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Daniel Defense Quad Rails For The AR15 Platform

Daniel Defense have made a name for themselves with a range of hand guards for the AR series of rifles, culminating in the RIS II adopted as standard by SOCOM for their SOPMOD II kit. Daniel Defense meet the needs of less exacting users with a range of equally high quality, but less highly specified receivers. The are all compatible with a plethora of accessories.

The baseline hand guard is the Daniel Defense EZ CAR 7.0. The numbers in each model designation indicate the length in inches. The EZ car uses the rifle’s existing delta ring and front sight assembly cap and mounts in seconds. Four set screws are used to secure the handguard which requires no special tools to mount.

The Daniel Defense Omega rail is intended for gas piston operating systems and is manufacturing in carbine, mid-length and rifle length versions. The unit is intended for weapons with the standard front sight tower, clamping to the rifle’s barrel nut and being secured with four Allen scres. The top of the Omega rail can be removed to facilitate adjustment and maintenance of the gas piston. A wide range of gas piston systems can be used with th Omega rail. Sling mounting is accomplished with two limited rotation push-button sling swivel mounting points toward the front of each side rail. If you want the RIS II’s bolt-up mounting system you can purchase the Omega X version.

The Daniel Defense Lite rail is essentially a RIS II without the detachable bottom section to accommodate the M203 grenade launcher, keeping the price down. It has the patented bolt-up mounting system – possibly the most secure on the market. The Lite rail is available in eight versions. The 4.0 is designed for Spikes Tactical or Adams Arms piston systems – all other models are intended for direct impingment actions. The 7.0 is a conventional carbine length quad rail and the 9.0 for mid lenght gas systems. The 9.5 FSP is for carbine length gas systems with an opening for the foresight and the rail coming well forward. The 10.0 is designed for low profile gas blocks on either carbine or mid length AR15s. The baseline 12.0 is a conventional quad rail for rifle length AR15s. The 12.0 FSP is the same but has its side and bottom rails extending forward around the foresight tower. The 12.0 FSPM is a 12.0 with a hole in the top through which the foresight of a mid length AR15 can protrude. The lite rail is more involved to fit, requiring the removal of the barrel and the use of a proprietary barrel wrench.

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