Handguard with picatinny rails7/1/2023 ![]() With more modern versions adding Picatinny style rails onto the sides of the handguards of the rifles for the mounting of additional equipment. On the Kalashnikov rifles, the Warsaw rail is attached to the left side of the receiver when viewed from the rear. ![]() ![]() Original rails were a raised metal strip with the sides undercut, less standardized than the dovetail design, to allow hardware to slide on and be secured by means of compression only. There are also non-military designs used in shooting sports to attach slings and bipods such as the UIT rail and the Freeland rail. The common types of rail systems for firearms are the dovetail rail, (including the Soviet variant known as the Warsaw Pact rail), the Weaver rail, the Picatinny rail, SOPMOD, and the Magpul M-LOK. Tactical usage and shooting sports have both benefited from the extra options provided.įirearm accessories commonly compatible with or intended for rail systems include tactical lights, laser sights, vertical forward grips, telescopic sights, holographic sights, reflex sights, backup iron sights, bipods/ tripods, slings, and bayonets. An advantage of the multiple rail slots is the moveable positions to adjust for optimal placement of each item for each different user, along with the ability to switch different items at different placements due to varying eye reliefs on gun sights. Rail systems are straight mounting brackets (usually made of strips of metal or polymer) on the gun's receiver, handguard, or fore-end stock to allow sliding or variable-position attachments. ![]() A dovetail rail on a rifle receiver for mounting a sightĪ rail integration system ( RIS), rail accessory system ( RAS), rail interface system, or simply rail system, is a generic term for a standardized system for attaching accessories to firearms. ![]()
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