ozarkhillbilly
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Does any one have any knowledge about First Samco's polymer 4 sided rail system the M44L. I realize its on the low end but just curious if anyone knows anything about them.
Polymer rail system any info?
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I have had two First Samco rail forends mounted to rifles, a full length and a carbine.
All in all they are not bad inexpensive set ups.
They are heavier that most aluminum rail forends because they are a bit thicker and have no cooling holes or slots but they do have heat shields.
The rails will cowitness with most all flat top upper receivers and they are not as durable as aluminum.
Any 'Picatinney', 1913 type, or Weaver type mount accessories will fit.
These forends are not free floating and you may be able to rotate the forend if you yank hard enough on it but the gas tube is not captured so you should not affect reliable function of the weapon if this happens.
You will need a Delta ring wrench to aid in attaching these forends to the rifle they fit TIGHT, but this is also true of about every other type of two piece rail forend too.
If they aren't tight they won't be right.
I broke my rifle length forend at a three gun match while going into a prone shooting position I got the sling tied up with my forearm and ended up putting a pretty good amount of pressure on the side mounted sling mount which caused it to break away from the forend taking a good size chunk of the upper forend with it.
I doubt I could duplicate that particular series of events in a thousand tries but that one mishap and loss of time caused me to place way down on the list.
I have heard people voice concern that rail forends will get too hot to hold if you shoot enough rounds through the weapon.
I can't own or shoot full auto in this state and I do shoot quite a lot of ammunition in a three gun match event and have yet to have any rail forend end up too hot to hold onto.
I use slotted rail protectors that look like little pices of ladders on my forends and they provide more than enough protection.
I imagine full rubber rail protecters are even way better in protecting a shooters off hand, and the rails themselves, from damage.
The carbine forend has stood up much better than the rifle but I recently replaced it with a Midwest Industries two piece non free floating aluminum rail guard.
I replaced the rifle forend with a Yankee Hill two piece non free floater long ago.HTH
All in all they are not bad inexpensive set ups.
They are heavier that most aluminum rail forends because they are a bit thicker and have no cooling holes or slots but they do have heat shields.
The rails will cowitness with most all flat top upper receivers and they are not as durable as aluminum.
Any 'Picatinney', 1913 type, or Weaver type mount accessories will fit.
These forends are not free floating and you may be able to rotate the forend if you yank hard enough on it but the gas tube is not captured so you should not affect reliable function of the weapon if this happens.
You will need a Delta ring wrench to aid in attaching these forends to the rifle they fit TIGHT, but this is also true of about every other type of two piece rail forend too.
If they aren't tight they won't be right.
I broke my rifle length forend at a three gun match while going into a prone shooting position I got the sling tied up with my forearm and ended up putting a pretty good amount of pressure on the side mounted sling mount which caused it to break away from the forend taking a good size chunk of the upper forend with it.
I doubt I could duplicate that particular series of events in a thousand tries but that one mishap and loss of time caused me to place way down on the list.
I have heard people voice concern that rail forends will get too hot to hold if you shoot enough rounds through the weapon.
I can't own or shoot full auto in this state and I do shoot quite a lot of ammunition in a three gun match event and have yet to have any rail forend end up too hot to hold onto.
I use slotted rail protectors that look like little pices of ladders on my forends and they provide more than enough protection.
I imagine full rubber rail protecters are even way better in protecting a shooters off hand, and the rails themselves, from damage.
The carbine forend has stood up much better than the rifle but I recently replaced it with a Midwest Industries two piece non free floating aluminum rail guard.
I replaced the rifle forend with a Yankee Hill two piece non free floater long ago.HTH
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