wacki
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I'm going to buy a quad rail for my m4forgery. Recs on which one to get? What's the general consensus on Troy rails? Is it worth paying the extra $150 for LaRue or DD?
I performed some archive searches and found this:
Now all I need is a Troy review and to figure out if it really worth the extra $100-$150 to go from Troy to DD or Larue.
I performed some archive searches and found this:
There are only three major differences between the Laure and Daniel Defense rails:
1) The Larue rail has a locking plate inserted in the barrel nut during installation. This means if the retaining collar that holds the rail works loose from vibration, the rail can't roll very much. It also makes installation and alignment easier.
2) The Daniel Defense uses an aluminium barrel nut (you can get a steel nut though). This makes them lighter than the Larue and lighter even then plastic handguards. However, if you are mounting and unmounting the rail a lot or plan to run an M203, the aluminium barrel nut may not hold up as well as a steel barrel nut.
3) The 3 and 9 o'clock rails on the Daniel Defense are shorter than 1913 spec (Not as deep as they should be). This makes the DD a little more oval in feel and a tad bit slimmer than the Larue. It also means you can't mount anything here that depends on a correct 1913 depth in order to mount (however, I can't think of any product that you would mount here that would be affected by that)
Personally, the only big difference between the two that would affect most people is that that the Larue is easier to install - which isn't a big deal if somebody is going to install the DD for you. Both systems are used by the military and both are excellent systems that are very rugged.
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Now all I need is a Troy review and to figure out if it really worth the extra $100-$150 to go from Troy to DD or Larue.