davsco Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 Hi, i have an older STI steelmaster to which i'd like to add a slide racker. Would prefer not to have to find or send it out to get milled. Is it the least bit feasible to have one 'tac welded?' And if so, what would be the preferred method/materials (mig, tig, etc)? Any other non-milling options? thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barcode1337 Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 Would that get in the way of the optic mount when taking it apart? Could possibly drill and tap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc68cal Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 (edited) How will you take the slide off if you have a slide racker welded on? Usually you need to take the slide racker off so you can clear the optic mount, unless you have a one-sided optic mount and are going to install it on the opposite site Edited July 12, 2022 by sc68cal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davsco Posted July 12, 2022 Author Share Posted July 12, 2022 yeah i have a sideways-mounted cmore so with racker sticking out the right side, it won't interfere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeBurgess Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 welding to the slide would most not go very well, without proper pre and post heating your likely to end up with a very brittle weld. a better idea would be to make a racker that fits flat on the swoop cut on the top back of the slide (where the rear sight would have been) you could drill and tap a couple holes to mount it that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zdali Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Or drill and tap a bolt in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownUnder Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 (edited) Do a google image search for 2018 DVC racker. It was a racker that screwed into a hole tapped at an angle into the side of the slide. Maybe a variation of that would be simpler. Pretty easy to do if you can use a drill and tap. Edited July 13, 2022 by DownUnder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rishii Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 It’ll cost way more money, but if you change your optic to a rts2 or similar the entire back of the slide is exposed to grab on to and you don’t need a racker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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