Are you sick of accessory rails?

Are you sick of accessory rails

  • Yes, I'm sick of them

    Votes: 282 67.5%

  • No, I like pretending I'm in SWAT

    Votes: 136 32.5%
  • Total voters
    418
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Looks like there's a lot of opposition to them in Hawaii.

PS. I love my CZ P01 just the way she is, and shame on you for encouraging a negative body image on her! You can keep your anorexic single-stacked railless models, and I'll be dressing my baby up for a night on the town! "no honey, that TLR-1 doesn't make you look fat at all!"
 
25+ years ago, after 10 to 12 hrs on shift , my back would kill me from the weight of a K frame 357, 2 pairs of handcuffs, 24 rounds of ammo, etc, etc. I would have loved to reduce the weight with a polymer auto like a Glock or Sig, or even a Ruger like the P95 I have now. My P95 is a "house" gun, so the rail works ok for my light/laser. If I were still a street cop, I would not like the rail , I think it might be hard to find and use a holster with a light/laser like I have now. I think I would prefer a Crimson Trace laser grip set, which are not available for poly pistols? My ccw gun is a K/T PF9, which I bought because of the size and for the rail, even though the C/T laser doesn't require the rail. I like having options...
 
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Yes mainly, though I admit they do have their purpose. A rail mounted light can be a very good, very practical accessory, as long as one has a handheld light also. As a cop who occasionally has to clear buildings, a tactical light on a firearm is a definite advantage for this.

Having said that, however, most people don't need them. I don't have and don't want one on my off duty gun. They are ugly, and add a little extra bulk to the gun.

But they are all the rage these days, so much so, I noticed, that in the movie "Watchmen", the Comedian's longslide 1911s had both accessory rails, and forward cocking serration, which I don't think anybody had back in '85 when the movie was set.
 
I agree. There are enough guns with rails and a big enough market for accessories that they aren't going away.

I remember in the early 90s, you saw a lot of compensators and 1" extended barrels in the movies and at the gun shows. You don't see them nearly as much anymore. I think rails will continue to be available, but they will be bought and used by people who know why they need them, people who buy them because they look cool will get bored.

I don't want to replace all of my holsters with new ones to accommodate rails.
 
I recently got a good deal on a Taurus PT1911 AR.
Alloy frame with rail. It was a good shooter, accurate, no failures.
But I just could not warm up to a 1911 with rails. It just weren't kosher, and it looked all wrong.
And even the alloy frame was a bad. It mad the gun muzzle-heavy and destroyed the 1911 balance. I could see what Colt made only the short-slide models in alloy.

So it looked wrong, felt wrong. It found a new home.

But, on another pistol the rail is fine. I just made an offer on a G17 3rd gen with rail.
 
Got a Sig p220 Carry with a rail. Hate the rail, love everything else about the gun. None of the rest of my Sigs have rails. Or any other semiauto. For that matter, I don't even have accessory rails on my EBRs... Call me old fashioned...
 
Well, your two choices kind of suck. I don't find them obtrusive at all and don't mind them, but that is hardly the same thing as pretending I'm SWAT. And anyway, I'm cooler than those choads. ;-)
 
Way to present the illusion of choice. :D

Ignore the damn thing. You don't have to put anything on there. I've owned several handguns with the rail, and never felt compelled to a) put anything on there or b) get spun up enough to gripe about it. YMMV.
 
why not just remove them if they aren't wanted? get the old file out, take them of, refinish the frame (unless it's stainless, if it is, just polish up a little)
 
I don't care for them on compacts nor on a firearm I will holster, but I wouldn't have a full-sized HD handgun without them. YMMV.

Hate them? Not in the least.

Agree completely, FWIW, with the prior comments about the asinine wording of the poll choices...
 
Some people live to belittle those that dont think the way that they do. I have used flashlights in my opposite hand carrying a gun without a rail and had a weaponlight with laser on my latest gun with a rail. I bought the gun specifically for home defense, as I already have a non railed carry weapon. Having a free hand to open doors, push the badguy away or for whatever reason, helps me justify the rail. That certainly does not make me a SWAT wannabe. I also have an arched mainspring housing and mag funnel on the same gun. It's not for competition but if I should have to change mags in the dark, I want the biggest lead-in I can find.
 
My idea of accessory rails is that a laser or a light just gives me something to aim at. General idea is that since most are right handed then my aiming point is slightly to to my right.
 
You wouldnt get a chance to aim, you'd be wondering what that brilliant white blossom that just exploded in your face was, suddenly followed by a couple more from a different place than the first one. Of course, you probably woudnt hear the accompanying blasts, nor would you be having much of any thoughts after that. ;)

When used properly, the weapons mounted light is an effective weapon in its own right, and will steal the night from you (the BG) in both aspects of it. You wont know its there until its there, and it wont be where it was, even if you had time to respond and shoot where you thought it was. With night sights on the gun, the shooter really doesnt even need to flash it again. He knows where the target is at that point, even without the light.
 
Not going to get into the argument over whether lights on guns are good/bad, but maybe an experiment is in order?

Hit somebody you know with the beam from a blinding flashlight and see what the normal reflex/reaction is.

Ain't got nobody handy? Heck, hit yourself with it and see what your first reaction is.

Now decide accordingly...
 
I don't care for rails for the most part. What I don't understand is why the manufacturers do not just drill and tap the dustcover to accept attachment of an accessory rail. Want a rail? Buy one and attach it. Don't want a rail? Carry on.
 
While I agree that you have a choice to use the rail or not and would not be bothered by one even though I do not use them, I do however fell like they are ugly and would not have one on a range gun.
 
The problem with rails is that finding a holster that takes your gun with the light/laser attached are few and far between. Finding one for your model gun in a shop is next to impossible. You have to special order one or get a quick detah light/laser and carry it seperately.

I have a Beretta M9A1 and I ordered laser for it, then I realized that I could not carry it in anything but a nylon or plastic holster. I eventually made a leather holster myself.

If holster options were more readily available then I think that more people would purchase after market attachments.
 
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Why do some people whine and complain when gun manufacturers start giving them more options? I don't get it.

I didn't want a rail on my pistol, so I bought a CZ 75B in satin nickel...wait1..who is tired of satin nickel?!!

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:D
 
Why do some people whine and complain when gun manufacturers start giving them more options? I don't get it.
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In the case of Sig Sauer, I think we're talking about keeping the options limited options. IIRC, the Sig P229 is only offered with rails now, along with other models.

p.s. contrary to my prior post, I'm giving serious consideration to picking up a CZ P-01. Though I would probably never attach anything to the rails, this is one pistol where the aesthetics with rails is very nice.
 
Yes they suck !!!

A 1911 with rails ?!?!?
John Browning has to be rolling in his grave !!!
They are soooo ugly and pretentious,SWAT wannabes LOL !!
The elegant rolling underlining curves of the barrel are destroyed just so you can put a " flaslight or laser beam " on it !?! :barf:
I have two Sigs with them and i hate them immensely !!
 
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