How do y'all decide what length to use for a free-float handguard?
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I hav a 13.5" Noveske NSR on a 14.5" barrel.
I have a Stag 3G with an 18" barrel. It came with a 15" Sampson Evolution hand guard.
I sold the handguard so that I could put a 16.7" Noveske NSR on it.
I have been waiting nearly 10 months for the NSR and it still isn't in stock anywhere.
The Noveske is much lighter and thinner than the Sampson.
If you don't want to wait for a unicorn the Bravo Company Mfg. keymod rail is just as good and even lighter than the Noveske.
Don't listen to the M-Lok crowd keymod is the way to go.
I have a Stag 3G with an 18" barrel. It came with a 15" Sampson Evolution hand guard.
I sold the handguard so that I could put a 16.7" Noveske NSR on it.
I have been waiting nearly 10 months for the NSR and it still isn't in stock anywhere.
The Noveske is much lighter and thinner than the Sampson.
If you don't want to wait for a unicorn the Bravo Company Mfg. keymod rail is just as good and even lighter than the Noveske.
Don't listen to the M-Lok crowd keymod is the way to go.
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Samson forends are good stuff. I have 2, on on my 10.5" and one on an 18".
Longer is better in my opinion, unless your trying to cut down a few ounces. Long mean I can extend my support hand further, and if you run irons you get a longer (more mechanically accurate) sight radius.
Also i like to have the gas block covered, well at least the gas tube. It sucks to touch one by mistake after 10 or 20 rounds.
Longer is better in my opinion, unless your trying to cut down a few ounces. Long mean I can extend my support hand further, and if you run irons you get a longer (more mechanically accurate) sight radius.
Also i like to have the gas block covered, well at least the gas tube. It sucks to touch one by mistake after 10 or 20 rounds.
Here's some facts about M-lok from a Magpul rep.
The MOE slot system introduced in 2007 was a propriety system the we never released the TDP on. Even then the MOE user base is over ten times larger than the current keymod user base. Despite a TDP not being released, several companies emerged (Like IWC) to build accessories for the system. Some freefloat rails were made with the MOE slots but adoption would always be limited as MOE accessories were never designed to be direct attach with no access to the rear surface (hard to do on a freefloat rail).
For the MOE handguard application, Keymod is inherently unsuitable for polymer or carbon fiber mounting surfaces due to it's conical engagement surface. M-LOK was created to provide an updated direct attachment system to replace the MOE system and provide the full TDP at no cost to all manufactures to use to build other items for the system.
Here is the some of the ways the M-LOK system was designed to be a better all round system than Keymod...
M-LOK works over a wider material thickness range than Keymod.
M-LOK uses a flat nut that is suitable for polymer, metal and carbon fiber mounting surfaces.
M-LOK is a true direct attach system so a line of accessories mounted next to each other do not need to be slid off to remove just one piece.
M-LOK has better recoil/impact support than Keymod.
M-LOK uses a larger bolt and has greater direct surface contact than Keymod resulting is greater pull out strength (a single MLOK mount exceeds 300 lbs in all materials)
M-LOK accessories are multi directional (can be mounted forward or backwards).
M-LOK has a uniform internal edge that can be generously chamfered allowing a better feel on the hand than Keymods 45 degree under cuts.
M-LOK can use any of the millions of MOE accessories already fielded via an adapter plate.
M-LOK slots are much lower cost to manufacture than Keymod resulting in lower cost to consumers.
M-LOK nuts are much lower cost to manufacture than Keymod resulting in lower cost to consumers.
M-LOK bolts are commonly available (user replaceable) and allow more torque to be applied than Keymod.
M-LOK slots requires no special CNC cutters or complex injection molds to manufacture an undercut like Keymod resulting in lower cost to consumers.
M-LOK has greater documentation surrounding manufacturing than Keymod allowing for greater compatibility between different manufactures and different M-LOK products.
Just saying...
TDC
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