Weaver rail ( Weaver rail ) is a rail interface system , an arm for attaching additional weapon accessories and accessories to handguns.
Thanks to the Weaver strap, you can attach to a weapon:
- optical or collimator sight
- tactical flashlight
- laser pointer
- underbarrel grenade launcher
Also, the Weaver Planck is often installed on the sights themselves, which allows you to attach additional devices to them:
- IR lights
- rangefinders
and other accessories. The Weaver bar can be installed: on pistols , rifles , shotguns, and even sports crossbows . The bar is often executed as a fixed part of a weapon.
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Description
The only difference between the Picatinny rail (standard MIL-STD-1913, 1995) and the Weaver rail is the size of the slots, although many of the accessories installed with the Weaver rail can be used on any type of Picatinny rail.
The Weaver strap has a slot width of 0.18 inches (about 4.57 mm), but they are not always equally spaced from each other.
The Picatinny rail has a slot width of 0.206 inches (about 5.23 mm) and a spacing of 0.394 inches (about 10 mm) between them. [1] Because of this, devices installed on the Weaver rail will also be easy to install on the Picatinny rail, but devices designed to be mounted on the Picatinny rail cannot always be mounted on the Weaver rail. [one]
History
Weaver bar was developed [ when? ] William Ralph Weaver ( born William Ralph Weaver ) (1905 - November 8, 1975) and his company WRWeaver Co., which he founded in 1930. [2] Now known as Weaver Optics , it has become a subsidiary of Meade Instruments Corporation since 2002.
See also
- Picatinny rail
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Picatinny Rails, Weaver Rails, What's The Difference? (eng.) . GunTech. Date of treatment November 13, 2009. Archived March 16, 2012.
- ↑ Article from Shooting Times about Weaver Optics.