Ballista Tactical: Nautilus Rotating Rail
Ballista Tactical, maker of gun parts and employer of blondes in tank tops, announces the rotating rail for your AR-15:
This way, you can put all manner of sights, gizmos and doodads on your AR. Some video here featuring the aforementioned blonde.
May 10th, 2012 at 8:47 am
Innovative but what ever happened to good old technique and skill?
May 10th, 2012 at 8:52 am
The ACOG is a good touch. Back up irons are also good. Adjustable stock is good if you shoot in both warm and cold climates.
But the rotating rail screams three things:
Because iz race gun!
Mall ninja!
Has way too much crap on the carbine to begin with!
May 10th, 2012 at 8:56 am
Next step: motorize the rail so it rotates with push of a button (at 600rpm)
May 10th, 2012 at 8:59 am
Wow! Now I no longer have to pick just one forward grip!
May 10th, 2012 at 9:00 am
This product could prompt a sequel to Hijak86’s most tactical AR video.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:06 am
EchoVictor, I was thinking the same thing.
May 10th, 2012 at 9:55 am
Yep … putting a motor on it to make it a spinny bit was the first thing that entered my little mind as well.
May 10th, 2012 at 10:07 am
Ya know … you could sell a small motor and rubber driving wheel, with a rail mount under it, and a tab to depress the locking button.
Then add a hand grip switch to make the rails rotate as needed.
I wonder how much I could sell such a gadget for?
May 10th, 2012 at 10:50 am
You’d think fatty would have been more happy standing beside someone pretty that he is paying to stand beside him.
and watching fatty go prone gave me a pain
May 10th, 2012 at 11:00 am
This is a Game Changer. They are going to make hundreds of dollars.
May 10th, 2012 at 11:06 am
I am reminded of Ivan Chesnokovs comment: “rifle need more dumb shit on it”
May 10th, 2012 at 11:06 am
Let’s see…with that gizmo, you ought to be able to get the battle weight of an AR over 12 pounds…hmmm, I recall that the US Rifle, Caliber 30, known to all as the M1, weighed 9.2 pounds empty, just under 10 loaded.
I thought the whole idea of the AR/M16 platform was about light weight…
May 10th, 2012 at 2:30 pm
Couldn’t I buy a backup rifle for the $650?
May 11th, 2012 at 11:54 am
This is a solution in search of a problem.
I did not see one thing in that video that a normal rail could not do. Move the for grip out of the way of a barrier. ….how bout backing off the barrier a little then the fore grip does not get in the way. Which you are supposed to do any way to keep bullets deflecting into you.
May 11th, 2012 at 1:11 pm
@EchoVictor76 – Fail. Motorized means batteries, batteries mean Operators In The Suck will need a supply chain to keep their rail rotating. Supply chains fail.
Think: operator-controlled wind-up spring. The backup is a recoil starter handle attached to 3 feet of rope.