15" Troy Rail on a 16" Barrel, still room to run a can?

[Casper]

I am looking at replacing the rail on my AR with a Troy Alpha Rail and I am torn between the 13" and the 15". My question to you knowledgeable folks is, if I go with the 15" rail will there be room to attach my 762-SDN-6 in front of it?

I think it will be really close but I thought if anyone would know, they'd be here.

Thanks!

[joshua_]

I am looking at replacing the rail on my AR with a Troy Alpha Rail and I am torn between the 13" and the 15". My question to you knowledgeable folks is, if I go with the 15" rail will there be room to attach my 762-SDN-6 in front of it?

I think it will be really close but I thought if anyone would know, they'd be here.

Thanks!

I can check for you on tuesday if no one can answer sooner. My guess is that it won't, but I can check for sure.

[Casper]

Thank you joshua_, I certainly don't mind waiting.

[Casper]

I talked with a Rep. at Troy and he was confident it would work, so it's on it's way here. I'll update with some photo's of what I hope will be a working rig.

[Casper]

I'd like to confirm for anyone wondering, that in fact you can run a 15" Troy Apex Rail on a 16" barreled AR and still have room to run one of AAC's 51T mounts with a can.

One note on this though, it turns out that the 51T is only slightly smaller in diameter than the rail, so you'll have to attach at least one of the mounting shims to the rail after you've slid the rail past the 51T.

Pictures to follow.

[Casper]

Here's the finished (for now anyway) boomstick and a closeup of the end of the rail and the can.

[Liver]

looks good, how does it balance with all that weight forward?

[Casper]

looks good, how does it balance with all that weight forward?

Without the can on it handles great, it's actually a bit lighter than it was with the 10" quad-rail I had on it previously. With the can on, it's a little nose heavy, but no more so than any other 16 incher. All in all, I am very happy with the setup but I think the next toy is going to be an SBR.