At this point I had the dovetail I had made and a basic rail for the top. I needed two more for the sides. I decided to re-use a dovetail rail that I got with my FSQ. I would adapt this to be the top rail on the scope and it would also allow me to mount the FSQ on top without any additional machining.
So now I only needed to do two more rails. I did these yesterday and today I drilled and tapped to fit them on the backplate/center section. this was the first time I had tried to remove excess weight so they too a lot longer then usual.
I will go back and remove excess weight from the major components next week as the weather tells me there is no need to put the optics in just yet.
I also milled out pockets from the main dovetail rail. That takes me to today where I cut the CF tubes to length and put it on the mount for a bit of fun!
This really is the whirlwind tour of the build but it gives you an idea of what I have done. It skimps on all the problems and decisions I had to make along the way. just hope the scope works
It is certainly costing me a fraction of the amount if I had bought it from a known supplier - excluding GSO that is.