Bought a Arsenal Milled SAM7R-61.
Cut the hand guard retainer (the sling loop off) so that I could fit the Midwest extended rail.
Got everything on right, but it looks "crooked" to me where receiver meets rail. I cant get the bottom half to square up and run perfectly parallel to the barrel. The retainer is in the way.
Can you/Do you see the "bow" in the middle where the receiver meets the rail?
To me, it appears that the hand guard retainer is not allowing the rail to even out, and creates the un evenness.
What would happen if I remove the retainer completely? Do you have to have it to run the gun? The MI has that adapter that bolts the bottom rail and top rail in the middle with a brace/bracket that goes around the barrel. The rails do have contact with the retainer, thus making a point of contact and giving it strength, but also is the problem making it uneven.
Im curious if I did remove the retainer, if the rail would then even out and meet the receiver better and run parallel with the barrel.
Hope this makes sense...