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Forged Carbon Fiber Scope Mounts

Post by GunnyGene » Tue Nov 03, 2020 11:41 am

Well, here's some new tech that even interests me! :D Except for the price. $399.99. :shock:

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Two months ago Black Collar Arms (of which I’m a part owner, just to be clear) announced their new Forged Carbon Fiber One-Piece Scope Mounts. TTAG ran the press release here. More than just a new product from Black Collar, the entire forged carbon fiber process and the products made thereby are quite new to the world and new to the gun industry.

As such, folks have questions . . .

Most notably, just how strong is this stuff? Yes, it was developed specifically for structural applications and it’s known that Lamborghini uses it for suspension arms, spaceframes, and much more, Callaway Golf uses it for club heads, and it makes up structural components in everything from airliners to snowboard bindings. Yes yes, that’s all good and well, but what about scope mounts?

I’m glad you asked. Though from a materials science standpoint we know forged carbon fiber, done properly, is stronger than titanium despite being one-third the weight and we know it’s as stiff and as rigid as steel — three times stiffer than aluminum — but that doesn’t mean it’ll hold a scope properly.

Fair enough. Though approximately 18 months of testing by manufacturer McVick went into this particular mount before it saw the light of day (well, except, I suppose, for the accelerated UV testing they experienced during that time), Black Collar figured they’d put a mount through a little bit of a torture test, on camera, so we can all see just how strong their Forged Carbon Fiber Scope Mounts are.
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Re: Forged Carbon Fiber Scope Mounts

Post by John E Davies » Tue Nov 03, 2020 12:06 pm

They are for shooting out of the back of your Rolls Royce Shooting Brake https://www.thedrive.com/news/36059/coa ... nk-you-own . When you are at that level of affluence, cost simply does not matter....

I think they are very cool but I will wait for the $50 clones to appear. I do not plan on ever beating my scope with a sledge hammer.

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Post by JEBar » Tue Nov 03, 2020 12:14 pm

nice but OUCH .. :shock:
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Post by Grunt67 » Sun Nov 22, 2020 11:47 am

A solution looking for a problem. maybe?
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Post by Sir Henry » Sun Nov 22, 2020 6:07 pm

Does it come with a latte warmer?
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Re: Forged Carbon Fiber Scope Mounts

Post by DamnYankee » Fri Dec 18, 2020 6:54 am

Interesting idea but what is the utility?

If weight savings, you could eat a smaller hamburger at lunch.

At no time did they smack the scope mount itself. If you want to know how well carbon fiber reacts to impact, look at photos of wrecked Lamborghinis.
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Re: Forged Carbon Fiber Scope Mounts

Post by GunnyGene » Fri Dec 18, 2020 7:00 am

DamnYankee wrote:
Fri Dec 18, 2020 6:54 am
Interesting idea but what is the utility?

If weight savings, you could eat a smaller hamburger at lunch.

At no time did they smack the scope mount itself. If you want to know how well carbon fiber reacts to impact, look at photos of wrecked Lamborghinis.
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