K kev.k Members Joined Feb 13, 2013 Messages 75 Reaction score 5 Mar 13, 2013 #1 I bought a cheap eotech 557 clone today. I'm pleasantly surprised overall, but its not the tightest fit. I was gonna pad it out with some insulation tape. Anyone got a less "crude" suggestion? Cheers
I bought a cheap eotech 557 clone today. I'm pleasantly surprised overall, but its not the tightest fit. I was gonna pad it out with some insulation tape. Anyone got a less "crude" suggestion? Cheers
Tariq Members Joined Dec 14, 2011 Messages 1,154 Reaction score 89 Mar 13, 2013 #2 As in it wobbles where it attaches to the rail? What method does it attach? QD or screw on? etc
K kev.k Members Joined Feb 13, 2013 Messages 75 Reaction score 5 Mar 13, 2013 Thread starter #3 Yes, it wobbles slightly. It's screw on. I could have got QD but I thought that would be the more likely to wobble with it being a Chinese knock off.
Yes, it wobbles slightly. It's screw on. I could have got QD but I thought that would be the more likely to wobble with it being a Chinese knock off.
Tariq Members Joined Dec 14, 2011 Messages 1,154 Reaction score 89 Mar 13, 2013 #4 You can usually tighten the QD ones so they fit snugly. Screw on in theory i though is just screw on until tight.
You can usually tighten the QD ones so they fit snugly. Screw on in theory i though is just screw on until tight.
K kev.k Members Joined Feb 13, 2013 Messages 75 Reaction score 5 Mar 13, 2013 Thread starter #5 I can't tighten it anymore. It works surprisingly well, but the build quality is what you'd expect. It wobbles a bit.
I can't tighten it anymore. It works surprisingly well, but the build quality is what you'd expect. It wobbles a bit.
TPI Supporters Joined Apr 23, 2011 Messages 2,138 Reaction score 40 Mar 13, 2013 #6 Which way up and down the rail or side to side?
K kev.k Members Joined Feb 13, 2013 Messages 75 Reaction score 5 Mar 13, 2013 Thread starter #7 A bit of both. It won't tighten anymore. The base isn't perfectly level. Think I'll have to pack it out with something, can't see any other option.
A bit of both. It won't tighten anymore. The base isn't perfectly level. Think I'll have to pack it out with something, can't see any other option.
Tariq Members Joined Dec 14, 2011 Messages 1,154 Reaction score 89 Mar 13, 2013 #8 able to take a pic of it?
K kev.k Members Joined Feb 13, 2013 Messages 75 Reaction score 5 Mar 13, 2013 Thread starter #9 Tariq said: able to take a pic of it? Click to expand... . I'll give it a go.
K kev.k Members Joined Feb 13, 2013 Messages 75 Reaction score 5 Mar 13, 2013 Thread starter #10 I don't know if these are any good? The screw on clasp doesn't tighten against the rail properly when fully tightened if that makes sense? Sorry bout the huge pics. Used my ipad. Last edited by a moderator: Mar 13, 2013
I don't know if these are any good? The screw on clasp doesn't tighten against the rail properly when fully tightened if that makes sense? Sorry bout the huge pics. Used my ipad.
L lethaldave Members Joined Oct 5, 2012 Messages 44 Reaction score 2 Mar 14, 2013 #11 have you tried a washer/spacer behind the nut?
K kev.k Members Joined Feb 13, 2013 Messages 75 Reaction score 5 Mar 14, 2013 Thread starter #12 I've solved it by sticking some black draught excluder tape to the bottom of the sight, in the channel that sits on top of the rail.
I've solved it by sticking some black draught excluder tape to the bottom of the sight, in the channel that sits on top of the rail.
