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I have been following the debate around the web and wondered if anyone has a feel for where this will end up? Will one of these be the Betamax of Handguard designs? Will the Quadrail (cheese grater) become a thing of the past?

Contemplating a new upper and looking for some thoughts on which way to lean on the investment. If you had to pick one today based on what you think the future will favor, which would you choose?

Thanks for your vote and I would appreciate your thoughts also.

You can change your vote and the poll will be open for 10 days.

I'm going with, they all work. I don't have Mlock but my understanding is it may stay tighter than keymod but loctite fixes that. I have the other two and like that the keymod is lighter than the pic. Kind of depends on where you are looking, I have keymod because it's all that was offered for what I wanted.

My understanding is that Magpul developed M-Lok because KeyMod didn't work well with polymer parts. The cone-nut would distort/crack the polymer (Loctite probably won't fix that) and wouldn't stay tight.

My personal take is that Picatinny-everywhere handguards will slowly go away as it is bulky, heavy and expensive to produce. Pictinny itself will stay around and sections of it will be added via KeyMod or M-Lok on an as-needed basis; but more and more accessories will attach directly to the KeyMod/M-Lok slots. Between M-Lok and KeyMod... hmm... purely from an engineering/manufacturing standpoint, M-Lok looks notably easier to manufacture and my guess is that the presence of cheap bastards in the the marketplace, will drive the cheaper solution.

Magpul Rep responds in the comments to this article.
http://www.luckygunner.com/lounge/keymod-vs-m-lok-ar-rail-standard/

I like MLok. More adjustability than Keymod, easier on your hands than picatinny. Didn't I hear the military also switched over to MLok?

Picatinny will always be around though for optics obviously, and to add rails onto handguards IMO.

ML is outselling KM two-to-one since earlier this year.

Mlok won the MIL contract/ BCM ( creator of keymod) announced they would start to produce Mlok after the contract was announced from soldier systems if that says anything for you. There are a vast amount of Mlok vs keymod videos on youtube, Mlok is superior.

Are people still bolting kitchen sinks on the side of their ARs?

Holland&Holland wrote:Are people still bolting kitchen sinks on the side of their ARs?

Good point, all I mount on mine is a DBAL-A3 and a bipod.

Personally Pictinney - all I need is glass.............
On the other hand I can see why some of you need all that extra crap (cause you can't shoot.....)

So, basically MLOCK with bolt on rails as needed?

I think mlok is slowly winning out. I think both will be used widely for a long time though.


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yukonjasper wrote:So, basically MLOCK with bolt on rails as needed?

In my opinion... That's what I like best.