pictures of the burnishing caused by LT mounts

[Dano5326]

My method with the Larue mounts, almost exactly mimicks Grant's.

And, I have to comment... please no jack-ass (insert favorite company) campery here.

As this forum slants more toward actual users v. gunsafe mastabatory delusionist....

Larue, ADM, Colt, LMT, HK, Bushmaster, etc. All of these are simply tools which spit, or attach to devices which spit hot pieces O metal, all wear out. Some muchfaster than others. All uppers are disposable; 5-50K depending on make. Red dot sights wear out too. All these chunks O metal are simply functionable tools.


My buddy who is a BMW mechanic, and so buys all his own tools, has SnapOn & a bunch of other stupid expensive German Brands I don't know. Simply, a broken tool is time lost, and possibly an injury if they break at the wrong time. In his business time is $$ = billable hours. If your not a high end user, and alot doesn't count on it, buy sears tools.... who cares.

Oh my...., my brass burnished the bump on the Right side of my reciever, what to do. The park is wearing off my bolt group? buffer is scratched? etc. ad nausem.

[Derek_Connor]

My method with the Larue mounts, almost exactly mimicks Grant's.

And, I have to comment... please no jack-ass (insert favorite company) campery here.

As this forum slants more toward actual users v. gunsafe mastabatory delusionist....

Larue, ADM, Colt, LMT, HK, Bushmaster, etc. All of these are simply tools which spit, or attach to devices which spit hot pieces O metal, all wear out. Some muchfaster than others. All uppers are disposable; 5-50K depending on make. Red dot sights wear out too. All these chunks O metal are simply functionable tools.


My buddy who is a BMW mechanic, and so buys all his own tools, has SnapOn & a bunch of other stupid expensive German Brands I don't know. Simply, a broken tool is time lost, and possibly an injury if they break at the wrong time. In his business time is $$ = billable hours. If your not a high end user, and alot doesn't count on it, buy sears tools.... who cares.

Oh my...., my brass burnished the bump on the Right side of my reciever, what to do. The park is wearing off my bolt group? buffer is scratched? etc. ad nausem.

amen!

[S-1]

As this forum slants more toward actual users v. gunsafe mastabatory delusionist....

I think I found a sigline.....


(with permission of course)

[ErikL]

So thats what that crunching noise is as I beat the throw lever down with my Gerber, the anodizing wearing off my upper. The thought of damaging the upper actually never crossed my mind. The most important thing to me is knowing the scope is staying where I put it and its not coming off until i want it to.

I have a Knights aimpoint mount that leaves a mark on receiver where the plate thing clamps the rail. Its a similar clamping method as the ADM mount sans the throw lever. I'll see if I can get some pictures of it.

[Submariner]

ARMS makes what they call "soft" mounts.

[SuicideHz]

Derek- not to doubt you but it doesn't seem like you are getting the levers tight enough against that particular upper.

What I have is a bit of discoloration that's the same color as the lever's material. That's it. Nothing big.

I think if you tightened them down a little more, you'd get the coloring and once again, the coloring isn't a bad thing.

[royta]

Judas freakin' Priest people!!! No crap that guns are tools. When I used to deer hunt, I can't tell you how many times I'd nick the stock against rocks and other objects much harder than wood. This isn't about that. I wanted pictures, not tool sermons.

Thank you Grant for your advice on the tightening of the mount. That helps a lot.

Oh, and Derek, yeah, it was me that created a can of worms. Whatever man. Do you just like to argue or something? What don't you understand when I say that I have never seen a LT mount in person, nor do I know anybody with one? This is why I want pictures of the marks caused by the levers of a LT mount. SO I CAN MAKE THE DECISION MYSELF BASED ON A PICTURE, NOT YOUR TOOL SERMON. Geez already!!

[Jay Cunningham]

Everybody relax.

[Derek_Connor]

..............

To Summarize, here we are at this particular impass:

You want to make the decision with the following stipulations

1.) You want to know how much if at all, the larue mounts "burnish" the upper receivers for your own "personal reasons"

Definition of burnishing:

American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This bur·nish (bûr'nĭsh) Pronunciation Key
tr.v. bur·nished, bur·nish·ing, bur·nish·es

To make smooth or glossy by or as if by rubbing; polish.
To rub with a tool that serves especially to smooth or polish.

2.) You portray your decision as important because you are not willing to accept the RISK to"burnish" aka "make smooth or glossy" your upper receiver, aka, the metal home where your BCG sits.

Against the facts that this MINOR risk, affects the function of your rifle or tool to NO extent, and that this risk has somehow taken priority over the fact that the larue mount is a battle proven optic mount that will keep your optics returned to zero if and WHEN you ever take them off inbetween your trips to the bench and the safe in your house.

Are we on the same page?

If this comes across as harsh, cold, irritating, well...sorry.

But in a sick twisted way, the attitude I and some others may portray might help you get over this HUMP and accept the fact that this insignificant RISK of possibly shining your pic. rails on your upper receiver is in fact %200 WORTH IT, due to the heart ache and bullshit you would put yourself in trying to zero your $300 aimpoint, $2000 short dot, your $2500 USO (whatever) with a mount that is not yet proven to work. Whether or not this mount fails on the range in front of friends and sends you home butt hurt, whether or not this mount fails in a competition and you lose, whether or not this mount fails and gets you killed, or gets your buddy killed, ANY side of the spectrum, why not avoid going through any of that and listen to the people who have been at this particular decision and went the correct route?

Hope this helps.

[SuicideHz]

Derek- I know you got all fired up about this elsewhere but you really are seeming (even to me) to be getting a little out of hand.

Your weapons are tools because you kill with them.

To some other people, we don't get out as often and a lot more time is spent admiring them. And, some of us have fewer to look at and would like to take care of them.

He just wants to know what this "blemishing" is- that's all.

It was an honest question and it was turned into a fight and now the guy has to defend himself.

Let's leave it be.