A sling mount should be rear the bottom of the feature list when it comes to rails. There are lots of crappy rails on the market with sling mounts.
Depending on how they are made, I would almost rather have the sling mount as an add on. Should the sling insert become worn or damaged, if its a part of the rail you may be screwed. If its external the rail, all one would need to do is attatch another.
Quality of the machine work and mounting system should be much higher on the list. That being said, the DD RIS-II is w/o equal.
DD makes a sling mount which weighs maybe an ounce. Depending on your chosen sling, I also like the Magpul mounts. No moving parts. Now if only the MS3 sling would actually be released...
I wonder what knock off bullshit brittle chinese rails he's used before. His logic seems perfect if we were all using airsoft guns.He said "Free floating means just what it says, free floating, as in the front of the rail is not attached to anything. Take a rifle with an aftermarket free floating rail, kneel on one knee, hold it out in front of you horizontally then bring the front of the free floating rail down on your knee like you were trying to break a large branch, there's a good chance it will break at the barrel nut.
Now repeat this experiment with a drop-in non-free floating rail that is supported by the front sight base. Unless you manage to warp the barrel, which would be pretty hard on a carbine, chances are your knee will give out before you damage anything.
Professional equipment isn't fragile.



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