Posted: 9/3/2006 7:46:30 AM EDT
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Hello all. I wondered if you could give me a bit of advice. I recently picked up a second hand Southern Gun Company Speedmaster in .223. I intend to use it for fox and range shooting. There were no manuals with the gun so I've been hunting around on the net for some info, that's how I came to be here! The fore grip is 12" long and I assume, from the information I could find, that it's free floating, it just screws into the upper receiver housing. Could anyone a) confirm that it is a free floating system and b) recommend a good replacement rail system that I could replace this with. Thanks in advance. Andy |
Welcome aboard Andy  All new members are supposed to come bearing gifts. What did you bring us?  Most of the rail systems are pretty good, so it's just down to personal prefernces, and what you can get your hands on. I had Yankee Hill tubes but traded them for Daniel Defense which I really like, especially as they're about the lightest. Larue are better finished than DD's and then there's the Samson, Knights (Pricey), ARMS, Vltor and Surefire systems. There are others but these are the main players. Getting hold of them can prove problematic though. Mark |
Your presence will be enough for some of us, but I prefer the money type of gift  Anyway, welcome aboard. An off set muzzle break can be made to sit square with some form of indexing piece. This can be a peel or crush washer or, if it has to come off regularly, a spring washer. IM me if you want one. Is it really a muzzle break or flash hider? I know many flashhiders get called muzzle breaks, but they're not, and they don't really matter if they're slightly off set. But on the Speedmaster it most likely is a muzzle break and it can be sorted if it's a problem. |
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Ignore the last bit I've worked it out http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/5504/brakews1.jpg http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/6923/brake1fe3.jpg http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/9594/brake3sy5.jpg And here the full gun without moderator http://img334.imageshack.us/img334/162/gun1tm8.jpg And with http://img334.imageshack.us/img334/8646/gunlm3.jpg |
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Yep, That's the Bennie Cooley Muzzle Brake from Southern Gun c/w 5/8" thread. It looks like someone has shortened that barrel to 16" at some point, then realised that the Reflex can wouldn't fit so they've had a spacer made to extend the barrel  Bizzarest thing I've seen  Not a bad looking gun otherwise. I see it has a stock extender. Mark |
Well I would if I was you. Apart from not looking right, it won't work properly. Mark |
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Removing a small amount off the back of the break will allow it to line up better. The problem you'll have is every time you remove it to put on the moderator, when you replace the break it'll line up to a slightly different point. How about getting one made that doesn't need indexing, such as a thread protector, and lose the break all together? |
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Just a thought, but if you had a shorter handguard, you probably wouldn't need the extender. And does the brake index correctly if fitted directly to the barrel? it seems you are losing the pointability of a 16" barrel by adding the extender Mark, how much shorter is the DD rail ? |
The short DD rail is 7" compared to the 12" of the standard one. That would give an extra 5" to play with. How long is the extender piece? Matt |