Was simply thinking about removing the top rail on my CM 10ba and replacing it with a regular on piece 20 moa rail to cut down on weight. Is there anything wrong with doing that? I was contemplating changing to a whole new chassis system and very well may but if taking off the top rail gets me to a better weight then that opens the door to just leaving things as they would be at that moment. I am planning on having this one on the side as a backup to competition and it is way heavy with all that metal on it. Of course I do like the looks of the whole fore end but it really serves no purpose at all. I find when looking at chassis systems I am willing to pay 2 or 3 hundred more for a complete fore arm instead of just a half only for aesthetics.

So a second question would be, in addition to whether its fine to take it off and leave it off; i.e. no structural integrity issues. Do you pay for the complete fore arm or just skip it and reasons for you answer.