Why rail covers

Man-rails for man-hands. I suppose a quad rail would booger up a manicure or scratch fingernail polish, might even feel abrasive if you had no callouses. I use the ladder covers with no ill effects.

There will always be the younger fad-chasers blowing their money on the bright colors. Quoted: Man-rails for man-hands. I only use the LaRue rail clips on my quad rails. The cheese grater thing is overblown. Topic Moved. View Quote thats funny.

View Quote Some people don't want screws holding in everything they put on their gun. QD mounts on a one piece rail are much more secure. Other than weight and cost, I don't see any downside to covers. They barely cover the vents cut in my rails, so I don't think they retain that much heat. I have one handguard that isn't a rail, and I don't like how everything mounts to it, so I strongly prefer quad rails, which will never be obsolete.

View Quote How do you connect things to your quad rail again? View Quote Do you not use optics or iron sights on your ARs? View Quote If you're referring to a "standard rail" as a slimmer mlok or keymod for ex.

View Quote No. View Quote Oh, duh. View Quote I'm in this camp as well Keymod and M-LOK are the fads. I want my rails to be one with the handguard, no chance of them loosening up and falling off like you see with Keymod and M-LOK. View Quote Thats funny. Heat has not been an issue any more than a railed handguard and I have shot more than a few mags in a short period.

Ill take the weight savings and less bulkiness of a keymod over a railed fore end any day. If you mount your stuff properly they will not come loose unless you want them to. To each their own. View Quote Some people are just in denial. View Quote The argument that things come loose on keymods and mlok maybe true for people who improperly mount items. If mounted properly it is not an issue. View Quote Read the post.

View Quote If mounted properly both are fine. If mounted improperly both can come loose but the keymod will always be lighter and slimmer than the railed. Read the post. I only own one rail out of 6 that has to have a mount on QD socket. I mounted it just like I would a flashlight mount. Or anything else for that matter. War Sport Industries. Salient Arms International. Sig Sauer. Robinson Armament Company. Taurus International Manufacturing. FN Herstal. Mega Arms. Lone Wolf Distributors.

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Single Point Slings. Two Point Slings. Three Point Slings. Sling Adapters. Tactical Sling Accessories. Weapon Retention. All Patches. Blood Type Patches. The basic purpose that they serve is to offer increased comfort. Modern day free-floating handguards have ample mounting surfaces which give you limitless building options. In case if not all the rails can be filled, a surface is created by those exposed rail slots to snag clothing easily and leave behind a grip that is not so comfortable.

So, start looking through the options available on the market and pick yourself the best options around. Drag your fingers, hand or arm across the edge of them once without the covers and you will wish you had them on it The real reason is to protect the rail s from getting damaged which would then cause you to have an issue in mounting items to your rails, I have seen more than a few where guys had no rail covers on the weapons and they banged them around damaging the T-slots.

You then needed a small file to remove the nicks and dings so an item would mount properly. If I didn't give a shit about my rail system I wouldnt use rail covers. I want to protect my rails because when I take off my aiming device and want a repeatable BZO, I want it to be as accurate as possible when I place it back or move it backward of forward.

I want the rails to keep their structural integrity. Scratches are one thing, Dents are another. I wear gloves and it doesnt bother me either way. Besides protecting the rails from damage, the rails themselves can be sharp as hell.

I sliced my finger open when I was trying to slide a rail cover on because i let my finger hang over the side of the cover and drag against the rail. Rail protection here.