Nice looking rail - Fortis Manufacturing Night Rail Free Float Rail System

After reading some of the issues people were having with the rail becoming loose, I was a little apprehensive to buy it. I'm now fairly convinced that it was poor installation. This is by far one of the easier rails to install, somewhere between a regular milspec nut and the ones you have to time perfectly using shims.

First, quality is very good. Didn't find any issues with machining. Second, although looks are subjective, I do like the way it looks. Very aggressive with the flares at the muzzle. Third, like I said before, installation was fairly straight forward. I do recommend you watch the videos that Fortis has out about installation. The hardest thing to use is their proprietary wrench, which is uni-directional (so when you're stretching the threads on the upper receiver, you literally have to switch it 6-7 times from side to side).

To get it timed for my barrel/extension, I went up to about 55 ft-lb torque. In the video they use a breaker bar so you don't really know what they go up to, but it certainly is above the 45 ft-lb that they recommend at a minimum.

There is absolutely no play whatsoever of the handguard, and it feels solid. I do like the integrated rails at the front, since I typically bench shoot, it saves me from having to buy a 3-4 slot adapter. It does have integrated QD points although I haven't used them (nor do I plan to since I have a single point attachment to my stock).

Overall, great rail. If there's anything that I would do differently, I would have more sizes too (12, 14 and 16 are fairly long, and they pretty much exclude all SBRs). Very happy with my purchase, and if you're on the fence about this rail from the other reviews, don't be.