Minimag body on RT Rail, will it work?

[Darring D]

Okay, I have a minimag body and an RT Pro rail. If I file down the trigger mount stud on the body to fit the circular hole in the rail, with it work okay?

Thanks for your help!

Darrin

[OPBN]

If done properly, yes.

[Darring D]

If done properly, yes.

What do you mean by properly? Not messing up the body?

[ScreamingShiek]

The way the body fits affects the motion of the bolt. If it isn't a good fit, the bolt will stick and you'll have leaks.

[crazyjoe12]

i modified the whole in the rail to fit the body by dremeling the rectangular shape into it, works good no complaints. also did it with a tac rail.

[atech2]

Luke offers milling the rail to fit, but the body tab is just welded on so I don't know if you could round off that much without it falling off.

[Darring D]

Thanks for the info everyone.
Looks like modifying the rail would be easiest and the best way to go.
If I go back to a body with a round tab will it work okay in the modified rail?

[Justus]

Your rail has a screw hole in it for the front frame screw. As long as that stays aligned and mates with the body, it's hard to screw up. (Keeping in mind that the rail itself is cup shaped to fit the body in one direction anyway) I filed the pim down on my Minimag body to fit the rail. It takes more filing than you'd think to get it able to fit.

[athomas]

As long as the pim fits the pocket in the rail, the body will fit the rail. You can either file down the pin so that it is round, or you can machine out the rail so that it is oblong.

Make sure the depth is correct as well. The depth of the RT rails is usually more than the depth of the AM/MM rails, so that shouldn't be a problem here.