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Thread: Daniel Defense EZ Carbine 7.0 Handguard

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    Quote Originally Posted by bkb0000 View Post
    i guess i should rephrase and say i know of no use for the gap filler on a drop-in hanguard. if you do, please enlighten me
    I don't...I was hoping you would enlighten the members on why it was not useful?

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    I think these are round, not oval - right?

    What I'd personally like to see in a drop-in rail: something the same cylindrical diameter as an A2 corncob except for a taller built-in top rail that spans the Delta ring gap and that has well-designed mountings on the sides and bottom for optional rail sections, plus at 1:30 and 10:30 for short rail segments to mount lights. I find most quads to be uncomfortably large, and my TRX-E is a smidge too thin. I think the 2"-2.25" A2 diameter is just about perfect...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Redhat View Post
    I don't...I was hoping you would enlighten the members on why it was not useful?
    you don't mount optics on the handguard, generally speaking, and you certainly dont do it on drop-in guards. you'd likely have some trouble holding zero. because of this, and because optics are really the only thing you'd ever want to mount in that particular spot, filling the gap is pretty pointless.

    somebody else mentioned the extra coverage keeps soot off his aimpoint- i've never experienced that, or if i did, i didn't know it- but that would be a perfectly good reason to want the gap piece.

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    Thanks for the info on this rail guys.
    Something I just noticed, no QD swivel mount. Oh well, they make add ons.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bkb0000 View Post
    i'm not quite sure why they went continuous... it's arguably useless on a FF rail, totally useless on a drop-in set.
    I like the monolithic rails because it is much easier to index the rail for a front sight and It keeps carbon off your optics. Some people like to bridge their RDS across as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by zachsm View Post
    I like the monolithic rails because it is much easier to index the rail for a front sight and It keeps carbon off your optics. Some people like to bridge their RDS across as well.
    i dont think most mounts will clear the delta ring, without dremeling.. so this generally only works on one-piece FF rails. but you wouldn't want to bridge the gap with a non-FF hanguard.

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    It may just be a looks thing, kinda like how even magpul trigger guards
    even put in their description "fills the annoying "gap" at the rear of the standard trigger guard".

    It could even be mere aerodynamics. lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by PdxMotoxer View Post
    It may just be a looks thing, kinda like how even magpul trigger guards
    even put in their description "fills the annoying "gap" at the rear of the standard trigger guard".

    It could even be mere aerodynamics. lol
    the gap at the trigger guard isn't annoying because it's ugly- it's "annoying" because it'll scrape the skin off your middle finger after half a day's drilling.

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    It's a great idea. I too am surprised DD didn't do this sooner. Hopefully they will expand to include 9.0 rails for the Middy.
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    Hopefully somebody will mount a RDS on it and see if it holds zero.

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