Firearm accessory mounting system

摘要

A hand guard adapted for use in a firearm having a barrel and a line of sight in a sight plane. The hand guard surrounds a portion of the barrel and comprises a guard casing and fastening features coupled to the guard casing. Peripheral device mounting rails are coupled to the fastening features and located in a generally "Y" shape pattern. The generally "Y" shape pattern has a first peripheral device mounting rail located on a lower portion of the guard casing and second and third peripheral device mounting rails located on opposing sides of an upper portion of the guard casing. The peripheral device mounting rails are placed where peripheral devices mounted on the peripheral device mounting rails do not interfere with the line of sight.