Reviews & Ratings for Dark Hour Defense Darklite Magnesium MLOK AR15 Handguard — 5 reviews — Page 1

Great magnesium handguard. Same company that makes V7, but for a great price!

This thing weighs almost nothing, and because it’s magnesium should still be quite durable. I threw this on a .300blk pistol along with an 8.3” barrel, Guntech flash can, and Hera CQR gen2 stock and foregrip. This handguard really finished off the overall appearance. The barrel nut is probably the only downside to this item. Although it’s not terribly difficult to do so, you do have to make sure that you have it properly indexed or the handguard itself will be crooked.

This truly is an amazing value.

If youre trying to build an ultralight AR on a budget, this is the only handguard south of $300 that you can bet life or limb on, and I say this with minimal hyperbole.

After having tried two Fostech and one Trybe Defense magnesium alloy handguards, I was bummed and about to resort to an Aero S1. The trybe had too much flex, the Fostechs couldnt be secured to the barrel nuts. The trybe was supplied with an out of spec paperweight of a barrel nut, while nothing from Fostech would STAY on the barrel nut.

Luckily the Trybe hg fit the Fostech nut, and worked well enough... but the cheap, two bolt clamp that failed on two previous magnesium handguards just couldnt convince me it would hold.

On a whim I googled "magnesium handguard" and I came across an article where the fine folks of V Seven were being interviewed about their new budget lineup under the Dark Hour Defense name. Needless to say, I was excited when I found a lightweight alloy handguard with solid attachment at a $200 price tag.

Others have said it's "impossible" to install. It is tricky, but I managed. Even bought a shim pack on their recommendation and didn't end up needing it. Nut torque spec is 35-80 ft lbs, and the goal is to hit that with one of the threaded holes perfectly straight up and down. Took me a good half dozen tries to get it right.

Another reviewer commented on the coating: that person is wrong. Not sure if his is justngrtting scuffed on his wall paint, but the c...
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