Reviews & Ratings for Faxon Firearms Smith & Wesson M&P Patriot Slide w/RMR Cut 1 — 5 reviews — Page 1

Very good product. Looks good. Feels good. Very lightweight. Recommend this product.

Installation Instructions:

1. Remove any muzzle device and gas block from the barrel. Take the barrel nut and run it over the barrel, with the threaded end towards the breach and the end with the hex pattern towards the muzzle.

2. Install the barrel into the upper receiver and hand-tighten the barrel nut to the upper receiver.

3. Using the Crow's Foot Wrench, torque the barrel nut to 30-45 ft/lbs. Use the torque wrench/bar for detailed torque settings. 40 ft/lbs is recommended from the factory for best accuracy.

4. Install your gas block per the manufacturer recommendations. Make sure to align the gas tube correctly.

5. Slide the handguard over the barrel (it may take some small force to get the rail started over the barrel nut, that's okay). Seat fully against the upper receiver and align the rails at the top of the handguard and receiver.

6. Install the hex nuts in their receptacles on the bottom of the rail and tighten the cupped hex screws until reasonably tight. The factory recommends 30 in/lbs. Use non-permanent thread locker for long-term installations.

This is a nice handguard, my review would be a 5 star if I would be able to either have instructions or if it came with a tool for the barrel nut. Faxon is also not answering calls because of the”lockdowns” so I have a handguard I can’t install till I go shop some tool stores and try to find out what hex nut they use. Can anyone help, Where can you find a hex key for a torque wrench?

Overall i think the hand guard is fairly nice. However i had to file away material on the inside for an Odin clamp adjustable gas block to fit inside. I think if i were to use the set screw gas block I would not have had these issues.