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Posted: 1/2/2017 12:52:02 AM EDT
| I am trying to have some picatinny rail sections built for a Midwest industries handguard made. Does anyone have any experience/suggestions with this? Would a small Machine shop take this on for me? |
 
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Which handguard? There is probably something available off the shelf or requiring only minor modification. It is for a Midwest Industries 308 handguard, so the hole spacing has to match that. I have scoured the internet for anything with no joy. Handguard The picatinny rail blanks I can find are not true MIL-1913 spec or are just extrustions. I thought about going the extrusion route, but by the time you mill the T-slots it's not much more effort to mill the entire thing. |
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It is for a Midwest Industries 308 handguard, so the hole spacing has to match that. I have scoured the internet for anything with no joy. Handguard The picatinny rail blanks I can find are not true MIL-1913 spec or are just extrustions. I thought about going the extrusion route, but by the time you mill the T-slots it's not much more effort to mill the entire thing. MI sells them in 2.5" and 4.5" lengths right on their site. Do you need something longer? |
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Do you understand that the slots in a metal rail made from extruded stock are machined? The cross section might have clean up machining to insure the dimensions are correct. The work and set ups to machine the cross section from bar stock is certainly greater than machining the cross slots with the correct width and spacing.
The dimensions will certainly be sufficient for a cosmetic application. If you catch someone with a caliber near your gun, hide it in the case. I'm really curious about the reason you believe the extruded stock sold by Brownell's does not meet MIL-STD-1913. |
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Did you look at EGW? They make rail sections up to 32" long.
http://www.egwguns.com/extrusion/drops/ If you call them, they'll sometimes make you exactly what you want. |
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Did you look at EGW? They make rail sections up to 32" long. http://www.egwguns.com/extrusion/drops/ If you call them, they'll sometimes make you exactly what you want. Thanks for the advice, this is exactly what I was looking for. I made up some CAD drawings and sent them to EGWGuns. They said they'd take a look and see if they could manufacture them. |
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