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With M-LOK replacing every existing Magpul MOE slot handguard in 2014 and with the introduction of 4-6 new hand guards this year, M-LOK adoption in 2015 will be several times the size of the entire Keymod marketplace (if used only by Magpul).

M-LOK is effectively MOE 2.0 with direct attach capability allowing it to be used on freefloat rail systems with no access to the back side. To put things into perspective the MOE handguard and accessory market in 2014 was approximately 10 times the size of the entire Keymod market and it has remained the second most utilized handguard mounting system (second to the Pictinnany rail) for the last 5 years. It’s use of a conical nut makes it unsuitable for non metal mount surfaces such as MOE handguard applications. Just to clarify, we at Magpul have nothing against Keymod. Primary: Subscribe to our newsletter here or get the RSS feed.Īlternate: Join us on Facebook here or check us out on Instagram here.Ĭontingency: Exercise your inner perv with us on Tumblr here, follow us on Twitter here or connect on Google + here.Įmergency: Activate firefly, deploy green (or brown) star cluster, get your wank sock out of your ruck and stand by ’til we come get you. Or just be a gun hipster and only use PCAP.

The pragmatic way to go about it is to find a forend you like from a quality manufacturer (of either system) and just go shoot the shit out of your rifle. Which one should you buy? We don’t know-do you like tits or do you like ass? So long as you’re not into bestiality it’s hard to go wrong.

A firearms market where you can go to any well-stocked shop with a couple grand in your pocket and walk out with any one of a dozen carbines, can easily support and sustain more than one attachment method. We’re talking about two systems with major players behind them–and a slew of furniture and accessory manufacturers that are more than happy to sell you both It’s not like this is a fight between NC Star and US Optics, or Knights Armament and UTG. Regardless of relative weight and bulk, Picatinny is our only current universal standard. As such neither will ever completely replace the Picatinny rail. Sure, KeyMod has worked its way into some special DoD units and M-LOK will work with new MOE forends–but neither excels at mounting optics or sights. People are passionately arguing about what system is best for attaching lights and grips.

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Open/Free license (for the purposes of this discussion the difference between the two doesn’t matter)Įasy to attach accessories externally (those that use the Troy TRX rails can tell you the joys of putting a backing nut halfway down a small diameter tube, only to find that they placed their VFG one slot too far back).īoth have companies worth a shit behind them. Here’s the Reader’s Digest of what they have in common: KeyMod, and later M-LOK, was born out of this turmoil. As of right now those two reign supreme, hence the Ford/Chevy comparison. Some other companies made their way into the market by offering different sling, light, and grip attachments for the ever-growing number of forends. Soon enough, about every major manufacturer of AR furniture had their own version, built to a variety of specifications and usually accepting only their own proprietary attachments. Several years ago, lightweight rail-less handguards for ARs (such as the Troy TRX rail) became incredibly popular for a myriad of reasons. It’s the current gun nerd version of Ford versus Chevy (or Star Trek versus Star Wars, for the virgins reading this). There are discussions on the internet that have run to hundreds of pages, debating the pros and cons of each system.

Our main editor (Reeder) still uses all Picatinny rail systems, and Hernandez is so old he thinks that A2 handguards are “the latest thing”. A few like M-LOK, others KeyMod, and at least one is trying to be cool by saying he’s ‘bi’ (not that there’s anything wrong with that…). This is not entirely true the reality is, our minions rarely agree on anything. We’ve recently run a few reviews on M-LOK accessories, and this has given some the impression we’re “M-LOK people”. The only thing our minions agree on is that they don’t agree.