Great upgrade for your 15-22 - NcSTAR Vism M and P 15-22 Keymod Free Float Handguard

Awesome handguard and upgrade for the 15-22. Greatly improves the overall look, feel, and handling of the firearm. Also does not increase the weight of the very much, barely noticeable.

Including the tool to remove the factory barrel nut is also a huge plus. For installation of the new barrel nut you should have an AR armorer's wrench, but with the low torque value this can be achieved with a pair of channel locks using some care and feel. Plus, after "torqueing" there's a pin installed that will hold the nut in place.

The only complaints I have is that it is offered in keymod only and that the barrel end is wide open. For the latter, the rail wall is not as thick as full sized AR rails, at least when compared to my Daniel Defense RIS II and IWI Zion-15 rails, so when looking straight down the barrel end the rail opening just seems cavernous. For the former, I just prefer MLOK over keymod, but in comparison to the competition, price wise, I'll take the VISM keymod.

Does this rail feel as beefy and bomb proof as my RIS II rail? No, definitely not, but its going on a 22 rifle and if it was it would probably be overly heavy. And its not so thin/light that it feels like chincy or something. You are getting what you should expect from an $86 rail made for a 22 rifle, but this upgrade is money well spent.

As far as the low rating from the guy that ordered this for his full size AR and then actually posted a review on it when it wouldnt fit? Well, as Forrest Gump said: stupid is as stupid does.