Having made a set of claw mounts from something resembling aircraft aluminum alloy, I began to wonder if that would resist bending when recoil forces were applied to the feet on the rear claw mount. Then I thought, with EDM reverse engineering, ANY kind of steel could be chosen, no matter how hardened. So, I got Roger over at Mercatech in Dallas to reproduce the rear mount from what I had to give him. WOW, what a job. This was done with tool steel, but if you had a chunk of heat treated D2 or any other material of choice EDM will cut it just as easily, which is one reason to consider it in the first place. I'm happy...Steve
