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Rear sights are offered in many dovetail cut profiles which are non-compatible, and some well known (and incompatible) cut profiles are those from sight manufacturers such as Novak, BoMar, LPA/TRT, Kimber or the 1911 mil standard ("GI"). Additionally many pistol manufacturers have their own
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can also refer to a dovetail track running perpendicular to the bore, often used for smaller front sights posts and rear sights blades found on handguns and some rifles. This mounting method is meant as a semi-permanent friction fit mounting solution where a slot is
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inch (9.5 mm). Some other less known, but currently commercially available dovetail mounts, are 12, 13, 13.5, 14, 14.5, 16, 16.5, 17 and 19 mm.
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to a rifle. These are sometimes also called "tip-off" mounts, and allow the user to easily take on or off the sight.
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While most dovetail rails are placed on top of the receiver, there are also examples of side-mounted rails. Some
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The SVD and the AK rifles use slightly different dovetail mounts. The Warsaw rails are roughly 14 mm wide.
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assault rifles from 1954 onwards. Since 1992 the side rail mount has become standard on all AK rifles.
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can also refer to a dovetail track running perpendicular to the bore (see "Other uses" below).
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11mm scope dovetails: Why do they interchange with 3/8″? | Air gun blog - Pyramyd Air Report
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air guns, but can also be found on some modern rifles for hunting and sport shooting using
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are also derivative dovetail designs) running parallel to the bore for mounting a scope or
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Saddle Mount or
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Shooting
Illustrated | BKL's Tri-Mount Dovetail Riser Mounts and Picatinny Adaptors
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Acro rail which is a 45 degree rail with a width of approximately 16.5 mm.
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in place of it, as
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BKL Technologies - 1" Scope Rings and Mounts for 3/8" and 11mm
Dovetails
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Roughly a 14mm dovetail is common in the soviet/eastern block firearms.
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cutouts for reduced weight and ease of installation; an example is the
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optical sight. Similar rails can also be found on rifles such as the
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use a 17 mm dovetail, and there are other solutions such as the
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Acro C2 reflex sight laying on its side. Right: Acro rail on a
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sighting system. But in recent times it has been changed to
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to side-mount telescopic sights to rifles and machine guns.
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Side-mounted dovetail scope mount on a
Romanian PSL rifle
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A Beretta 92FS pistol with a dovetail mounted rear sight
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Some examples of rifles with different types of rails:
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rear sight or a scope sight, either directly or via a
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34:A dovetail rail on a rifle receiver for mounting a
683:"The AK Side Rail - How It Works". Russian optics.
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150:mount (and its less standardized predecessor the
573:"negative space" rail mount design developed by
334:Approximate dimensions of an Aimpoint Acro rail.
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696:"Firearm Accessory Rails: Which is the Best?"
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656:"Blaser Hunting Rifles: Blaser Saddle Mount"
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452:Dovetail rails for semi-permanent sights
443:Side mounting rail for scope sight on a
272:Dovetails are also integrated into some
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198:Accuracy International Arctic Warfare
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583:, a ringless scope mounting standard
419:M2-1 scope mounted on a VSS Vintorez
109:Dovetail rails for detachable sights
484:proprietary dovetail cut profiles.
27:Type of attachment rail on firearms
896:Compact and non-magnifying sights
303:sighting system, according to the
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310:Dovetail rails with recoil lugs
781:accessories mounting standards
730:Milling a Front Sight Dovetail
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741:Definition of Dovetail Notch
352:PSO-1 § Mounting system
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548:Rail Integration System
346:Side mounted scope rail
280:and A1 variants of the
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872:Traditional prism rail
685:Retrieved 22 May 2017.
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561:open source
388:(SVD), the
366:Warsaw Pact
289:iron sights
230:Walther LGR
152:Weaver rail
91:Weaver rail
63:rail system
44:iron sights
1087:Categories
1067:Snap hooks
877:Zeiss rail
666:2017-04-27
588:References
581:Zeiss rail
536:New Jersey
350:See also:
89:-profiled
1034:Versa Pod
1029:Picatinny
976:Picatinny
962:Handguard
829:Picatinny
816:Receivers
398:AK series
390:PSL rifle
324:Picatinny
226:Tikka T1x
218:Sako Quad
168:recoiling
87:hexagonal
79:trapezoid
65:found on
552:firearms
504:UIT rail
488:See also
378:machined
360:used by
340:Aimpoint
320:Aimpoint
291:and the
251:Tikka T3
247:Sako TRG
129:adapter.
83:dovetail
67:firearms
38:(i.e. a
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788:Barrels
779:Firearm
267:Sako 85
263:Sako 75
138:⁄
123:diopter
60:sliding
1054:Slings
1016:Bipods
996:KeyMod
971:Weaver
947:CompM4
932:C-More
922:Docter
900:reflex
854:Scopes
824:Weaver
557:KeyMod
524:STANAG
478:milled
392:, the
362:Soviet
326:riser.
318:Left:
274:rifles
257:CZ 550
202:CZ 452
187:CZ 452
164:Blaser
1039:M-LOK
1001:M-LOK
952:Micro
908:prism
567:M-LOK
559:- an
417:PSO-1
382:PSO-1
293:SUSAT
278:L85A2
160:Tikka
40:scope
36:sight
1044:ARCA
1006:ARCA
981:NATO
917:Acro
856:and
834:NATO
569:- a
364:and
301:ACOG
282:SA80
208:and
189:and
156:Sako
117:The
93:and
991:UIT
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