Keeping Knights rail panels in place.

[5pins]

I was using some Knights rail panels on my Troy MRF but as many know the Knights use a proprietary locking system that only works with Knights rails. Needless to say the panels would move around when shooting. Then one day it hit me “why don’t I just screw them in place with the holes in the rails”.

Before and after.



Step one, remove the retaining clip. This is easily done with a small screwdriver.



Line up the panel to drill the hole. Use the hole as a guide be careful not to damage the screw hole. I used a 3/16 bit for the first hole and a 15/64 to enlarge it after I removed it from the rail.









I then went to Lowe’s to find some suitable screws. What I settled on was some ¼-20x1/2 set screws I think they were 80 cents for two. ¼ inch long would have worked but did not know that until I actually installed them. A little loctite and you’re done.

[Quib]

You can also pry up on the clips to get them to lock into place on sections of rail without the cut-outs.

[5pins]

Well why didn’t you tell me about that a few days ago? That’s just too easy, I never thought of trying something like that. Oh well it only cost me some time and less then two bucks for the set screws.

[Quib]

Well why didn’t you tell me about that a few days ago? That’s just too easy, I never thought of trying something like that. Oh well it only cost me some time and less then two bucks for the set screws.

I went a similar route once with the left over scrap from full length KAC rail covers that were cut down to size.

An expanding screw/rubber insert was used in this case, to secure the panel scrap to the rail.

This photo is a number of years old, and not good quality, but you can see the button-head cap screw securing the panel.