#How to attach keymod accessories series#

Want a side mounted light? – add a rail and mount your light. You add only what you need or want and don’t have to lug around anything you don’t. The negative opinions, I’ve noticed, including some idiot who bashes capitalism for producing choices and competition for him and is welcome to get the out of my country, are being written by people who haven’t used the system and don’t understand it. Modularity allows flexibility and a better balance of form and function. This system is a definite improvement over a quad-rail. Do you have a KeyMod rail system? What do you think-fad or the future? Tell us in the comment section. Perhaps on the rifle we purchase to celebrate our retirement. Currently, there are not many accessory offerings that fit the KeyMod system. We will have to wait and see if the KeyMod mounting system catches on. Needless to say, it took a very long time for the industry to switch from Weaver to Picatinny. Therefore, Weaver mounted accessories will fit Picatinny rails, but Picatinny mount accessories will not fit always fit Weaver rails. In contrast, the Weaver rail’s locking slots measure 0.180-inches and have no consistent measurement in the slot center spacing. The locking slot on the Picatinny rail is 0.206-inches wide and the spacing of slot centers measures 0.394 inches.

To mount an accessory to either, you slide the optic, grip, bipod or other gear onto the rail and then secure it using tools. The Picatinny rail is now an industry standard on all semi-automatic, tactical-style, military rifles and some handguns.īoth Picatinny and Weaver rails incorporate a system of raised ridges with spacing slots in between. Weaver rails were all we had until 1994 when the Picatinny Arsenal-a military research and manufacturing facility- developed the Picatinny system. New rail systems don’t just spring out every year and start a new industry standard. Strike Industries have made them for the AK-47 and Mark Krebs of Krebs Custom Guns has made a KeyMod system for Saiga rifles, with more rifles expected soon. Rifles with this handguard and rail system are being produced by CMMG, Knight’s Armament, Primary Weapons Systems, Bravo Company, Spikes Tactical and of course Noveske-to name a few. Therefore, he made the schematics an open source, so any manufacturer could create its own mounts, rails and accessories that work with the KeyMod handguard. Kincel’s goal in “developing” the system was to have it become an industry standard. The complete system is sleeker and more slim-lined than traditional mounting systems.

You never have to adjust anything on the underside of the handguard. With a few quick turns of a screwdriver, secure the rail or accessory down and you are good to go. You put your accessory or rail into the larger part of the keyhole and slide it down to the smaller end. One end of the “keyhole” is bigger, while the other end is smaller. It works the same way as a lot of shelving and scaffolding.

Kincel mentioned it was not originally intended to replace the 1913 rail, but some speculate it will.

#How to attach keymod accessories series#

The lightweight and thin handguard uses a series of keyholes to mount accessories and rails. Noveske’s NSR handguard was first to adopt the new system. In collaboration between then General Manager of VLTOR Weapons Systems, Eric Kincel and Noveske Rifleworks, Noveske developed the KeyMod handguard. Officially announced to the public in July 2012, the KeyMod mounting system uses old principles to lock down rails and accessories. A new rail system for your rifle is slowly catching on.