Supporters MrCheesman94 Posted December 27, 2013 Supporters Posted December 27, 2013 Hey AF-UK Just like the Ttitle Says my friend has a SA80/L85 and it only has the circles so no way to fit ForeGrips, Lights, lasers. So is there a way you can get Rails with out paying for the defence rail. I have been looking but can't seem to find any.
Supporters Monty Posted December 27, 2013 Supporters Posted December 27, 2013 I'm sure that single M4 rails can attach to it? One of these I could be wrong though
Supporters MrCheesman94 Posted December 27, 2013 Author Supporters Posted December 27, 2013 Does anyone know if those rails would fit?
Supporters Monty Posted December 27, 2013 Supporters Posted December 27, 2013 The screws go through the holes in the rails and the handguard, It should work,
Supporters MrCheesman94 Posted December 27, 2013 Author Supporters Posted December 27, 2013 Do you know where to get them from?
Supporters Monty Posted December 27, 2013 Supporters Posted December 27, 2013 http://www.amazon.co.uk/DRAGON-Handguard-Rifle-Series-weaver/dp/B00ASM0NO8
Supporters Airsoft-Ed Posted December 27, 2013 Supporters Posted December 27, 2013 Before the rails came in, soldiers used to drill holes in the hand guard and screw those rails linked above to the standard green hand guard. When there's a will there's a way.
Supporters MrCheesman94 Posted December 27, 2013 Author Supporters Posted December 27, 2013 The holes in the hand guard are pretty big and the ones at the bottom have a metal sheet over it
Hubert Posted December 27, 2013 Posted December 27, 2013 They literally just drill into the plastic of the handguard, then screw the rail into place. If he isn't happy doing that, just super-glue the rail onto the handguard. No where near as strong, but considerably easier.
Mike1971 Posted December 29, 2013 Posted December 29, 2013 We use to" borrow" the rear grips from L86A2's and with a repair washer a battery drill and a file you can get them to fit. Although we had change the front hand guard come inspection time
Chippins Posted January 1, 2014 Posted January 1, 2014 People used to do it before the rail system was introduced, looks pretty good.
Mike1971 Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 Chippings where did you get the photograph from?
Hubert Posted January 2, 2014 Posted January 2, 2014 That photo shows one of the plastic A2 hand guards. Around about 2006-8, as an interim measure (while the trials and production for the railed hand guard were on-going), the MoD procured a couple of thousand hand guards which had mounting points for rails pre-drilled in them. One set of holes on the bottom for a grip, and one on the 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock position for the LLM (as seen there). You can find these hand guards on eBay quite a lot. Usually sell for about £10-£50. (They only fit on ARES L85s though)
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