True Picatinny rails - Where to find?

H Wally

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I'm looking for a true picatinny rail for a mount I'm building. Pretty much everything I'm finding is either actually a weaver rail, or is made to mount a specific make/model of gun. I'm mounting this onto a flat base, so just need the straight flat rail with no mounts, clamps, contouring or anything else.

I could make or convert a specialized one, but I would rather just buy the darn thing. Anyone know a source?

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Like this, but in stock
https://colonelmustard.ca/collections/mounting-systems/products/12-inch-picatinny-rail-0-48-deep



Also of note, why I want picatinny over weaver. It gives me more options of what to mount:
http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/lid=...y_Rails__Weaver_Rails__What_s_The_Difference_
 
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I bought some on ebay for next to nothing. Took about a month to get here from China, but I think it was about 15$ for 3 rails of 12 inches each. There's 3 holes in them and they come with 3 screws. Didn't need those holes, I drilled new ones. Bottom is flat. Not sure exactly which aluminum it is, probably not 7075, but quality is good enough for what I use them. I don't imagine a scope would survive anything that this piece of aluminum wouldn't.

Here, it'll cost you about 6$ per foot. Litteraly less than a subway of the same length:

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/25Slots-Long...er-Rail-Mount-Base-25Slots-Scope/182323786305
 
VinnyQC said:
I bought some on ebay for next to nothing. Took about a month to get here from China, but I think it was about 15$ for 3 rails of 12 inches each. There's 3 holes in them and they come with 3 screws. Didn't need those holes, I drilled new ones. Bottom is flat. Not sure exactly which aluminum it is, probably not 7075, but quality is good enough for what I use them. I don't imagine a scope would survive anything that this piece of aluminum wouldn't.

Here, it'll cost you about 6$ per foot. Litteraly less than a subway of the same length:

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/25Slots-Long...er-Rail-Mount-Base-25Slots-Scope/182323786305
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I missed those- thanks! Any idea if they're close to spec for picatinny dimensions? I'm hoping to get the versatility from the picatinny style over the weaver.
 
H Wally said:
I missed those- thanks! Any idea if they're close to spec for picatinny dimensions? I'm hoping to get the versatility from the picatinny style over the weaver.
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Measured with a caliper* (in mm, and keep in min I'm not a genius at that):
width: 21.01
slot width:5.01
land width: 4.97
land-to-grove:2.45

So it's not MIL-STD-1913, because then the slot would be 5.25 and the land would be 4.75 instead of 5/5, but:
1-I have a Ruger 10/22 sitting in an ATI tacticool stock and the cheap chinese rail has the same dimensions as the pic rail on my ATI stock;
2-The slot width and land width vary from 4.95 to 5.05, so +/- 1%. The land-to-land or groove-to-groove though is very consistent at 10mm. Actually, if I measure 10 land-groove, the caliper shows 100mm flush;
3-I use one of these rail on the aforementioned tacticool, and it has worked for everything I've set on it: laser, bipod, scope mount. I use 2 more on my e-bike (built my battery packs with quick detach picatinny adapter and installed pic rail on my bike frame, so I can easily switch battery packs), and they've never failed. The bike has taken more abuse than I expect any of my gun will ever take. And as I said, anything bad enough to destroy the rail would also destroy any optic or electronic on it.

Bottom line is it works for me and is cheap for my wallet. Wheter it'll be good enough for you, I guess it'll cost ya 6$ to know :)

*Caliper used: El cheapo mastercraft caliper.
 
VinnyQC said:
Measured with a caliper* (in mm, and keep in min I'm not a genius at that):
width: 21.01
slot width:5.01
land width: 4.97
land-to-grove:2.45

So it's not MIL-STD-1913, because then the slot would be 5.25 and the land would be 4.75 instead of 5/5, but:
1-I have a Ruger 10/22 sitting in an ATI tacticool stock and the cheap chinese rail has the same dimensions as the pic rail on my ATI stock;
2-The slot width and land width vary from 4.95 to 5.05, so +/- 1%. The land-to-land or groove-to-groove though is very consistent at 10mm. Actually, if I measure 10 land-groove, the caliper shows 100mm flush;
3-I use one of these rail on the aforementioned tacticool, and it has worked for everything I've set on it: laser, bipod, scope mount. I use 2 more on my e-bike (built my battery packs with quick detach picatinny adapter and installed pic rail on my bike frame, so I can easily switch battery packs), and they've never failed. The bike has taken more abuse than I expect any of my gun will ever take. And as I said, anything bad enough to destroy the rail would also destroy any optic or electronic on it.

Bottom line is it works for me and is cheap for my wallet. Wheter it'll be good enough for you, I guess it'll cost ya 6$ to know :)

*Caliper used: El cheapo mastercraft caliper.
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I've got the cheap chinese rail on two rifles, it works great, if I was building something just for target shooting competitively I would spend money on something made by nightforce or EGW etc, but I think the chinese product is fine. Ordered mine off aliexpress, one on a sportered enfield (front was drilled for foe scope mounts, and the front end I filed to fit into the front site for a 2-7 scout scope, it works perfectly. The other I am putting on a sportered P14 endfield for pretty much the same effect.
 
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