Forged Carbon Fiber Scope Mounts
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2020 11:41 am
Well, here's some new tech that even interests me! 
Except for the price. $399.99. 
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Except for the price. $399.99. Excerpt:
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/black ... n-product/
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.
