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Picatinny dimensions #5

Open silvalis opened 2 years ago

silvalis commented 2 years ago

Could you please fix your picatinny rail dimensions? The max width is undersized by nearly 1.5mm.

Hayes4u2c commented 2 years ago

I have no idea what you are talking about.

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Could you please fix your picatinny rail dimensions? The max width is undersized by nearly 1.5mm.

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Flygonial commented 2 years ago

Sorry for the late response, I'm not in the habit of frequently checking my notifications on GitHub. This is true, and it was deliberate. Some knock-off picatinny accessories intended to slide on (where the entire piece is unibody rather than having a part to clamp down with a bolt), are too tight of a fit on proper picatinny dimensions. Some examples include knock-off Magpul back-up sights that I've used before.

That was a decision made over three years ago, however, and I'm very willing to work on redimensioning the picatinny to actual spec and relegating the current, thinner rail to a secondary option in some hidden-away folder.

silvalis commented 2 years ago

Might be worth seeing if anyone is against picatinny resize? Nearly 1/2 of the rail devices I have (in the 10s of devices - optics, risers, lights, etc) can't be used on them, as the clamp is physically blocked from tightening that far down. A brief look at ali and I'd suggest that its more likely for a sight or riser to have issues, than to clamp correctly.

Flygonial commented 2 years ago

Hmm good point, having designed it to accommodate for a few outliers probably excludes more attachments than it includes. Knowing that, I'll up the priority of this into next update. If anyone is against it, for whatever reason, the old files can always be kept around.