Then sometime around 2012, Noveske Rifleworks (from Vltor Weapons Systems) introduced their new KeyMod system for accessory attachment. This system has worked for a long time, but options were coming. The slot sections not used then are most often covered with rail covers to protect the user and to make rifle carry more comfortable. First the 3-4 sided rails with the Picatinny T-shaped slots were criticized for their weight factor, as well as in some cases the near razor sharp edges created by cutting the slots.Įverybody I know with an AR Picatinny Rail has been cut by these rails.
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Since 1995 through full accepted implementation of this rail system, the Picatinny Rail has rallied on all these years as the single most popular mode for accessory attachment. It is universal for mounting virtually every accessory item created for an AR rifle from scopes to lights to lasers, to sling attachments and everything else except perhaps the kitchen sink as they used to say. Anybody owning an AR today knows about this rail system and how it works. The Picatinny Rail then became the rather default mode for accessories attachments for the AR-15 commercial versions as well as the M-16 military models. After much work this effort became the MIL-STD-1913 officially in 1995. The Picatinny rail was a further development of the older Weaver mount design. The AR-15 or M-16 was here to stay, and still is, so it was due some enhancements.Īmong the first efforts around 1980 was the development of the Picatinny rail having taken the name from the Picatinny Arsenal.
As the Vietnam War era ended in 1975, work continued on many fronts to further modernize the military’s first “plastic” rifle was it was often slandered or degraded. It is even more shocking to us Vietnam War era shooters that reluctantly took on the new “black” rifle design, but then came to embrace it completely, even learning to relish it.īut as the original Stoner, then Colt AR design began to evolve, we became well accustomed to the flexibility afforded to us by the development of the Picatinny Rail systems. IS THE TENURE OF THE AR PICATINNY RAIL ENDING?Įven the new corps of millennial shooters that are still learning the AR-15 rifle platforms are witnessing engineering transformations in their own lifetimes.
Is the Tenure of the AR Picatinny Rail Ending?
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