Curious how sought after these are? I thought I recall reading some time ago these were used by the military but could be mistaken, I've been out of the clone world for a bit.  Considering getting rid of them and curious what they're worth? Obviously whatever someone is willing to pay but hoping to get a guestimate on value

First, nice rail. Haven't seen one of those early DDM4 rails around in a long time.

Yes, the earliest DDM4 rail saw limited U.S. military use: It was the handguard adopted for use on the U.S. Army's Squad Designated Marksman Rifle (SDMR) during the early days of the GWOT (I believe it was fielded from about 2002 until 2010-ish). However, the version used on the SDMR was the DDM4 12.0, so I expect that it's only that version which will have value to cloners who want to build an SDMR clone. (Side note: I don't think I've ever seen anyone do an SDMR clone, given the fairly limited fielding of that weapon system.)

Whereas you have the DDM4 9.5 FSP, which is not a version that was ever used by any U.S. military units, as far as I know. So I don't think that particular rail would have the same value to collectors/cloners that an early DDM4 12.0 would have. To anyone else, it's just an outdated old-school quad rail. But for DD fans, I personally think that it's nice to own a piece of early Daniel Defense history. All this to say: I don't know what your rail is worth, but probably not what it would be if it were clone-correct for a U.S. military rifle program.

I appreciate that response.  It sounds like you're a collector and appreciate fine DD products. I can empathize with this as an avid Knights Armament collector for the last 15+ years or so. You sound like a great dude and obviously have respect for the gun community based on your response. Message me your address and Ill get this one shipped out to you, its on the house.

Damn solid!

The later bolt-up version of that rail had some limited usage with the Army's 28th EOD on their CQBR's.

Lots more pictures here.

Appreciate the info.  I've got one of the FSP Lite rails too.  I was planning on keeping it and putting something together with it.  This gave me some ideas!

Nailed it.  Couldn't have said it better myself.

You're too kind. Yes, I am a DD fan and collect stuff that's vintage, but I wouldn't take this from you for free. You should still post it in the EE if you haven't already, and ask for a price that makes sense to you. I will consider offering you a bid.

Back in the day (15-20 years ago), the DDM4 rails sold for over $300. You could probably get something close to that.

Interesting, I don't think I'd heard that before, and DD doesn't really say anything about it on their web site. (Whereas they do mention that the original DDM4 12.0 rail was adopted by the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit for the SDMR.)

Wonder why they chose those rails and not the RIS II, which was in widespread use by the same USASOC units that they support at the time?

I just added it to my listing from last night.

Cool, what's the link?

Link to FSP Rail

That's a serious write up you put on your ads

You might be thinking of the DD lite FSP rails.  Those were seen in use with EOD.

I know a thing or two because I’ve seen a thing or two.

Some people can be a total pain so I’m just getting ahead of it 😂

Read my first post: He's correct that the DDM4 rails were used on the Army's SDMR. He just doesn't have the same version of the rail that was used on SDMR.

Bump.

Interesting GunBroker listing for an SDMR clone upper featuring the original DDM4 rail 12.0: https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1044277902