I'm going to bump this 2 year old thread because I'm trying to wade through what's what with rail covers too. My only experience with quad-ral covers is the Knights Armament covers on my issue M4. I like them and I am trying to build an M4 clone, but I don't want to pay $25-$30 per panel for what was a budget build in the first place.
Being the cheap **** that I can be, I have wrapped hydraulic hose sleeve (it's woven fiber, handles abrasion well, and is capable of handling reasonable heat) around things like aluminum rails and secured it with various means. Spray the outer surface with some truck bed liner and it stiffens significantly. You cut the sleeve lengthwise and secure around. Or, for float tubes and suppressors, you just slide it over and put a pinch stitch or two in.
I just measured my quad rails - they are mid-length rifle length, so they are 8.25" total length - I think the longest KAC rail is 6.5 for the 11 rib. Would that be the right size?
Have them and use them but only on guns that dont get run hard. If you are driving your rig hard, lots of mags fast, they are not even close to protection from heat soak. I do like em though.
I generally don't run my guns the hard, and most of my rails are not picatinny railed except the top rail and sometimes the bottom rail.
Hahaha. Nobody that I know of. If I'd have noticed the original 2021 post I'd have offered my valueless opinions on it too!
I think sometimes posts just hit at weird times - they wind up getting passed over for other threads that seem to draw more attention and the next thing you know, it's off the front page of new posts. I resurrected this thread because I'm trying to make heads-or-tails out of what's available for the quad rail on my M4 clone build and figured I'd resurrect a thread rather than to start a new one.
That's a sexy build! The frog looks like he wants to eat it up!
That's weird. calicojack is probably the most non-trouble starter on the entire forum. Musta been a slow weekend or something.
Lol. Thanks! That's what happens when a person gets bored and has an air brush and a fridge full of DuraCoat...I think sometimes posts just hit at weird times - they wind up getting passed over for other threads that seem to draw more attention and the next thing you know, it's off the front page of new posts. I resurrected this thread because I'm trying to make heads-or-tails out of what's available for the quad rail on my M4 clone build and figured I'd resurrect a thread rather than to start a new one.
That's a sexy build! The frog looks like he wants to eat it up!
In general I'm with you - I'm not really a fan of the quad rail, and this one was a means to an end. This was my first AR build - a budget Blem Del Ton rifle build that had the original style plastic handguard with the internal aluminum heat shield. I upgraded the handguard to a Midwest Industries quad rail, and I just want to put something else on it to smooth out the edges.
As this thread and my Google-fu have progressed today, I'm not sure that a KAC rail cover would be the right choice - I think my MI rail is too long for it.
but it's not KAC; probably something from Joe Bob Outfitters. For hand guards, I got a set of Midwest Industries drop-ins, which I really like.
