Daniel Defense Omega Rail Review

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Daniel Defense (DD) is located in Savannah, GA, and was founded in 2000 by Marty Daniel, with a goal to develop and manufacturer high quality weapon components for the Military, Law Enforcement, and Civilian shooting community.

Daniel Defense began with an assortment of items, but quickly became known for their DD M4 rail. The carbine rail is known for being the lightest rail on the market. With its aluminum barrel nut, it is lighter than the plastic handguards it replaces. The DD 12.0 M4 series rail was the first rail into production, and is a 12" rifle length rail, designed as an upgrade for the M16/ AR15 series rifle. The DD 12.0 M4 rail was selected by the US Army Marksmanship Unit (AMU) for their Dedicated Marksman Rifle (DMR) Program, and is serving in the GWOT.

The next major step forward for Daniel Defense came when the Special Operations Peculiar Modification (SOPMOD) Rail Interface System (RIS) II program came open. While developing their unique bolt up system which locks the upper receiver to the rail, the Daniel Defense team also devised their AR10 Lite rail, and AR15 Lite rail system in addition to their SOPMOD RIS II proposal. The SOPMOD RIS II trials were conducted, and eventually were narrowed to three high quality rails (DD, ARMS, and KAC), but the DD variant won out in the competition.

Not resting on the success of their Military issue rails through the DMR and RIS II programs, Daniel Defense continued development of additional in house programs. Some of these items are well known, such as their rail mounted sling mounts, single point sling mounts, flash light mounts and various upper receivers. Other items have remained in house in support of various upcoming proposals, projects, and emerging concepts for the MIL and LE market.