My friend has a SA80/L85 but doesn't have the money for the rail syste,

[MrCheesman94]

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.

[Monty]

I'm sure that single M4 rails can attach to it? One of these

I could be wrong though

[MrCheesman94]

Does anyone know if those rails would fit?

[Monty]

The screws go through the holes in the rails and the handguard, It should work,

[MrCheesman94]

Do you know where to get them from?

[Monty]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/DRAGON-Handguard-Rifle-Series-weaver/dp/B00ASM0NO8

[Airsoft-Ed]

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.

[MrCheesman94]

The holes in the hand guard are pretty big and the ones at the bottom have a metal sheet over it

[Hubert]

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]

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]

People used to do it before the rail system was introduced, looks pretty good.

 

[Mike1971]

Chippings where did you get the photograph from?

[Hubert]

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)