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"You people have too much time on your hands." - scottryan
What about ARMS qd optic mounts, are they gtg? I've also heard these were unreliable.
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olds442tyguy: I prefer buying American not because of the cost, but because of the integrity. I'd rather send some greedy American guy a couple extra bucks than pay a couple bucks for an inferior product that's likely made from recycled condoms.
Like I said, pretty nice for the time, but their are much better options out there. At the time the only other options that were available were the early KAC rail systems and of those only the RAS II was free floating, and I think the PRI sleeve handguards. In the end time marches on and most of A.R.M.S. products have been left behind.
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I've always had an interest in the A.R.M.S. #41-B silhouette folding front Sight with gas block. I think this was a great idea if it is solid. It would be nice to have a "F" type front sight that was foldable.
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olds442tyguy: I prefer buying American not because of the cost, but because of the integrity. I'd rather send some greedy American guy a couple extra bucks than pay a couple bucks for an inferior product that's likely made from recycled condoms.
They aren't as horrible as some have said, but they have issues with tolerances on some uppers which can often times lead to loss of zero. The A.R.M.S. mounts are one of the reasons that the Elcan Specter was notorious for losing its zero, and they didn't particularly help the early Eotechs when they used them.
"Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats." - H. L. Mencken
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olds442tyguy: I prefer buying American not because of the cost, but because of the integrity. I'd rather send some greedy American guy a couple extra bucks than pay a couple bucks for an inferior product that's likely made from recycled condoms.
The real problem is that the Mil-Std-1913 is so poorly speced out that a piece of rail and whatever is supposed to clamp onto it both can be within the specified tolerances but still be incompatible with each other (that's why we now have the little known STANAG 4694). The result is that on some rails A.R.M.S. old non-adjustable throw level mounts will be too loose and on others you will break the lever trying to get it on there (and just to add to the fun some manufacturers mentioned chose to spec their parts so that A.R.M.S old-style mounts won't fit properly). That doesn't mean there's anything wrong with either part though - since they're both within the specs.
The LaRue workaround is of course that their clamping mechanism is adjustable; something A.R.M.S. now offers with their "Throw-Lever™ Mk. II"
Last edited by skullworks; 09-05-12 at 14:17.
Ok, what about there newer optic mounts are they good to go? Whats every ones opinion?
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olds442tyguy: I prefer buying American not because of the cost, but because of the integrity. I'd rather send some greedy American guy a couple extra bucks than pay a couple bucks for an inferior product that's likely made from recycled condoms.
I would agree with this. At one point had a rifle that was pretty much kitted out with A.R.M.S. everything, SIRS rails, #40 BUIS, A.R.M.S. QD M68 Mount (Now granted I got them through a friend who had a distributor account and paid something like $400 for the entire package back when I bought it) Never really had an issue with any of it, except the mount coming loose when I didn't tighten the screws done proper, which isn't the mounts fault in this case. The rail system is big and bulky though no way around that, but it did work. The BUIS though is nice and has never given me any issue and will remain in my inventory while I traded the rails system for a set of SAPI plates and a bunch of other stuff. Likely going to replace the mount with a Larue mount though. None are on my go to rifle at the moment. Like has been said, its older designs with better options available for similar or a little more.
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