Walk into any gun shop or scroll any AR-15 parts forum and you'll find strong opinions about free-float handguards. "Free-float or bust." "The accuracy difference is negligible." "You need a torque wrench." "It's just a barrel nut swap." The noise around this topic tends to skip the most important question: do you actually need a free-float handguard for what you're doing with …
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Optic footprint mismatches drive more red-dot returns than any other slide question. The cut on your slide and the bolt pattern on your optic have to match — and the terminology is confusing because "RMR cut," "RMSc cut," and "Holosun K" refer to bolt patterns that are not interchangeable. This guide maps each footprint to the Glock platforms 3CR cuts slides for, explains …
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The Glock 43 RMSc cut slide accepts a specific footprint of micro red dot — the Shield RMSc pattern — and not every sub-compact optic fits it. If you're building a Glock 43 or 43X with an optics-ready slide, here's what actually mounts directly without an adapter plate, plus the screw spec you'll need on hand before you start. What is the RMSc footprint? RMSc stands …
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