![]() Citizen AR-15s, especially after the 2004 AWB sunset, soon followed suit with Picatinny rails. The Picatinny rail was made “official” in the 1990s with the introduction of the M4A1 carbine. Known as MIL-STD-1913 in military circles, this familiar rail system was a standardized descendant of the civilian Weaver rail system. You do know that funky metallic thing around your AR-15’s barrel can have things like lights, lasers, and bipods attached to it, right?įor years, the only real option for attaching accessories to your AR-pattern rifle, or many other firearm types, was the Picatinny rail. Whether it’s your first rodeo with the AR-15 platform, or your fifth, you’ve undoubtedly been faced with an array of rail attachment systems in your defensive rifle purchasing process.
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