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Thread: New Viking Tactics VTAC EXTREME BattleRail - By Troy Industries

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    Quote Originally Posted by JFreuler View Post
    During the EAG class here in October I used my SBR with the VTAC Extreme Rail. The only time I noticed it getting warm was during several back to back NSR drills. It took several for it to get warm however, it never got warm enough that I could not hold it with bare hands.
    That's good to know.
    This has greatly increased my interest in this HG.

    I am not so much interested in the weight savings (to me a few ounces doesn't mean all that much) so much as the HG itself.
    Not needing to buy rail covers and maintaining a slim tube to grip are nice attributes, especially if you can hold onto them without cooking your hand.
    Jack Leuba
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    My rebuilt 9mm - a Nodak Spud lower, RRA upper, ACS and 13" Troy TRX Extreme:

    Last edited by HeavyDuty; 12-29-09 at 17:58. Reason: Fixed broken pic link

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    Quote Originally Posted by kwrangln View Post
    The more I think about it the more tempted I am to go full awn white trash and just thread the heaviest duy key ring I can find through a couple of the holes to act as a loop to attach a HK hook to.

    I just can't bring myself to attach a piece of rail, then buy a sling mount to mount to that rail, all just to snap a sling to.

    I'll keep on looking, still have to pick up a sling to put on whatever mount I end up with.


    edit: Redneck is as redneck does. Had to give it a shot to see if it would even work.




    Figure folks have been using 550 cord and plastic buckles to hold slings together for years, this might just hold up for a while, just have to see. Sure it might fail spectacularly in the "rappel down a cliff using nothing but your rifle sling" test, so I'll just have to avoid that one.

    I may go completely crazy and thread some heat shrink tubing on there so it doesn't rattle, have to see.
    Looking at mine this morning, I wonder how cutting down the 4" rail to just long enough for a HK loop adapter would work? It would only attach via a single screw, but I think that'd be OK. I think the 4" would work better for this than a shorter one because you can crop on either side of the inner hole.

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    Depending on how bored I get sitting on my ass the next couple days, I may have the wife bring me parts and tools so I can play around with different mounting ideas. I need to order some parts as well so I can go play after the doc clears me to walk again.

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    I was thinking more about this today. I'm halfassed tempted to just order the ARPerformance flush mount and snap in a QD loop.

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    Sling mount for the Troy version. Now they need to address the VTAC Extreme.

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    AR15 Performance Sling mount

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    I wrapped my VTAC sling with a small piece of duct tape, fed it through the VTAC TRX, and while somewhat ghetto it works great. No sling adapter- $0 and 0 oz.

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    Quote Originally Posted by M&P45 View Post
    Sling mount for the Troy version. Now they need to address the VTAC Extreme.

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    AR15 Performance Sling mount
    I'm aware of this mount, think it was posted earlier in the thread. Looks like a slick lil unit, I'm just not all that thrilled with the plastic backing nut that holds it on there.

    Quote Originally Posted by Boss Hogg View Post
    I wrapped my VTAC sling with a small piece of duct tape, fed it through the VTAC TRX, and while somewhat ghetto it works great. No sling adapter- $0 and 0 oz.
    You my friend are a redneck god, and that's coming from someone who threaded a keyring through his floater tube for grins.

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    I picked up one of the new 13" TRXs awhile back for a build I was working on.

    The carbine is pretty much all Noveske (picked up a couple of stripped lowers before the '08 election) with a LMT ambi LPK and LMT SOPMOD buttstock assy.

    I haven't had a chance to wring it out yet, but so far I like the balance and the streamlined, "no superfluous rails" profile, which allows me to get my support hand all the way out forward. The rail on the bottom near the muzzle has a rubber ladder cover on it, and gives me a nice index point for my hand, and because it functions as an index point and a stop, I'm going to try to run it without a VFG.

    The crucible will be Pat Rogers' carbine course at Southern Exposure in a few weeks. Hopefully it won't meet the inglorious fate that many home-built carbines do.





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    What length barrel is that, 14.5? Looks pretty sweet with the 13" TRX.

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