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    Throw some desert tan rail guards on that bad boy, some tan magpul mags, an fde stock and a tan grip and you will be all set.

    Really what are your options? go with a lesser rail cause it matches?
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    Quote Originally Posted by shadco View Post
    Throw some desert tan rail guards on that bad boy, some tan magpul mags, an fde stock and a tan grip and you will be all set.

    Really what are your options? go with a lesser rail cause it matches?
    werd.. go with what you got, mang. nothing is going to match exactly- DD's FDE is the extreme, but nobody's FDE matches anybody elses'. I vote for XTM panels in FDE.

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    I wouldn't say that switching to a black omega or black troy mrf would be a lessor rail would it?

    My intention for this one was to have black furniture, not fde. I've already ordered a black LMT SOPMOD kit. The FDE omega was because I thought it was going to be a closer match when I took the chance and ordered it.

    However, now that it's on there, the delta ring still showing is bugging me as much as the color differences. The FDE on the rail looks great, but it makes the receiver glow a pimped out looking gold bronze color though. LOL It's the receiver color bugging more more than the rail, but if you take the rail away, the receiver color isn't so bad on it's own.

    Not sure what I'm going to do yet, as I'm going to give it a little time to grow on me before I consider changing it I guess.
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    Just spoke with the ebay seller and he will swap me the black version of the omega if I want, but will also order me a troy or swap for the various DD lite rails that he has in stock also.

    The lite rails are nice, but would require removal of my barrel nut and sight block to fit them, which would put me back to what I was trying to avoid, but they are probably a stronger rail system and an ounce or two lighter in the end.

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    Quote Originally Posted by txbonds View Post
    I wouldn't say that switching to a black omega or black troy mrf would be a lessor rail would it?

    My intention for this one was to have black furniture, not fde. I've already ordered a black LMT SOPMOD kit. The FDE omega was because I thought it was going to be a closer match when I took the chance and ordered it.

    However, now that it's on there, the delta ring still showing is bugging me as much as the color differences. The FDE on the rail looks great, but it makes the receiver glow a pimped out looking gold bronze color though. LOL It's the receiver color bugging more more than the rail, but if you take the rail away, the receiver color isn't so bad on it's own.

    Not sure what I'm going to do yet, as I'm going to give it a little time to grow on me before I consider changing it I guess.
    The omega in black obviously not.

    Imo the Troy would be but you know what they have to say about opinions .

    I just bit the bullet and snagged a DD lite midlength x in black. It requires changing out the barrel nut but I have to take the YHM one off anyway. I think the DD Lite rail once it's on will be a good solid solution.

    Hope the Black Omega works out well for you.
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    Thanks Shad. I'm sending the tan one back tomorrow in exchange for a black omega. I would have considered a lite mid length, but he doesn't have it in stock.

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    I think it looks good dude... I'd keep it.
    Its not that bad, you'll see a lot bigger contrast with a black rail than that one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Seth Harness View Post
    I think it looks good dude... I'd keep it.
    Its not that bad, you'll see a lot bigger contrast with a black rail than that one.
    Too late man, it's on the way back in exchange for the black omega. I just can't make myself like the DE one. When combined with my receivers, it just looks like a big golden lamp from my grandma's house or something. LOL I know it's silly and petty, but the omega DE color made my receivers just glow golden bronze and it drove me crazy that they didn't match up.

    Also, I wasn't trying to make a setup with FDE pannels/ladders and furniture, so right off the bat it was going away from what I was trying to build. I want black furniture on this one, and the only thought with the DE omega was that if it were a really close match, it would look nice with black ladders when combined with the black furniture.

    I liked the way it looked in the factory finish with the standard black plastic handguard and black stock, but wanted rails and a better stock and grip. So, I had already dumped the money into a black LMT setup, a black ergo grip and about 18 various mags in black/grey shades. Changing the color scheme to one of FDE on all of that stuff would mean a much bigger cost than just shipping the rail back for an exchange. Make sense? (Those LMT SOPMOD kits are not cheap. )

    That said, once I get this one all finished up and have the funds for a second one, I may look at FDE furniture for that one, but it will be a while down the road. Where I think that Omega Dark Earth would look nice would be on a set of black receivers, with black barrel. Then get the matching ergo grip to the ergo ladders that come with the omega, and also get a matching DE stock to that grip and rails. That would make some nice contrast I think.

    Long story, but in my eyes, the omega Dark Earth was going to drive me crazy, so it had to go. LOL

    Will post some pics in a week or so when I get the black omega back to replace this one. Thanks for all the tips and advise though.

    Feel free to check out all the pics of the DE Omega here for anyone interested in one and wondering what they look like: http://www.flickr.com/photos/24643102@N02/

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    Should have got the CASV system you can add rails or remove them as you need them and looks awsome and is a free float system. THEN YOU WOULD BE HAPPY.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ROADKING View Post
    Should have got the CASV system you can add rails or remove them as you need them and looks awsome and is a free float system. THEN YOU WOULD BE HAPPY.
    Dude, you are driving me crazy with this VLTOR stuff. Move along.

    My two issues with the omega were color of the Dark Earth and the fact that delta ring is still visible.

    How on earth would the Vltor CASV have fixed either of those? The delta ring is still visible on the vltor and the vltor FDE wouldn't have matched either. So that puts me back in the same boat almost, except the guy that I got the omega from only has a black omega to swap me, and not a CASV system.

    I get your point about the riser and scope height though, but I'm still not going that way with this build.

    All that said, please give me a break on the vltor casv lovin in my thread. LOL

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