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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Question on Light Mount Rail

Posted: 12/27/2005 5:31:48 AM EDT

Pentagon Light add, currenty published in Jan 06 SWAT, pg 37, probably also in other rags.

It's an M-4 with regular M-4 handguards. The mount is a picatinny rail that spans the entire length of the HG, but the rail is oriented vertically. I'm assuming it mounts in some bottom vent holes and then makes a 90 turn to the vertical. The Pentagon light incorporates an Arms 17S throw lever mount, but I'm assuming that's just the mount, that the rail is a separate deal. Anyone know who makes such a rail?

Posted: 12/27/2005 8:23:40 AM EDT

[#1]

Quoted:
Pentagon Light add, currenty published in Jan 06 SWAT, pg 37, probably also in other rags.

It's an M-4 with regular M-4 handguards. The mount is a picatinny rail that spans the entire length of the HG, but the rail is oriented vertically. I'm assuming it mounts in some bottom vent holes and then makes a 90 turn to the vertical. The Pentagon light incorporates an Arms 17S throw lever mount, but I'm assuming that's just the mount, that the rail is a separate deal. Anyone know who makes such a rail?

The rail is seperate and could possibly be an MI rail.

C4

Posted: 12/27/2005 8:42:22 AM EDT

[#2]

GG&G has something similar, but it's much shorter. Maybe only a couple of slots max. This photo looks like it would offer 10-12 slots for mounting a light.

MI website does not list anything like this.

Posted: 12/27/2005 9:21:18 AM EDT

[#3]

Quoted:
GG&G has something similar, but it's much shorter. Maybe only a couple of slots max. This photo looks like it would offer 10-12 slots for mounting a light.

MI website does not list anything like this.

MI does have it and it is on their web site: www.midwestindustriesinc.com/ar_forearm_mounts.htm

I also have them in stock.

C4

Posted: 12/27/2005 11:25:27 AM EDT

[#4]

The mount that jmart is referring to is not a basic handguard mount, it's a 3 o'clock mount. I'm not sure of it's origin, I first thought it might be from Sage Int. but apparently not. I also don't believe it's attached to the handguards, I have a feeling it attaches off the lower receiver takedown pin.

Posted: 12/27/2005 7:04:40 PM EDT

[#5]

Thanks, that's the picture I was referring to.

Posted: 1/4/2006 6:54:06 PM EDT

[#6]

I asked about this 2-3 months ago, I called the company and was told the picture is staged--the rail just sits there for a pic.

I thought maybe someone has made a rail that was " sandwiched" between the hg's after they were "releived" slightly. Neat idea if that was the case.

Posted: 1/5/2006 8:04:30 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
I asked about this 2-3 months ago, I called the company and was told the picture is staged--the rail just sits there for a pic.

That is so lame.

Posted: 1/6/2006 2:46:27 PM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:
I asked about this 2-3 months ago, I called the company and was told the picture is staged--the rail just sits there for a pic.

I thought maybe someone has made a rail that was " sandwiched" between the hg's after they were "releived" slightly. Neat idea if that was the case.

In the current SWAT issue, Pentagon has a nother pic and that upper is the real deal (as I help build it).

Posted: 1/6/2006 5:09:46 PM EDT

[#9]

Grant, So, who makes this rail as I described? It would be a great add on to standard hg's-even a short section would be great towards the front. This would keep things rather simple.

Mark

Posted: 1/6/2006 7:11:13 PM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:
Grant, So, who makes this rail as I described? It would be a great add on to standard hg's-even a short section would be great towards the front. This would keep things rather simple.

Mark

I kind of knew the pic was fake from a previous conversation with someone, but didn't know for sure.

I believe the rail is just an ARMS of some kind.

Grant

Posted: 1/9/2006 10:43:10 AM EDT

[#11]

The pic in question was staged. It's a section of, I believe, A.R.M.S. rail, screwed to the side of a Ring's Blue gun that has been painted or photoshopped black. Since California is an AWB state and the company wasa started after the ban, it's kind of hard to get rifles to show the lights mounted. However, since I now consult for Pentagon Lights, that problem has been solved.

No comments about my fat thumbs or gut roll in the upcoming catalog, however, will be allowed!

Posted: 1/9/2006 10:55:10 AM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
The pic in question was staged. It's a section of, I believe, A.R.M.S. rail, screwed to the side of a Ring's Blue gun that has been painted or photoshopped black. Since California is an AWB state and the company wasa started after the ban, it's kind of hard to get rifles to show the lights mounted. However, since I now consult for Pentagon Lights, that problem has been solved.

No comments about my fat thumbs or gut roll in the upcoming catalog, however, will be allowed!

Posted: 1/11/2006 4:26:07 PM EDT

[#13]

That is so lame.

Took me a while to understand what they were saying anyhow--

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Question on Light Mount Rail

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