PORN INDUSTRY CHOOSES MAGPUL M-LOK

[Matt Landfair]

https://primaryandsecondary.com/mlok/

CONCEPTS, EQUIPMENT, WEAPONS
PORN INDUSTRY CHOOSES MAGPUL M-LOK
FEBRUARY 1, 2016 PRIMARY & SECONDARY LEAVE A COMMENT EDIT




This seems to be a current hot debate:

Magpul M-LOK – Modular Locking accessory mounting system

VERSUS

Bravo Company KMR – KeyMod Rail system

The science is fairly straightforward…M-LOK has more surface area, thicker edges (no 100 cone cut) so more material behind the slots, flat on flat engagement, and all the things discussed in the M-LOK FAQ on the Magpul website. KeyMod was an evolutionary step into negative space attachments, or at least a slight change of AI KeySlot, but just wasn’t designed by an engineer or with engineering behind it with all of the material considerations in play.



Some folks are happy with KeyMod mounting lightweight accessories without much abuse, and that’s cool. Heavier stuff, high round counts, and generally treating the rifle like a tool ends up being really, really hard on KeyMod, and things can get loose, seats creep and crush, etc. The pullout, drop, high round count firing, shaker table, leveraged pullout, etc testing of initially KeyMod, and then KeyMod vs M-LOK was what led down the path to release M-LOK in the first place.

Colt CA and other MFG have done their own evaluations, and that’s why you saw a lot more M-LOK at SHOT this year. A bunch of other entities have adopted or ordered M-LOK as the solution of choice, and some additional third party testing is currently underway, so when all that comes out, you won’t have to take anyone’s word for it. That’s the way I see it. There is a thread in the P&S Pro Facebook group that has it straight from the horse’s mouth on some of the shortcomings I’m talking about that started the professional user pendulum swinging away from KM.

The easiest way to describe this battle:

VHS versus Betamax and the porn industry is choosing M-LOK.



The link to that group mentioned above :

https://www.facebook.com/groups/PrimarySecondary/



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[The Virginian]

Is there any additional data to share? Running a 15" KMR myself. Had the opportunity to go mlok, and bailed on it for weight.

 

[Matt Landfair]

You bailed on Mlok because it was too heavy?

 

[The Virginian]

Well....damn it....yes. In my defense, at that time it seemed the majority felt like it was what I thought it was. Im a member on alot of different boards and the consensus seemed to be it was GTG. I, at that time, tried to do my due diligence and research. Hindsight is always 20/20 my friend. My rifle started as a factory DD M4V7. I did not like the old MFR, so I started looking at 10,000 different rails. It was this or mlok, and I was also going with a different barrel profile so weight was a factor. Wound up taking damn near a half pound of the front. What can I say...

 

[The Virginian]

I would also add that I had seen isolated cases of tear out from a few different accessories, but again, that seemed to be very isolated and seemed to be related to non BCM products. So if you guys have more information and more cases of that happening, I'd very much like to hear it and see it. I would have zero problems dumping this rail had going mlok if this is beyond isolated. I loctite all screws and torqued everything down with an inch pound torque wrench that's attached to the rail. I also only run BCM attachments for anything I've got on the rail to try and avoid "issues". So school me, pretty please with sugar on top. I do listen to the mod casts and heard this being discussed, which lead me here.