Rob Pincus

Accessorizing AR-15 Type Rifles

Rob Pincus
Duration:   2  mins

Description

AR-15 type rifles are known for their ability to be accessorized. The Ballista Nautilus Rotating Rail allows you to change the position of any of your rail-mounted accessories in 45-degree increments. If you put an accessory on the bottom of a rail and you need it to be on the side, with the Ballista you can easily change that position. Made of high-grade aircraft aluminum, the Ballista NRR is well-made, durable and light. It can be a benefit in many different scenarios in both the competition/sporting world and the tactical/home defense environment.

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5 Responses to “Accessorizing AR-15 Type Rifles”

  1. BillMine

    Rob, you should have worn light clothing when doing demo with a black AR. Hard to see detail.

  2. Louis Baillie

    I have a rifle and not a carbine length barrel. I wish they made one longer

  3. Rob Pincus

    Matt, it is heavier than many other rails, but shouldn't prevent the use of any specific accessory. Ballista also just released a second design which is lighter and only has ONE section that runs the full length of the fore-end.

  4. Rob Pincus

    Matt, 

  5. Matt

    Interesting idea. Would this add much weight or prohibit many devices from being mounted that are longer?

If there's one thing that AR-15 type rifles are known for it's their ability to be accessorized. In fact, it's actually made fun of quite a bit on the internet. You've seen plenty of pictures with people with extra lights and rails and full grips and all kinds of different things all the way around 360 degrees around the barrel. If you've put something down below that's actually needed on the side of most rails you're kind of stuck. You won't be able to use it at all but with the Ballista Rotating Rail you actually can change the position in 45 degree increments of any of your accessories. This rotating rail was made of high-grade aircraft aluminum. It's actually set so that you can take either one of these two sections the front section or the back section and position it anywhere around the rail and then lock it in exactly at the angle you need. Now, while you may look at this at first and say that's kind of gimmicky and think it's something that's really designed just to be looked at or played with the fact is this can really help you in a lot of different situations both in the competition in sporting world and in the tactical or home defense environment. If we need to change the position of a white light if we need to change position of a grip if we wanna use that grip to come off the side and be used for stability something like the Nautilus Rotating Rail allows us to do that much more conveniently than we would normally have to have it done by releasing the accessory putting it down into a new place and then locking it down. When we're moving through that competition stage when we're moving through our home in a home defense situation or if you're in the tactical environment that requires something to be moved out of the way quickly or move into position quickly something like a night vision device in front of your optical device may be a magnifier that's designed to be placed in front of an optic instead of where we traditionally would put it behind an optic or a backup optic being moved in a position on top of the rail should this one be damaged or knocked off something like this rail really could come in handy. Another thing I think it's important to realize about the Ballista Rotating Rail is that people are gonna see this and immediately start coming up with some ideas for how they could use it, to help them solve some of the problems that they might've been dealing with with their accessories and their tactical problems. Take a good look at the Ballista Rotating Rail when it comes time to solve your problems mount your accessories and if you're just looking for any good high-quality rail that allows you some variation in exactly where you're gonna put those accessories that you could use in your worst case, personal defense scenario.
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