You get what you pay for. We are aware of the very cheap alternitives to our products. When we first started Alaskan Tactical we initially intended to 3D print our products out of polycarbonate plastic. We found out very quickly that plastic mounts should be reserved for display purposes only. Here are a few of the issues we found with plastic mounts which led us to pave the way into aluminum mounts:
-Most plastic mounts on the market do not utilize the magazine catch to allow mounting of the firearm in any orietation. The few that do will wear down and begin to fail after as few as a hundred cycles.
-No plastic mount can provide the same cosmetic apeal as anodized aluminum.
-Plastic injected mounts can easily be snapped off the wall with minimal pressure, especially when the mounted rifle can act as a handle for leverage.
-None of the plastic injected mounts have an integrated cable lock chamber to allow you to physically lock your rifle to the mount/wall. Even if they did they would still be easy to break off the wall.
-Plastic is easy to cut or melt.
-Every plastic injected mount on the market we know of is made in China.
-None of the plastic mounts on the market are backed with a lifetime warranty, proabaly for a reason.