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"The secret to happiness is freedom, and the secret to freedom is courage." - Thucydides, c. 410 BC
May have been addressed elsewhere; the design has me curious. Why does it have rail slots on top? Cosmetics? What would possibly mount there? MM's review stetes "The rail on top of the gas block has been retained." Why?
Last edited by DWood; 06-21-10 at 08:14.
1. In case you decide you want a fixed front sight after allMay have been addressed elsewhere; the design has me curious. Why does it have rail slots on top? Cosmetics? What would possibly mount there? MM's review stetes "The rail on top of the gas block has been retained." Why?
2. In case you decide you want to mount a fixed front sight on the rail and a flashlight on the gas block.
Just because it has a flip-up front sight doesn't mean you need to use it, that's the beauty of keeping it railed.
The second build I will be using another VST on will have midlength MOE handguards; I intend to use the top rail of the VST to attach a tac light when needed. The QD sling swivel inserts will also be of great utility on that build, since otherwise I would have to rely on the MOE polymer rails to add a sling swivel adapter.
"The secret to happiness is freedom, and the secret to freedom is courage." - Thucydides, c. 410 BC
And likewise, if it was flat on top with no protrusion for rails then the mount would still slide right past...
I had the older style and I liked it a lot. I do like how this one doesn't have the extra material mine had. Mine was EASY to flip up and perhaps this one is not as easy. It looked funky deployed though...
Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball...
the rail also gives you the option of mounting some other folding front sight on top of it if you don't like the sight picture provided by the vltor; a troy for example. you get the longer sight radius, plus a front sight that's mounted on the barrel (for those concerned with barrel or rail deflection under certain circumstances, and want the front sight to move with the barrel).
anyways, it's there, but you don't have to use it (like QD sling cups in most stocks).
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