ICS MP5SD5 forgrip mod
 

ok, going to make this short and easy.
i have a ICS mp5sd5 on hold for me untill i come up with the funds.
now what iam looking for is to drill 2 holes in the forgrip to put 20mm rail's on it, both sides and bottom of the for grip. now since its the SD5 i can stick a larg battery in the stock, so room as far as i know shouldnt be a problem for washers and bolts inside the forgrip.
what iam asking is, can this be done, will the forgrip crack on me while drilling, has anyone done this befor?
or a much better way... is there a new metal for grip i can buy for under $200 CDN that will fit on the ICS MP5 SD5?

sharp bit, no problem. just don't put too much pressure on it while ur drilling. if u had a drill press it would help but if u don't i hope u have steady hands.

grandfather has a wood shop at his house iam sure he can fix me up. if not well, ill find someone on the board to do it.

I think the plastic would break after a while because of the weight on the rails.

IMO, the beauty of the SD5 is the foregrip as is. If you are looking for a way to attach accessories to it, there is a more standard way.

What you are doing is the equivalent of screwing rails on a silencer.

huh? its ICS not TM. I'm not putting rails on the silencer part just the forgrip, or does the silencer fit all the way through the for grip? i kinda doubt it does because if it was a SD3/6 where would the battery go?
even if it was TM iam only putting tac light and a laser on it, not to much weight. be no diffrent then a g36 with side rails.
also what would be the more standard way?

On the real steel, the silencer goes all the way tru the grip...

on the ICS MP5, it's white metal, it's not very much stronger than plastic. My friend broke his gun in half and it's an ICS...

Realisticaly speaking, that mod would be unrealistic, but whatever float your boat man. It may end up looking good.

do it up somewhat like this guys got his. http://www.airsoftcanada.com/gallery...2_original.jpg

Here's an idea that I haven't had time to do. Front sight mount like the link in the previous post but then add a TM figure-8 to allow for both laser and light off the right side of the front sight in an over-under config. This way you don't need the ring clamps on the suppressor. I haven't had the time to file my figure-8 down to do this but it's a relatively easy mod. The only thing left would be a vertical grip somewhere if you really wanted it.

You only need two relatively inexpenive parts: front sight mount and figure-8; both of which are TM accessories.

my sig552 came with 2 rails on the plastic foregrip and they still work fine with no cracks or creaks yet. i have a vertgrip, laser, and a light mounted.

You forget one thing. Your SIG552 was designed to allow for 2 rails; the SD5 foregrip isn't. Might make a difference in how much flex stress it'll take.

i got a pm showing me this but it doesnt say if its metal and i still dont see side rails but at least it has a light.

http://www.atlanticarmory.com/products.php

thanks everyone for your help any more ideas keep 'em comming

well another idea just came to mind but there will be a few issues. let me know if this will work. to keep up the stability and to not make as much "flex stress" what if after the holes are in and rails mounted, i could fill it with some kind of bondoe, like that glue stuff plumbers use for PVC pipe's. if this would work to help the gun from breaking or cracking i under stand that balance would be an issue but the larg battery in the stock will even it out.

I just don't understand why someone would bother modding their gun in such an unrealistic fashion. Drilling holes in an integrated silencer?!

true enough for the 552. how about this.... would this work? i wouldn't use bondo though.

The figure-8 I'm referring to is this at WGC:

http://www.wgcshop.com/pcart/shopper...00f584eb4cd950