Homemade folding scope mount for a Kel-Tec sub2000 rifle
My father shared his interest of mounting an optic (he picked a tru-glo 2X red dot) on his sub2000, but didn’t want to lose the rifle’s folding ability, or to need to remove the optic and/or mount to fold it. I told my cousin about the idea (we are both machinists), and within a day he called me with the idea of using a spring-loaded door hinge. Well, I headed of to the hardware store, and found a 4″ spring door hinge for $15.00, and it even came with a nice black powder coat! The spring’s tension is adjustable, and quite powerful on it’s lowest adjustment (which I used). It simply mounts to a steel plate inside the front handguard, and has a 1913 style rail screwed into the other side. All of the work was fairly simple to do with a manual vertical mill, and only took about 2 1/2 hours. As I state in the video, I recommend tapping the holes on the mounting plate a bit closer to the edges, just to keep the clearance holes in the handguard a bit further from the edges (where they meet in the center). Anyway, it has worked great for us so far, with several hundred rounds down range, with no stray from zero. Feel free to put this video wherever you like, and if you are interested in a copy of my plans, just send me a message, and I’m sure we can work something out. Thank you all for watching, please enjoy, and subscribe to see any future projects. -proto-
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why didnt I think …
why didnt I think of that? excellent, going to Lowes right now Thanks dude!
Rather simple, and …
Rather simple, and very effective sollution to that problem. Good work.
awesome video my …
awesome video my friend very informative and professional
Nice job. I want a …
Nice job. I want a SUB-2000 with optics, but I don’t like the mounts that Kel-Tec sells. they restrict you to using a 1″ diameter scope with a relatively long tube. I’ve always thought that they should change it to a folding 1913 rail, and you have shown that it can be done.
I don’t know how …
I don’t know how you’re thinking of organizing this group buy but I would be in for 1 and I’ll post it on a few of my forums as well
Outstanding job! …
Outstanding job! Consistent with the whole Kel Tec “roll your own” culture, too!
Kudos on a nice job. I plan to see how it works on mine.
Very smart idea. I …
Very smart idea. I would love to buy one.
If I were you I’d …
If I were you I’d contact Kel-Tec and see if they’d be interested in purchasing your idea. My thought would be that they could construct a similar contraption using lighter weight materials in keeping with the carbine’s light weight theme.
Maybe you’ll get a free RFB out of the deal!
As for the optics, I’d go with the quick detach types. I keep my S2K in a padded 4 pistol case, and vertical space is limited.
Are you selling …
Are you selling these yet? I am VERY interested in purchasing one from you.
Awsome idea. Looks …
Awsome idea. Looks much better than what is currently available.
p.s. Dont leave your bread in the sun, it will go stale faster..
Brilliant work.
I …
Brilliant work.
I am going to build one myself.
Awesome work …
Awesome work congrats man.
Keep up the good work and ideas. Helping others is the best reward..
Thanks bud, you’ve …
Thanks bud, you’ve got some good vids yourself.
Great Idea man. …
Great Idea man. That looks like it would work alot better then the one kel tec makes.
Thanks for sharing Chris.
Alright everyone, I …
Alright everyone, I think I’ve got a CNC shop in my sights… I think that I may make a run on these things, but I’m not 100% what the price may be yet. If anyone is interested, you may try to organize a group buy, I probably wont do a run for less than about 50 of these or so, so bring it up in your forums, and maybe we can get something going.
I’ll keep an eye …
I’ll keep an eye out for them on ebay! thanks!
You can have my gun …
You can have my gun anytime you want.
Well, that would be …
Well, that would be super easy. All that you would have to do is screw a rail on the bottom of the grip, then mount a surefire grip/light combo on it. Easy that is, if you have a few hundred dollars just laying around.
Right now, I don’t …
Right now, I don’t have access to a CNC machine, or posses the ability to program one anyway… After the fall semester of school I might make a run of them, once I figure out the CNC stuff. As it stands now, the parts cost about 25.00 (including the rail and hardware), and it takes me about 2 1/2 hours on the manual mill, so I’d need to charge about $75.00 if you wanted one… I know that is kind of steep, especially for a 200 something dollar gun, but, if you want, I probably would do it.
how about a …
how about a tactical light/ front grip dual pupose. like a either or type design just an idea!
man can you make …
man can you make one of those for me? I just bought one of those guns! I LOVE IT!
Man, I want a gun …
Man, I want a gun just like that.
Thanks man, you …
Thanks man, you should come and play with it some time!
nice… VERY VERY …
nice… VERY VERY NICE. 5 stars, man! You make me want one, and i don’t even LIKE guns!