Favorite Rail and Muzzle Device?

Ferrara Fire · Jun 19, 2014

What is your favorite rail or muzzle device? There are SO any out there, it is daunting to pick the device for someone else. I personally like the old school A1 bird cage... if I am not using a suppressor. I do like the YHM flash hiders, a solid piece and a good price. I am torn between the ALG defense free float rails and the Troy rails with the little rubber O's, and the RRA free float tube feels nice also! Just building a run of uppers and looking for what people like. Everyone has to have their own proprietary rail these days!!!

franch1se82 · Jun 19, 2014

maybe keep it modular ... you really can't go wrong with the magpul fore ends for simplicity sake, I'm sure folks would love it, if you offer a couple of varieties of free float tubes. as for muzzle devices, i'd go with the A2 birdcage for the masses, and carry higher ended stuff like ALG or Ferfrans or Lantac or JP etc.

if you carried some upper tier free float tubes, key mod rails or any other modular rail, i'd be a customer for sure!

calcagno45 · Jun 19, 2014

The Troy rail with the rubber O's does look really cool!

I really like the MI Gen 2 SS rail. It's a perfect small diameter rail, easy to grab onto and can put a rail section anywhere. These can be found on many assembled uppers from PSA, Core 15, etc.

However, my next build will likely be with a keymod rail as this seems to becoming the new rage with an increasing line of keymod only accessories.

Blackhawk · Jun 19, 2014

I kinda like the rail mounted beer bottle opener.

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/682226/ace-rail-mount-sling-adapter-tactical-bottle-opener-fixed-loop-ar-15-aluminum-matte

Doug76 · Jun 21, 2014

My new free float hand guard came with a continuous full length top rail machined into it.
And my favorite muzzle device is a thread cap. Damn muzzle devices make the gun too loud.

Bigchillin83 · Jun 21, 2014

Midwest industries ss 12" free float, with a afg, fits great, really light, slim, and a yhm muzzle brake, loud but works great, but then again all brakes are loud lol

LA_LEO · Aug 30, 2014

I like my Troy Alpha Rail. As far as muzzel device...I currently run a Battle Comp. I shot a buddies BCM Gunfighter Comp the other day and was HIGHLY impressed! It felt as if he was running an adjustable gas block and had it tuned just right! I might be in the market for a BCM soon

Rhandhali · Aug 31, 2014

I like the Daniel Defense drop in rails. Pretty easy to install and they work great, plus they just came out with a model that has keymod.

Front Sight magazine did a comparison of different muzzle devices to give you an idea of how they will affect movement of the barrel. They strapped a bright green laser to the side of the barrel and took long exposure photos of a target as they fired a single shot to show how the laser traced along the target. It gives you a pretty solid idea of how each device affects muzzle movement. They had the guns in a wheeled sled and used how much the sled rolled back as a rough gauge of recoil reduction. My only complaint is they only had one control - no muzzle device, and didn't compare standard A1/A2 flash hiders to see if those have any measureable impact on muzzle rise and recoil compared to no muzzle device.

Write up is here, my takeaway is the best bang for the buck in terms of muzzle rise compensation and recoil reduction was the Miculek. Other compensators performed better, but IMHO not enough to justify their vastly higher prices compared to the Miculek. Maybe if you're a higher end 3-gun shooter, but I'm not there yet.

rcm192 · Aug 31, 2014

I like the midwest keymod rails. I need one for my scar. Just came out last month. That with a thorntail mount and insight wml.

As far as muzzle devices. I liked my troy medieval brake. The factory one on my scar is a pws i believe. Its effective but loud, as expected.

Patchgunner · Sep 4, 2014

Lantac = hands down number one in the flat muzzle department

Hand guards is personal preference = I prefer smaller od modular tubes

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djdig · Sep 4, 2014

Rainier Arms SWITCH .308 Rail 15.5 (has a slant and few difference from the fortis)
Rainier Arms RAC .308 Comp

Just started putting together my new .308 AR and the Rainier/Fortis stuff is amazing.

noob · Sep 4, 2014

I have a Daniel defense lite rail on pretty much all my ar's but seems like the new thing is key mod rails. I got to try bcm's rail, and man the thin diameter and smooth sides were nice. And you add rail sections or specific accessories to different areas. Overall it's a great product, but too pricey to change all of my guns over. But my next build will probably have some sort or propitiatory rail that has smooth sides (everyone is making one, seeking, mi, bcm, just to name a few)

As far as muzzle device, I like any of the aac 51t adapters but then again I'm partial. I owned a noveske kx3, bcm gun fighter, levang linear, vortex 4 prong, and another one that slips my mind. Over all they work, the vortex seemed louder than the others (all on sbr's)

jcomar1 · Sep 4, 2014

I used a CMMG RKM9 keymod rail on my latest upper. I really like it. It's slim profile is really nice. I like that the barrel nut did not need to be timed for the gas tube also. Very light, and also inexpensive.

NOLAShootist · Sep 4, 2014

I run LaRue handguards. Admittedly, its basically just out of habit at this point. Im sure a better mousetrap has been built in the years since I bothered researching. Creature of habit.

As to muzzle devices, BE Meyers makes the best on the market, per independent testing.
http://bemeyers.com/product/249f-flash-hider/
http://vuurwapenblog.com/2013/10/03/ar15-muzzle-brakeflash-hidercompensator-comparison-part-1/

And, yeah, they are that good.

Patchgunner · Dec 29, 2014

I'm gunna be honest I'm a m lok fan boy now. It's a great system. I'm also a alg emr handguard fan. Light weight modular and all get out and a excellent barrel nut

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FD807 · Dec 29, 2014

Check out the Seekins handguards im building a rifle with one and they are super light

Magdump · Dec 29, 2014

Most of my AR's carry a levang linear comp. works like it should, everything goes out the front, less noise, less cost.
Not a big fan of having pounds of add ons so the Magpul Handguards work fine for most of mine, but Troy and Seekins does offer some nice stuff.

noob · Dec 29, 2014

most of my rifles have DD lite rails, They are light, rigid and can mount pretty much anything to them since they are full railed. A few of my rifles have keymod rails (seekins MCSR and Knights URX 4.0) and though feel great in hand since they are round. I don't like the fact I have spend money to ADD a rail section. Only thing keymod they have are panels, hand stops and VFG's. If I wanted to add a light, laser, beer bottle opener etc. I'll have to add a rail section.

Devilneck · Dec 30, 2014

I know this isn't what the OP probably was referring to, but my favorite muzzle device: A bayonet. Preferably a blade, not the communist spike style.

Judge Mental · Dec 30, 2014

Very good objective comparative review of compensators. Somewhat unscientific, but it doesn't pretend to be. Miculek wins when price-point is factored in IMHO

http://www.youtube.com/attribution_...tch?v=3FD-Rou9-9A&feature=em-share_video_user

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