I took the rail and put it on over top of a SLR barrel nut and it appears to fit fine....would switching barrel nuts change anything?The SLR nut is a smaller diameter than the Geissele so there is a bit of play but when you press the rail upwards it goes about a millimeter higher than the upper receiver and when you press the rail down, it goes an equal amount below the upper which sure makes it seem like it would be perfectly level on the larger Geissele barrel nut.
I unfortunately don't have a vice at my current living situation to do the assembly myself so I'll have to take it to someone. I don't want to have it fully disassembled just to find out it won't work....Any thoughts on the above info or pics? I sure want this set-up to work. My goal to finish up this rifle is to make it as "bomb proof" as possible which is one of the reasons I went with the Geissele rail over the SLR....I also added the tougher Kahles scope replacing a Viper PST 1-4X, replaced the RCA bolt that came with the Noveske BCG with a LMT Enhaced bolt, swapped the BADASS safety levers with the dovetailed BASCASS model and last I am swapping the SS Noveske barrel with a Noveske chrome lined model....it should be one tough badass rig when it's finally assembled....
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