtu.be/-6qCSQH4mwg
You could watch the entire review, this gun was intentionally dropped unto concrete from higher than mine was at around 8:12, still held zero. Most of us are also not intentionally doing torture tests of our gear, someone has an experience like I had I think it’s important to post. If you think it’s no big deal that a Glock MOS with C&H plate & RMR would lose zero after a rather minor fall, then my post isn’t for you.
I feel like this thread is now on the express train to Nowhere Productive-ville.
Boy, I had a rifle drop off the arm of a couch one time. It busted the knob off an Aimpoint. Should I not trust Aimpoints?
How did you roughly zero the pistol? How much was significantly? Did you ensure the rear sight didn't drift from the impact? Where did it hit? Did you remove the screws to see if the screws were bent?
I wouldn't put distrust in a product (that IMO enhances the MOS for my uses) because of my bone head mistake.
I had the same reaction when I broke an Aimpoint, but soon realized it was a combination of negligence and murphy.
Another good point. If the threads strip I'm not out a slide. Just a plate.
In any case time will tell, but I'd imagine just as well, if not better, as people that change mounts frequently on their Aimpoint micros.
I never understood how people were stripping out threads.
The bigger issue is not the battery exchange, it is the threads stripping with use. I am aware of multiple cases of that with different aluminum plates from different manufacturers and under different circumstances. A buddy stripped the threads on a CZ aluminum plate just mounting the optic. Another shooting mate had optic fly off the Springer plate during a match. Personally I would only use aluminum adapter plate if there were absolutely no other options.