Key Mod or M-Lock

[DirectDrive]

These things can happen esp if yer bat schitt crazy.
My wife is BSC so I know about the affliction.

 

[Flymph]

Glad I dodged that one, except my GF is also pretty BSC... she's outside floating on a blowup recliner in a kiddie pool while watching a 4K TV and eating popsicles... it only bothers me because of the proximity of the TV to a pool and it's MY GORAM TV!!!

I would have looked like a fool bashing M-LOK after seeming to be so fond of them.
Lolz

 

[DirectDrive]

In my case I'd entertain donating the TV.

 

[TinyCrumb]

USSOCOM tested both extensively and found that M-Lok was vastly superior. They're currently testing M-Lok handguards now for the next revision to SOPMOD. So there's that…

 

[FullMetalJerk]

I like plain old plastic handguards with heat shields.

 

[Procyon]

Keymod is lighter. If you don't plan on mounting anything Keymod is better. Hera Arms Keymod is light, ignore the holes, and think of it like a carbon fiber handguard. Attachments & rails move around on Keymod, so it's not ideal if you plan on mounting a lazer sight to your gun. You can see just by looking M-Lok is gonna be stronger due to the cutouts being spaced further apart.

Wouldn't weight depend on the material and the rail design? SLR Helix rails are pretty featherweight.

That being said, I just transitioned all my picatinnys to M-LOK.

 

[FullMetalJerk]

Wouldn't weight depend on the material and the rail design?

If you had 7075 T6 M-Lok and 7075 T6 Keymod, the Keymod would be lighter. Same with any other material, Keymod is a lighter design, more holes, less weight.

 

[Mygrainman]

Just as Sony ( the king of the electronics world)killed HD DVD with blue ray, Magpul (the king of the AR accessory world) will squash keymod with m- lock... While Keymod has its advantages, you can go to any big box store and get magpul m lock accessories, keymod, not so much... I went with Keymod on 2 ars, and a centurion CMR with a proprietary attachment system on another... if you really want to be limited and spend a ton of $ on accessories you can always go with the troy alpha...

 

[Lazyfaire]

Just as Sony ( the king of the electronics world)killed HD DVD with blue ray, Magpul (the king of the AR accessory world) will squash keymod with m- lock... While Keymod has its advantages, you can go to any big box store and get magpul m lock accessories, keymod, not so much... I went with Keymod on 2 ars, and a centurion CMR with a proprietary attachment system on another... if you really want to be limited and spend a ton of $ on accessories you can always go with the troy alpha...

Kinda like getting the latest greatest new phone. By the time you can afford one, and can spring for it, the next generation comes out!

 

[Tacticool22]

M-LOK is dominating.
Our 15-22 hand guards will be built with M-LOK, short Picatinny sections on top and push button QD non-rotating sockets.
We will make them for AR-15 and AR-10's later.