This kit contains two Surefire pressure switch mounts, and two different rail sections.
http://www.magpul.com/assets/files/Newsfeed/Magpul-Newsfeed-IlluminationKit.pdf
http://store.magpul.com/product/67/103
Wow… that looks slick!
Right On.
To bad after reading midway moving the date these expected in
to sometime next month i ordered the new MOE 5 slot rail.
(I know NEVER trust anyone on their release date other than the company themselves and even then release dates are never set in stone)
I wish i could get that 3 slot rail. or even just that angled 3 slot rail.
Thanks Stick Great picture as always!!
I kind of dig that actually.
And I loathe lights. I’m a night vision guy.
I hope magpul offers the rail pieces from the illumination kit at a later date. I’d like the cantilever rail, but don’t have any need for the switch mounts or other rail piece.
I sent them an email BEGGING them to sell me a couple of the cantilever rails. Like you I have no use for the other stuff… Will let you know what they say.
Dan
Wow very cool, nice and clean looking on the MOE Handguards.
Didn’t Chris Costa and Co. say that activation switches are bad?
When did Chris tell you that, and what was the context?
Saying this makes me feel like a nerd, but Travis Haley said it during the gear review section of Tactical Carbine II. He didn’t say they were bad, just said he did not prefer them, and they wear out faster that push button switches.
So it’s a rail mount and not a MOE specific mount, enabling me to mount a Surefire pad to any rail? Like my old 952 to my RAS? Just wondering since I originally believed it would be MOE specific.
ETA: Nevermind, I figured it out. Tell them to make a Surefire pad mount that clips onto a regular 1913.
That makes it sound like there’s two types of remote switch, when he was referring to the buttons of whatever device is in question. The activation switches on a light or laser are far more durable.
It’s a cogent point, that tape/remote switches are failure prone, usually by being yanked from their receptacle by the cord instead of the plug (especially those with angled plugs). All that means is that those that use them should be sure to have spares on hand.
I’m with a couple of the previous posters. I just want the cantilever rail mount. I’ve got a MOE handguard with a light attached and want the cantilever mount to move the light about an inch. I didn’t care for the one tape/pressure switch I tried.
Woops, must have been Travis.
I believe he also said that they have a tendency to get ripped off and broken under “dynamic environments”.
I bought an old 6p(laser products marked) with a factory tape switch a while back. The light itself looked damn near new, but the tapes witch was done for. The rubber had split on both sides exposing the switch. I stuck a shrink tube over it and taped it up, but in the end I just bought a regular tailcap for it since I had no confidence in the tape switch. I’m sure tape switches have improved since then and I would guess anyone who can afford a tape switch equipped surefire can probably afford spare switches. I’ve just decided to stay away from tape switches for the time being.
Yeah, I just put my MFAL/white light devices on the rail where I can manipulate them. Military folk are sometimes limited by SOP or the ancillary stuff they need to run on the rails to having no choice but to use them.
For those who DO run tape switches, however, having a housing like the one shown above and taking the time to zip-tie or rubber-band the wire down goes a long way to keeping the things from going TU on you.
I know some guys that use a hot glue gun, but everybody has to re-assemble all that trash if they do maintenance or have to swap out devices. I’m not patient enough with minutiae like that to put up with it; add breakage, I can’t be bothered. Inner-tube sections work great…up until the time they start melting to your barrel and handguard.
Magpul has a great combination of Engineering, Manufacturing, and Price.
This is just another great product from them.
For those just waning the cantilever rail attachment, I understand but doubt Magpul will sell only those parts. When you consider the whole kit is only like $20.00 you could always just by the whole kit and let a buddy use the rest of the parts, or I guess you could sell them. Don’t know who would buy them but all in all it’s not a great expense to just get the whole kit at once and not use what you don’t need.
I will be picking one of these up asap. Thanks for the pics.
I remember that on the DVD, too. Just remember that Magpul Dynamics is a training organization and Magpul is a sales oriented manufacturer. And while a certain method may not be preferred by MD, the fact remains that some people like the setup and are going to run it anyway. So if that’s the case, it makes all the sense in the world for Magpul to say, “If you’re going to ignore the MD advice and run a tape switch, at least buy our tape switch setup.” Right?