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Ladders are insanely overpriced. I couldn't agree more.
I would get some index clips from LaRue.
Oh, now that's funny. $30 for these penny index clips and you think ladder covers at $10 are overpriced? One 72 count index clip set covers a CAR rail, while 4 Spikes covers covers the same amount at $20, and even at normal price the Larue are not much cheaper and are just as insanely overpriced as any other cover out there. There is money well saved! Oh but wait, you get the Larue name on them, and that is worth how much again?
While you won't save a lot on rail covers, if you get your C&R 03 FFL (curio and relic collector's FFL, non dealer) you can get a three pack of DD rail covers for $22 at dealer discount from Midway, or about $7.33 each. Still not as good as Spikes
sale pricing for July but better than the normal full price. For $30-$35 for three years you can get dealer discounts from all kinds of places even though the items are not C&R related. Midway, Brownells, Graf & Son, YHM, AIM, and dozens of other places will give C&R holders the dealer discount. Now there is money well spent.