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<blockquote data-quote="ez bake" data-source="post: 1469461" data-attributes="member: 229"><p>You know... you can edit your posts and add stuff to it later <img src="/images/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>I wouldn't personally buy anything from UTG, but that's just me. </p><p></p><p>16" doesn't mean Carbine, that's just barrel length. Your gas tube (and distance from the upper receiver to the gas block) determine what gas system you're using (either Carbine, Mid-length, or rifle-length - there's Pistol-length and a few other odd-balls, but I'm guessing you've got a carbine or middy).</p><p></p><p>If you've got a Carbine-length gas system and a low-profile gas-block, you can run a quad-rail (provided it will clear your gas-block - if your gas block has a rail, then it probably won't) over the gas-block and the quad-rail can be as long as you want. If you do this and the gas-block is inside of the quad-rail, you would mount the front iron to the rail. Otherwise, you would go with either an A2 FSB or gas-block with either a built-in front Iron or a gas-block with a rail and then you would need a gas-block height front sight.</p><p></p><p>Here's my Noveske with a mid-length gas-system on a 16" barrel and an 10" or 11" (I think, crap I can't even remember now - whatever Noveske's SWS factory length rail is for that upper) rail that goes over the gas-block - Irons mounted on the rail:</p><p></p><p><strong>[Broken External Image]</strong></p><p>The Optic is a Vortex Strike-Fire mounted in a low (Absolute co-witness) mount - I like this one because it allows me to get a solid cheek wield with the optic nice and low.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Here's my son's Spikes Tactical that I built for him a while back and a similar setup (mid-length gas, 14.5" barrel with a DD Lite 10 - again, I think... its been a while since I put this one together):</p><p></p><p><strong>[Broken External Image]</strong></p><p>The optic is a Primary Arms Micro in their extended (high) throw-lever mount - I could have gone with a lower mount on this one.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Here's my Sabre Defence 16" carbine with a carbine-length DD Omega Quad-rail:</p><p></p><p><strong>[Broken External Image]</strong></p><p>The optic is a Primary Arms M3 mounted in a high-mount - which is needed on this setup in my opinion due to the fixed BUIS.</p><p></p><p></p><p>If you use a carbine-length rail on a carbine rifle, you would probably want to put a gas-block-height front iron on it to give you the longest sight-radius. This is my least favorite setup to be honest as I prefer either the A2 FSB or a rail-mounted front iron.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ez bake, post: 1469461, member: 229"] You know... you can edit your posts and add stuff to it later :) I wouldn't personally buy anything from UTG, but that's just me. 16" doesn't mean Carbine, that's just barrel length. Your gas tube (and distance from the upper receiver to the gas block) determine what gas system you're using (either Carbine, Mid-length, or rifle-length - there's Pistol-length and a few other odd-balls, but I'm guessing you've got a carbine or middy). If you've got a Carbine-length gas system and a low-profile gas-block, you can run a quad-rail (provided it will clear your gas-block - if your gas block has a rail, then it probably won't) over the gas-block and the quad-rail can be as long as you want. If you do this and the gas-block is inside of the quad-rail, you would mount the front iron to the rail. Otherwise, you would go with either an A2 FSB or gas-block with either a built-in front Iron or a gas-block with a rail and then you would need a gas-block height front sight. Here's my Noveske with a mid-length gas-system on a 16" barrel and an 10" or 11" (I think, crap I can't even remember now - whatever Noveske's SWS factory length rail is for that upper) rail that goes over the gas-block - Irons mounted on the rail: [b][Broken External Image][/b] The Optic is a Vortex Strike-Fire mounted in a low (Absolute co-witness) mount - I like this one because it allows me to get a solid cheek wield with the optic nice and low. Here's my son's Spikes Tactical that I built for him a while back and a similar setup (mid-length gas, 14.5" barrel with a DD Lite 10 - again, I think... its been a while since I put this one together): [b][Broken External Image][/b] The optic is a Primary Arms Micro in their extended (high) throw-lever mount - I could have gone with a lower mount on this one. Here's my Sabre Defence 16" carbine with a carbine-length DD Omega Quad-rail: [b][Broken External Image][/b] The optic is a Primary Arms M3 mounted in a high-mount - which is needed on this setup in my opinion due to the fixed BUIS. If you use a carbine-length rail on a carbine rifle, you would probably want to put a gas-block-height front iron on it to give you the longest sight-radius. This is my least favorite setup to be honest as I prefer either the A2 FSB or a rail-mounted front iron. [/QUOTE]
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