Hey fellas,
Obviously new here. Some of y'all may remember me from M4C. Used to post there all the time. Anyway I have been stalking all the 1301 threads on here and some great info. My main goal were 3 things. 1: have a way ro mount a sling up front. 2: Have a way to mount a light. 3: Have a way to protect my hands from that freaking barrel.
All without using the crappy factory clamp or preferably any clamp at all......that idea changed. I looked at GG&G stuff, Aridus, Briley amd so on. All had their ups and downs to them. The Briley seemed like the perfect option minus the price. Well I bit the bullet and bought one. Immediately after putting it on I hated it. Totally changed the balance of the gun. Loved the MLOK slots. Loved the way it covers the barrel....but the way it changed the way the 1301 handles...nope. Not for me.
Well a couple of weeks ago I ordered the GG&G (I have a Gen 3 1301) replacement aluminium magazine cover. Honestly for nothing more than just I hated the plastic cover. Wanted the Nordic but couldn't find one in stock anywhere. I threw the clamp that came with it in the parts been. Not a fan of clamps on shotguns. So I'm going OCD trying to figure out how I'm going to mount a light (and a way to activate it), sling, and keep my hand from being burned after deciding to ditch the Briley.
Thought about modding the stock handguard and mount some old Unity Tactical stuff I have laying around but, as you know, shotguns are vicious on equipment and I dont want to mount a big Surefire DF light on a mod I made myself on plastic.
Well, I happened to think about another gun I have. Its in the picture below. Remembering I had that old clamp I got from GG&G I began tinkering and came up with whats in the photo. I just flipped the clamp 180 degrees and mounted the SF to it. I do like their magazine cover as it is slotted to keep the clamp from walking and the taper of the SF body will keep the light from walking. Well that's all theory as I just put all this together about an hour ago. As far as the sling goes. I think I am also just going to mimic the Colt and tie some 550 cord to the sling and loop (or use a Blue Force Gear sling loop) it between the clamp and forend or, like the Colt 653 (Gothic Serpent retro build....love that rifle) just loop it through the front site post and QD it to the stock
The cheap heat shield you guys are talking about is very interesting and Im going to try out and hopefully it will solve my other issue. Have any of you who have done that heat shield mod and use the push/pull technique had an issue with the shield walking forward? Anyway I know this was way too long and I apologize. Good info on here and appreciate it!
-Jax
BTW, if anyone wants a brand new Briley handguard. I'll sell it @ a good price.
https://flic.kr/p/2p6rwkF
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