Rail length question

[RonMexico]

A lot of my builds have been 13" or 15" handguard lately. What rail length and rails do you prefer? Ex...9,11,13,15, smooth, pic or keymod. Thanks.

Sorry i I don't know how to set up a poll

[ChunkyMonkey]

Want me to start a thread w/ poll, noob? :P

I would vote for 15"

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[Irving]

Want me to start a thread w/ poll, noob? :P

I vote "yes."

[ray1970]

I like them in the 10-11" range usually. Did have one with a 15" that I really liked as well. I prefer smoother or keymod type rails.

[Great-Kazoo]

Depends on your preference of front sight / gas block, A2, folding flip, Or hidden with ...........longer rail. I'm running a piston on my SBR so the longer rail is out of the picture. The next build, another 9mm SBR, will probably be a key mod, depending on price point. I see amazon (of all places) is selling 10-13, 15" keymods with 3 rail attachments incl for $129, figure $135 shipped.
The 9mm SBR i have now is a smooth F/Float unit. Spouse is running a Carbon Arms tube.

[KestrelBike]

I want to run a long one (har har), say, 15", smooth & light as possible. I want an 18" barrel just for 3-gun. JP Precision adjustable gas block. Miculek compensator. I'm not going to mount anything on the "rail", so I guess it should be called the foreguard.

[RonMexico]

Thanks for all the input.

[KestrelBike]

Thanks for all the input.

Don't forget compatibility with the rest of the parts you want to use. How you're going to connect it to the [stripped?] upper, is there a front sight post, gas block, length of gas system, will you have to remove a pinned compensator if it's already on the barrel, etc.