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    Not a huge fan of drop-in rails.. But, Daniel Defense Omega if you can afford it. Never had any experience with any Troy rails. After a few bad experiences with Troy products I think I'll be using them exclusively for their BUIS. I have a MI mctar-19g2 on my dissy and honestly can't feel any weight difference between it and the MOE I had on it (I believe the mctar is like .77 ounces heavier). The MI has been very solid and I picked it up on sale new for right at a bill.
    You can't beat that with a baseball bat.

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    Centurion.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shao View Post
    Not a huge fan of drop-in rails.. But, Daniel Defense Omega if you can afford it. Never had any experience with any Troy rails. After a few bad experiences with Troy products I think I'll be using them exclusively for their BUIS. I have a MI mctar-19g2 on my dissy and honestly can't feel any weight difference between it and the MOE I had on it (I believe the mctar is like .77 ounces heavier). The MI has been very solid and I picked it up on sale new for right at a bill.
    You can't beat that with a baseball bat.
    Agree on the drop in rail.....I'm relatively new to working on an AR and was nervous and seriously considered the DD rail, after watching a few videos I felt confident enough to put in a free float and cut the delta ring off and was surprised how easy it was, definitely worth it. But, if you're set on drop in the DD is nice but pricey, not really a fan of Troy products.
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    OP, welcome to M4C, where you get an opinion on every brand except the two you're actually asking about.

    Between the two, I've only used the MI and I'm thoroughly happy with mine.

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    Quote Originally Posted by markm View Post
    Centurion.
    Everyone keeps mentioning Centurion, but do they make a true drop-in rail? The C4 is easy enough to install since it uses a standard barrel nut, but it's still a free-float and would require disassembly or cutting. I believe the OP wants a true drop-in.

    ..honestly, I know I may catch a lot of flak for this one, but I built a carbine for a cheap friend of mine that wanted to pay absolute bottom dollar and HAD to have a quad. I purchased a drop in with extended top rail from a company called Guntec USA and it's been solid since day one. I think it cost him like $38 and, is of course imported, but I was very impressed with the quality for the price and he's a throw your rifle in the back of your pickup kinda guy that in no way babies his guns. Going on a year now and it hasn't fallen off or loosened up. Maybe the OP should go that route until he saves some dough for a good US made free float.
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    If he's at all serious about AR gunning, he'll end up replacing the MI or Troy with a good rail at some point. Why not skip ahead and save a buck or two?

    I've replaced an MI drop in, and My Troy is the next one to go.... The frickin extrusion isn't even straight, and it weighs too much.
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    Quote Originally Posted by markm View Post
    If he's at all serious about AR gunning, he'll end up replacing the MI or Troy with a good rail at some point. Why not skip ahead and save a buck or two?

    I've replaced an MI drop in, and My Troy is the next one to go.... The frickin extrusion isn't even straight, and it weighs too much.
    I'm not saying I disagree with that. He just gave two brands he's deciding on and wanted opinions on those two. Not sure his reasons for only asking about those brands. Cost? Who knows?


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    Quote Originally Posted by markm View Post
    If he's at all serious about AR gunning, he'll end up replacing the MI or Troy with a good rail at some point. Why not skip ahead and save a buck or two?

    I've replaced an MI drop in, and My Troy is the next one to go.... The frickin extrusion isn't even straight, and it weighs too much.
    I think you're being a little unfair to MI. It seems to me like their products are improving steadily and I don't think they deserve the stigma they earned so many years back. I run two MI rails and they've both been perfect - one the aforementioned mctar and the other a ssk, which is actually pretty awesome. Note, however, that both are somewhat recently released handguards.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shao View Post
    I think you're being a little unfair to MI. It seems to me like their products are improving steadily and I don't think they deserve the stigma they earned so many years back. I run two MI rails and they've both been perfect - one the aforementioned mctar and the other a ssk, which is actually pretty awesome.
    Maybe. If someone gave them the specs on 1913 pic, they might be alright.

    They are doing some keymod too, so at least they're willing to evolve.
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    For easy drop in installation, Daniel Defense Omega series rails are the way to go.

    As far as Centurian goes, after trying one, I will avoid them in the future. Whether it clamps securely on the barrel nut is hit or miss and it will rotate without applying a lot of pressure. Sure, the anti rotate tabs stop it after a few degrees of travel in each direction, but who wants a loose rail. This was tried with several barrel nuts.

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