8.5 AR Pistol to SBR- rail question

[mycall_willis]

Ok guys I hope I'm not out of line asking this but here it goes.
I am building an 8.5" AR pistol that I plan to SBR later on down the road and I need help with finding the right rail. The plan is to put a flaming pig on the end of my pistol and I want to only have about 1/4 or less of the pig showing. So the two questions are:
1) what length of rail? (I'm thinking 11"?)
2) are there any deals that y'all know of on the rail you recommend (extended black friday or cyber monday deals)

 

[mycall_willis]

if this is in the wrong section or forum I don't know if mods can move it, but please let me know! Thank you

 

[Merctrain]

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[Dirty J]

well... the KX3 is 3.28" OAL - add that to your 8.5" barrel... and you're about 11.75".

An 11" rail will leave about 3/4" sticking out... think that's about as close as you'll get...

You'll need an ID of around 1.5" to fit it inside... keep that in mind.

 

[Dirty J]

Here's a decent price on a 11" Troy rail... though I know nothing about this one... you will also want to check the ID... it's not mentioned on this ad

http://www.primaryarms.com/srai-ml1-11bt-00/p/srai-ml1-11bt-00/

 

[mycall_willis]

well... the KX3 is 3.28" OAL - add that to your 8.5" barrel... and you're about 11.75".

An 11" rail will leave about 3/4" sticking out... think that's about as close as you'll get...

You'll need an ID of around 1.5" to fit it inside... keep that in mind.

I appreciate the input Dirty J. As usual the ODT community looking out for other members

Here's a decent price on a 11" Troy rail... though I know nothing about this one... you will also want to check the ID... it's not mentioned on this ad

http://www.primaryarms.com/srai-ml1-11bt-00/p/srai-ml1-11bt-00/

I will definitely look in to this! By "ID" do you mean internal dimensions? I assume you mean just make sure it will fit inside the rail

 

[Dirty J]

Yes. ID= internal diameter

 

[jkaczyn18]

Yea the Troy rail would work. The other that I know for a fact would work is some of the Seekins rails, the Samson ones, and the YHM rails. This is the Samson.

 

[mycall_willis]

@jkaczyn18 I think that would look a little cleaner and a little meaner on such a short pistol, but I'm not sure I can beat the price for the quality for the price that Dirty J recommended, but hey I've got all the time in the world for this build so I will definitely look into your recommendations as well

By the way I appreciate the input and the Pic ...pretty mean looking

 

[jkaczyn18]

That Troy one would look great as well. I actually prefer that one to the Samson. I just like the M loc and keymod rails now.