TomG from United States, KY Public Profile

I have routinely installed and uninstalled receiver extensions since the mid-1980s, primarily using wonky homemade jigs and such. I recently decided it was time to purchase a proper tool for the job. I read several reviews that didn't speak highly of this product but, having used it for the first time today, I'd say it does a very good job. Alignment is perfect, and the time to remove the old extension and install the new was probably only a third of the time that I would usually have taken without this tool. Would there be better options for a professional police or military armor? Probably. For your average guy working on his own rifles at home, this is definitely sufficient. I can't imagine that even as much as I change things around that tool this won't outlast me. I don't really have any complaints but I do have one warning. While the manufacturer does put thin strip of some sort of material inside the clamp that goes around the extension tube itself, it is not enough to protect the anodizing. Out of sheer curiosity I removed the old tube without using additional protective material of any sort and it did leave some abrasions in the anodizing. When I installed the new tube I wrapped it with commercial grade 2 in masking tape and also placed tape around the pistol grip mounting lug. Having done that there was no damage to the finish. So yeah, all said I'd highly recommend this for home use.

Well, I've not actually fired the rifle with the break, but I have no doubt that what little recoil the 5.56 normally produces will be greatly diminished. I have the 7.62x39 version on a Kalashnikov and it works like a charm. If this 5.56 model holds true to the form established by the AK variant, muzzle blast will be ferocious, and your shooting neighbors will likely complain. The only other thing that I have to say, I noticed on a review somewhere people complaining about the product being shiny black. It is shiny black before you clean the copious amounts of lubricant/protectant that Midwest applies prior to packaging. It is a dull black phosphate finish like most steel parts on a late model AR-15, once the goo is removed.

First off, I purchased this hand guard based solely on price.

TacFire: HG10-KEYMOD-GEN-2
Code: 29U-HZ-USKMFFH-HG10-10
MPN: HG10-10
UPC: 811261027503

There are virtually no reviews on this product and very little info to be found concerning the company, but I figured I might as well give it a shot. I received the hand guard yesterday, it arrived in a plain white box within a plastic overwrap. No inner padding, but the hand guard was inside of a heavy plastic bag. Contents (steel barrel nut, two rail sections, screws and nuts, shims, hex keys) were in separate bags. The rail appears well made, finish is dull-black anodized and appears to have been properly coated. The additional aluminium rail sections do not have a recoil lug on the underside. KeyMod slots appear bevelled although the angle looks shallow to me. Hand guard was installed without issue, no problems with alignment.

The only highly negative issue that I noted is that there is no instruction manual provided. This might be problematic for some people, although it's a very simple installation procedure.

Overall, I'd rate this as an excellent product for the current price.

For $36.00 and some change I was able to improve my pistol's trigger by leaps and bounds.

This kit was very easy to install, taking less than 10 minutes and the improvement made by the change is quite impressive.

The only issue I had was that I had to make a minor modification to the underside of the left side grip panel (Hogue grips) in order to clear the reprofiled decocking lever.

I highly recommend this product.