This was pretty easy to mount, at least the way i did it. I didn't use that barrel shroud piece at all, I just simply mounted the RAS with the front screw mount on the GSG-5, and then i drilled a hole thru the bottom rail where the long black barrel set screw of the GSG-5 protrudes. I then used that barrel screw of the GSG-5 "as a thread tap" and I slowly backed it out thru the hole I drilled in the rail (smaller than diameter of barrel screw). It works really nice because the rail is aluminum and the screw is steel, so the thread don't strip. You just have to screw it out thru the rail until it starts to get tight, and then loosen, and then tighten again until you get all the way thru the bottom rail. I was not real exact in my measurements as to where to drill the hole in the rail and it still turned out perfect. Once you get that barrel screw thru the rail, I simply held the RAS in line with the gun and tightened the barrel screw back into the gun. The threads of the barrel screw hold the RAS tight and secure, but I might put a small piece of alum tube in between the rail and GSG-5 with the barrel screw running thru it, to act as reinforcement to prevent the hole from stripping during a HARD drop. Yeah, don't bother fucking with that barrel shroud piece.
The vertical grip for this kit sucks ass. I easily broke off the tightening handle on it. It is simply glued on.
The rails are sturdy though and with my ergo pistol grip on there, it's really solid.
I'll probably get around to posting a pic of this process at some point, if that all the babble above doesn't work. Not sure how everyone else is mounting their RAS kits, but mine only took about an hour or so to do.
Oh yeah, I did also trim the right rail by one notch so there wasn't any interferance with the ejection port. I simply took a hack saw and placed the blade against the last notch (for a straight edge) and cut off the R1 tab. Filed down the rough edge and hit it with a quick shot of flat black enamel spray paint. You honestly can't even tell it's been cut or painted and it looks awesome.
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