"If Larue is an answer, Larue is the answer"
-Pat Rogers
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"If Larue is an answer, Larue is the answer"
-Pat Rogers
I've found YHM to be junk myself.
I don't own LaRue but I've owned several DDs and I know the LaRues are just as good as the DDs.
With that, I'd chose the LT rail.
YHM is junk and you'll always "wonder" about the LT rail.
Buy once, cry once. You'll live through the initial cost I would think. You'll never regret purchasing it, never. With the YHM, you'll always wonder about having a better one and the daydreaming will get old, fast. You may be able to resell that YHM at a big loss if you end up giving in to the wondering and daydreaming.
I wouldn't go so far as calling YHM junk. The are decent well priced equipment.:cool:
bad experience? do share.
well i haven't used any YHM stuff, but I'm gonna. as soon as i decide on a barrel length for my "cheap gun" build i'm gonna order one up.
All i;ve used is DD. Larue's have always been too ugly, too skinny, or the guy on the phone's been having too bad of a day by the time he answers my call for me to want to place an order, so I've never owned one. DD rocks, but i've recently doubted if i HAVE to spend an additional $350 on every build.
i have trouble following the logic that YHM is "junk." people say, but they never say why. they're heavier, don't look as cool (as DD; larue guards are fugly), cost less, and probably don't wick heat as well... but i'm sure they're still a jagantaye improvement over ANY plastic guards. so what if they're not "as good?" that doesn't make them junk. what if you don't need "as good," but need "better than plastic?"
i'll even do some testing... i'll bang it around some, benchrest it, pull a barrel temp reading, pop it off and put on a DD, bang it around some and benchrest it, and get a barrel temp again. i suspect i'll get the same groups and that it wont break under a moderate beating. we'll see about heat. if someone wants to send me a larue i'll test it too.
LaRue rails (and other high end rails) are smaller, lighter and stronger, more consistent from rail to rail. I prefer Daniel Defense rails myself but LaRue rails are top quality and very nice and on the same par as DD.
It's kinda like race cars, How fast do you want to go? Speed costs money.
Will a YHM rail suffice for most people? Yes.
IMHO, the best answer in the thread.
I prefer DD free float and KAC non free float but have a YHM on a franken upper. It serves the purpose I wanted it to on a fun gun that I don't use or intend to use on a "serious" basis. All I wanted was an inexpensive free float to mount a bipod on and it does that just fine. YHM is not in the same league as Larue, DD, KAC etc., but they serve their purpose in the inexpensive(less expensive) market.
That said, yes Larue is worth the price IMHO.
YMMV
I've been on most of the firearms forums for years. The best lesson I've learned is to browse the threads, paying attention to posters. Eventually a pattern will appear. There are those whose opinions I've come to trust and there are those who only parrot what the local forum "Big Dog", the latest gunrag guru or the currently hottest tactical trainer has to say. I've owned DD, Larue, Samson and Yankee Hill. I've been satisfied with all of them. Maybe I'm just lucky, but the YHM did what it was supposed to do. The others do, as someone before noted, seem to have more of an "it" factor, which I think in a lot of cases carries more weight than actual superiority of product. Just my 2 cents.