Fore/Aft play in my Larue M68 Aimpoint mount?

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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Fore/Aft play in my Larue M68 Aimpoint mount?

Posted: 4/6/2006 1:36:30 PM EDT

Hello all,

I have an Aimpoint Comp M3 in a Larue cantilever mount on a BCM 16" upper. The lever adjustment is tightened to the point where it latches to the upper very solidly. There is no lateral play, but there is a small bit of forward & back looseness, like the channels in the upper are a little wide or something.

My questions are:

will this have a pronounced negative effect on accuracy assuming a 50m battle zero?

Since all uppers may not be consistently manufactured, is this part of Larue's plan for that mount?

TIA,

/TCP

Posted: 4/6/2006 1:59:07 PM EDT

[#1]

Naturally I posted before going to the source:

I called Larue and got Mark Larue himself on the phone! He told me to tighten the mount down until "it's tough to close and a bitch to open" and that seems to have taken care of the problem.

Talk about customer service....thanks Mark!

/TCP

Posted: 4/11/2006 10:51:24 AM EDT

[#2]

Same thing happened to me. Same guy answered the phone. Same outcome.

Gotta love LaRue.

Posted: 4/11/2006 11:07:37 AM EDT

[#3]

Just remember that if you go to change that mount to another upper. I've never put a LT product on 2 uppers and had them fit the same. Specs, although supposed to be, aren't always the same from one upper to the next.

Posted: 4/11/2006 12:15:46 PM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
Just remember that if you go to change that mount to another upper. I've never put a LT product on 2 uppers and had them fit the same. Specs, although supposed to be, aren't always the same from one upper to the next.

That's why they're adjustable.

Posted: 4/11/2006 12:23:25 PM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Just remember that if you go to change that mount to another upper. I've never put a LT product on 2 uppers and had them fit the same. Specs, although supposed to be, aren't always the same from one upper to the next.

That's why they're adjustable.

Yuppers, and if I had an extra wrench I'd offer it up. Kinda wierd, with the 3 LT mounts I've got, I managed to only hang onto one wrench?

Posted: 4/11/2006 1:37:27 PM EDT

[#6]

petagunner IM me your address. I have a drawer full of them, I'll send you a couple if you want.

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Fore/Aft play in my Larue M68 Aimpoint mount?

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