Dave from United States, MA Public Profile

To remedy not being able to use DBAL style CT laser/light furnature, Optics Planet sells a 9 slot picatinny rail which fits perfectly along the 12 O'clock M-Lock Slots. ( AIM Sports Inc Picatinny M-LOK Rail Section - 9 slot ) and not expensive. Mounted on top, left clearance for mounting equipment along the top.

Not even sure how this one passed B5 muster esp since all my other furnature on all my AR platforms is B5 Systems since they make awesome products. IF you want to upgrade from stock carbine HG with little or no intentions of adding any furnature to the forend then its a five star piece. C grip is so much easier. Thinner has its consequensce. The heat shield on bottom precludes abilty to add Magpul M-lok QD mount near the front. It deforms the heat sheild then creates a huge gap between upper and lower pieces. The 12 O'clock rearward M-lok slots are right up against the gas tube, ( Right up against it!) so those cant be used either. Plastic is not strong. Again, its great until you want to add stuff to it. Has a shape reminiscent of a PTR-91. Wish it were better made and just a bit broader to accomodate M-lok nuts...The Magpul version of this guard has nothing at the 12 O'clock!! Not even M-lok slots so I had hoped this was to be my solution w/o having to add a drop in full rail system.....oh well.

My only critique. The M-lok slot locations and lack thereof....None at the twelve O'clock and the ones "towards" the top are slightly angled at the two O'clock. Why didn't they have a picatinny rail molded into the top half of the handguard ? Wasted realestate IMO. Makes it difficult if not impossible to mount a DBAL or anything similar. Huge and VERY obvious mistake IMO. Otherwise a VERY SOLID piece, well made and amazingly perfect fit and good price....Yes I could get a fully outfitted pic rail h-guard, but that means covering unused rail portions adding more weight to the rifle.

There is no way to directly attach a device which uses M-Lok attachment. The nibs and bumps in areas of the M-lok openings prohibit that. One would need to attach a picatinny rail first which adds weight, cost, and height to the devices while creating another avenue for failure. The M-lok slots at the 10 and 2 O'clock are also a problem but not quite as bad. While I like the appearance and rugged feel this handguard, it would be easier to modify a stock carbine handguard using washers for top mount than using this. So that begs the question, how is this better than the stock handguard exactly if the m-lok sections have such disadvantages ? They act more like vent holes.

I have three of these. 1) Primary Arms sells awesome optics. These are pefect for AR15 Carbines. Eye relief, shake awake, crystal clear lenses, rugged construction, tactile adjustments. I either use mini ACOG QD mounts, or just mount this to the top of an AR Carry Handle using Primary Arms Carry Handle Mounts which run 20-25 dollars.

I have three of these. 1) Primary Arms sells awesome optics. These are pefect for AR15 Carbines. Eye relief, shake awake, crystal clear lenses, rugged construction, tactile adjustments. I either use mini ACOG QD mounts, or just mount this to the top of an AR Carry Handle using Primary Arms Carry Handle Mounts which run 20-25 dollars.

Mounted this on the front of Ruger PC Carbine 9mm rifle handguard that had no front sight post. A standard Picatinny rail to mount was too high to prohibiting the installation of a flip up iron sight since it was then higher than the receiver's rail. The lower profile of this piece enable the installation of Meprolite's Trid front flip up post. It's well made and worked perfectly.

The brace has very noticable and unacceptable "noisy" wobble flopping back and forth the axis of the buffer tube. Company states it's designed for a Mil-Spec buffer tubE ? I have tried it on a two so far including the BCM lower.....The keyway milled inside the brace is AT LEAST .025-.030' of an inch too freaking wide....its entirely as if it was designed & made witb some teenager's 3D printer.....Very dissapointed and too late to send back to OP.

I have high end triggers in all my "serious" rifle platforms. As an former armorer in the military maintianing/shooting military small arms, and shooting rifles / pistolas for 40+ years. Binary aside, this is by far the worst trigger "feel" of any I have ever used....Lots of creep and very gritty and not predictable. It's not a one or even a two stage. I have no idea what catagory to put this in. The cam rocking internals before it breaks is part of the problem so just doing a "trigger job" on a $350.00 trigger will not fix it. IMOiIt should be in toy plastic rifle, its about the same feel. I'll take it out for a dance since it's in the lower, and then sell it. And then install a Geissele trigger.

This is by far best one on the market. Will not mar the delta rings finish as others will do. Very well constructed like no other and will last a very long time. Made it so much easier to install Magpul handguard.