Originally Posted by
Parabellum9x19mm
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what are you using the rifle for? people keep asking you, because its kind of important.
i'm not trying to be a dick here, but sadly, i cant help being a dick. do you even really need a VFG? do you know how to properly shoot with a VFG? do you use a weakside thumb hold? do you choke the chicken? do you use the VFG more for indexing purposes, or are you holding on for dear life?
my guess is that you would probably be better of with factory plastic handguards & no VFG....but it really depends on what kind of shooting you're going to be doing with the rifle.
rails are one of the least important accessories, but because they be blingin', people tend to buy them first....before they have optics, or more than 6 magazines, or a case of ammo, etc.
before you start thinking about a rail you should think about the following:
Ammo. how much 5.56 or .223 ammo do you have? you probably need more.
Magazines. you can never have enough. magazines are expendable items....they wear out. plan ahead.
Sling. essential. this is NOT a place where you want to skimp. spend the $50 and get a quality sling.
Optic. if you are using this rifle for duty/defense you should have a red dot site. you haven't really explained what the purpose of the rifle is....so its sort of hard to give advice regarding such an unknown quantity. but generally speaking, you should slap an aimpoint on there before you start thinking about rails.
Light. if its a duty/defense rifle a light is a must-have. you dont need a rail to mount a light, there are several threads on M4C regarding non-railed forend light mounting
Training. learning never stops.
and by the way, the price on the DD Omega is not "CRAZY!!!!!!" it is actually very reasonable considering the ease of install by the end user, the overall design of the system, materials used, as well as machine hours required for manufacture.
no there "arn't"
there are less expensive rails that are also very high quality, but none of them offer what the Omega offers. do a little research. compare some specs. you'll see that the price is fair for what you get. other than the Omega you might want to look into Vltor, KAC, and Midwest Industries.
rails are an expensive item to manufacture.
if you want heavy, sloppy garbage with out of spec rail slots, constructed from shoddy materials, then by all means go buy some UTG rails or the like.
seriously. stop buying Mako and CAA junk. if you want quality, you have to pay. but you already know that, as you have a 6920.
friends don't let friends buy CAA/Scrotus/Worst Samco