Size of a rail.

[Comrade Jeff Jamison]

How do you determine the size of a rail, because Im looking to by a laser light, and all that sort of stuff, but it says its for a 20mm (i think) rail.

[Arthraxis]

I'm pretty sure that's the width of the rail.

[pOkiE]

If Im not mistaken...all rifle rails are 20mm wide. Its a standard that allows pretty much all accessories to fit on all rails. There are exceptions with pistols but they are mostly standardized as well.

[Drake]

20mm is the size of your standard MIL-1913-STD or Weaver style rails

[CDN_Stalker]

Originally Posted by Drake

20mm is the size of your standard MIL-1913-STD or Weaver style rails

+1

[Comrade Jeff Jamison]

okay, so pretty much all rifles have the same sized rails.

Thanks

[Harbinger of Darkness]

Yup. The only time the rails are not 20mm is on most hunting rifles which have dovetail mounts.

[Comrade Jeff Jamison]

i was thinking about buying a scope at Wal-Mart for my VSR-10 sniper rifle, would it fit onto the rail of the rifle? Or would i have to buy some sort of attachment. If so can someone post a pic of what i'll need?


Always appreciated.

[Qlong]

Most scopes at them department stores sell scopes with dovetail rings, check to see which type of rails it mounts onto, if it's not a weaver, then find the diameter of the scope and pick up some new scope mounts, they can be found cheaply.

[The Acer]

just a heads up, i bought a rifle scope from crappy tire, it was for a .22, but it wouldnt fit my rail,

[Drake]

.22 and most airgun (pellet) scopes sold at CT, Walmart, etc will come with rings for 3/8" (13mm) Dovetail rails.

They're generally POS scopes and for the handful that aren't you can buy 20mm Weaver rings at any decent sporting/hunting store. The diameter of those scopes are usuallly all the same (1 inch).