I've mounted laser pointers and BB gun lasers on my compound before, but I wanted to do a serious one, with hogs running around near me.
I have a Laserlyte that fit's the tactical mount under my XD, but I found it would wander a bit from the 45 acp rounds, plus it will not fit in my Blackhawk serpa holster. The Laserlyte is pretty expensive ($100+), but there are others if you check Cabelas for a lot less, only larger.
An idea was born- put it on my PSE.
I have the predecessor to the Muzzy Zero Effect rest- I bought it 10 years ago next month from the guy in Pennsylavania that Muz licensed the rights to manufacture and market. It's very similar to the ZER. What's notebale is any piece of aluminum would work and be able to do the same thing, like mount it through extra sight holes in the riser, or bend a piece of aluminum and mount it in the stabilizer hole.
I started by using a dremel mototool and a thin blade and cutting a slot on the sides of the aluminum. I lucked out that it was the right thickness so that I could tighten the 2 allen screws and lock it on.
To my amazement, with a little adjusting of exactly where I placed it, I was able to get the laser dot to match exactly with my 20 yard pin.
I'll report later with how it works in a tactical engagement.
Here's some pictures. I've done a lot of projects on my bow, so there is a custom high-wrist grip made from bondo, I moved my sight 'holes' down and forward using a threaded union and plumbers epoxy, and I silicon'd a piece of clear plastic over the Cobra's fiber optic pin wires to protect them when I'm busting brush hunting. Not pretty, but there's no points for pretty where I hunt.
Grooves cut.
Front:
Side:
The "dot" on the door.
I have a Laserlyte that fit's the tactical mount under my XD, but I found it would wander a bit from the 45 acp rounds, plus it will not fit in my Blackhawk serpa holster. The Laserlyte is pretty expensive ($100+), but there are others if you check Cabelas for a lot less, only larger.
An idea was born- put it on my PSE.
I have the predecessor to the Muzzy Zero Effect rest- I bought it 10 years ago next month from the guy in Pennsylavania that Muz licensed the rights to manufacture and market. It's very similar to the ZER. What's notebale is any piece of aluminum would work and be able to do the same thing, like mount it through extra sight holes in the riser, or bend a piece of aluminum and mount it in the stabilizer hole.
I started by using a dremel mototool and a thin blade and cutting a slot on the sides of the aluminum. I lucked out that it was the right thickness so that I could tighten the 2 allen screws and lock it on.
To my amazement, with a little adjusting of exactly where I placed it, I was able to get the laser dot to match exactly with my 20 yard pin.
I'll report later with how it works in a tactical engagement.
Here's some pictures. I've done a lot of projects on my bow, so there is a custom high-wrist grip made from bondo, I moved my sight 'holes' down and forward using a threaded union and plumbers epoxy, and I silicon'd a piece of clear plastic over the Cobra's fiber optic pin wires to protect them when I'm busting brush hunting. Not pretty, but there's no points for pretty where I hunt.
Grooves cut.
Front:
Side:
The "dot" on the door.
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