Aluminum sections are available as a more robust alternative. They BCM KMR Alpha KeyMod™ fore-end also comes with a Keymod polymer picatinny rail section, to place where you wish for the mounting of existing Picatinny accessories. Aesthetically, the BCM Gunfighter lacks the protruding ridge at the rear/bottom of the handguard which is not to everyone’s liking, either aesthetically or from a comfort perspective and interferes with fitting of rail covers there.
Better still, the wrench provided by Bravo Company also doubles as a castlenut wrench for your buffer tube as the slots have been made to be identical to the standard buffer tube.
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This function is performed very satisfactorily by the torque plate in later, G3 series, MI handguards.īravo Company BCM Alpha 10 KeyMod Free Float Handguard.Īnother neat feature of the BCM fore-ends is that the KeyMod™ attachment points are machined out of vertical alignment, meaning there can be more material between them for greater strength and rigidity. Bravo company also include a U-shaped fixture that joins the handguard to the receiver, wrapping around the Picatinny rail preventing rotation out of the 12 O’Clock position. This effect is more noticeable due to heating of the barrel nut due to firing causing differential expansion and a loosening effect which the BCM arrangement overcomes. On the Midwest Industries this point is placed under tension and pulled apart by the tension of the bottom crossbolts. Cleverly, scalloped heads on these bolts enable them to lock each other in place preventing rotation. The Bravo Company BCM Gunfighter Alpha comes with a special mounting arrangement, which is similar to SLR’s and Geisselle’s, and is a superior design whereby two crossbolt are used clamping separate fixtures either side of the “U” shaped opening for the gas tube pull the handguard together. Both the Bravo company and MI handguards have an internal diameter of 1.3” and an external diameter of 1.5” from flat surface to flat surface.īravo Company Alpha BCM 7 KeyMod Free Floating Hanguard It also and makes use of the rifle/carbine’s existing barrel nut, making for a slightly simpler installation. The BCM KMR Alpha comes with one Keymod QD swivel attachment point to place wherever you wish. The down side of this is the bottom one at the front can interfere with bipod placement.
The MI free float KeyMod™ handguard comes with no less than five quick detach sling swivel mounting points which are theoretically more secure than ones added via the Keymod system or the Picatinny top rail. Now both the MI and Bravo Company KMR Alpha free-floating KeyMod™ handguards have advantages. In black hard anodised finish prices at Brownells as of compare as follows. Looking at the Gen3 MI KeyMod™ handguard there is a definite price advantage over the BCM Gunfighter Alpha. Both offer the advantage of slim profile and light weight with the KeyMod™ offering a Magnesium alloy version for even lighter weight, although at some expense in the robustness of finish possible with this alloy. Bravo Company BCM Alpha 13 KeyMod Free Floating Handguardīravo Company and MI offer two of the best offerings in KeyMod™ fore-ends out there.
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