How do i install an M16 quad rail?

[IDF-Godzilla]

Hey guys, how do i install a quad picitinny rail (http://cgi.ebay.com/CARBINE-LENGTH-PICITINNY-HANDGUARD-QUAD-RAIL-WEAVER-2PC_W0QQitemZ130316904385QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item1e577e27c1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C72%3A1205%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50) on an M16/CAR15?

[jagermeister]

push the delta ring towards receiver pop old handguards out. put new ones in and let the delta ring slide over them.

[JC0352]

push the delta ring towards receiver pop old handguards out. put new ones in and let the delta ring slide over them.

Yahtzee!

To the OP: You're not going to put that cheap airsoft rail in the link on a real firearm, are you?

[James]

Yahtzee!

To the OP: You're not going to put that cheap airsoft rail in the link on a real firearm, are you?

Yeah, don't buy that one!

That style of railed hand guard requires nothing more than removal of the plastic hand guards; the rails pop in in their place. Other versions (Daniel Defense, Larue, etc.) require you to remove the barrel from the upper receiver, remove slip ring and springs, and re-install barrel with your new FF handguard. This requires some specific tools and a bit of know how.

I would strongly encourage you to find a real, quality hand guard, not something meant for airsoft.

[jagermeister]

Yeah, don't buy that one!

That style of railed hand guard requires nothing more than removal of the plastic hand guards; the rails pop in in their place. Other versions (Daniel Defense, Larue, etc.) require you to remove the barrel from the upper receiver, remove slip ring and springs, and re-install barrel with your new FF handguard. This requires some specific tools and a bit of know how.

I would strongly encourage you to find a real, quality hand guard, not something meant for airsoft.


best way to install a free float rail I have found is just to cut the delta ring off and clamp on the new rail. dont have to take the FSB barrel all that **** off.

[Seraphim]

Free float and no need to cut off the delta ring.

http://www.danieldefense.com/?page=shop/browse&category=railsystems_omegarail

[James]

best way to install a free float rail I have found is just to cut the delta ring off and clamp on the new rail. dont have to take the FSB barrel all that **** off.

Two piece, maybe, but how do you get a single tube over the FSB?

[Hollis]

Two piece, maybe, but how do you get a single tube over the FSB?


Pull the barrel?

[James]

Pull the barrel?

Yes, jaegermeister was describing how to do it without removing the barrel OR FSB.

[Bro Jangles]

i got a Midwest industry FF rail,a copy of the DD rail, its a 2 piece set, but requires you to remove the Delta ring. i had a gunsmith do it because i didnt have the tools.

[Tikvah]

Hey guys, how do i install a quad picitinny rail (http://cgi.ebay.com/CARBINE-LENGTH-PICITINNY-HANDGUARD-QUAD-RAIL-WEAVER-2PC_W0QQitemZ130316904385QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item1e577e27c1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C72%3A1205%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50) on an M16/CAR15?

eize wasachist. lech tikne et ze mi rikoshet vezehu, hachi pashut lo?

[cbreedon]

i got a Midwest industry FF rail,a copy of the DD rail, its a 2 piece set, but requires you to remove the Delta ring. i had a gunsmith do it because i didnt have the tools.

The same one I bought.... It took all of 5 minutes and a dremel to take off the delta ring... and I am a mechanical spazz.

[Bro Jangles]

The same one I bought.... It took all of 5 minutes and a dremel to take off the delta ring... and I am a mechanical spazz.
had i owned a dremmel, i could have done it to, but i dont. and the guy did it for a twenty.

[cbreedon]

I was surprised how easy it was... my wife came down into the garage and saw what I was ding and figured I was going to F it up. She said "great I guess you'll be buying a new rifle instead of us going on vacation" :-) We went on vacation....

[Bro Jangles]

I was surpirsed how easy it was... my wife came down into the garage and saw what I was ding and figured I was going to F it up. She said "great I guess you'll be buying a new rifle instead of us going on vacation" :-) We went on vacation....
and it is a very good rail, i love it for the price. hundred less than a DD.

[JC0352]

I love the Samson free float rail that came with my bushy upper! It's a mid-length w/ a low profile gas block; pretty much exacly what I wanted.

[California Joe]

I got the Midwest also. Chen put it on for me when he put on the barrel I got from him...:)

[JC0352]

I got the Midwest also. Chen put it on for me when he put on the barrel I got from him...:)

pics, or it didn't happen.p-)