6.8. 18" barrel 13" rail. Initially I wanted a 15" but I like the way it ended up.
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6.8. 18" barrel 13" rail. Initially I wanted a 15" but I like the way it ended up.
I had a 15" handguard on a 16" barrel for a little while. I kind of liked the way it looked. I also figured there wasn't any really good reason for having any of the barrel exposed anyways. This setup let me reach out and grab it wherever I wanted without worrying about grabbing something hot. Supporting the front end against something for support was also pretty easy and trouble free. And since I was running iron sights having them as far apart as possibly really helped with accuracy.
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15" KMR or 15" Strike Industries Keymod are Extremely light.
FWIW, I have a 15" Alpha rail on a BCM BFH 16" upper with glass on it and agree that getting the bipod out farther helps. I do like that all the barrel is covered on that setup. I wish they had released the KMR rails a little sooner, I could have saved myself a few bucks on a package deal.
I just bought a 16" BCM upper with a 13" KMR. If the 15" KMR was available at the time, I would have jumped on it. Longer is better for sight radius and stability, as mentioned previously, and I really love the look of a long HG.