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<blockquote data-quote="Defens" data-source="post: 1012802" data-attributes="member: 84753"><p>The trend now seems to be AWAY from the handguards that are bristling with Picatinny rails. Most of the newest designs still maintain a rail on the top to use with scope mounts, forward-mounted red dot sights, etc. Some still have a small section of rail at 3 or 9 o'clock as well. A lot of them are dispensing with side and bottom rails altogether, and have gone for a sleeker system like the Keymod setup or one of its many proprietary variants. Without the rails you don't chew up your hands and gear, or need to cover up the rails, making the handguard that much fatter and heavier.</p><p></p><p>If I were you I'd take a look at the commonly available rails now - just pick up a Shotgun News and browse through it. </p><p></p><p>I can see your wish to eliminate an adapter that fits between the rail and the bipod - just another link in the chain to break or get loose. But I think the direction you might want to go is to have the mounting point for the bipod interchangeable between Picatinny, Keymod, or a standard QR sling swivel mount. Heck, you might even come up with a mount that bolts directly to the Magpul MOE handguard, eliminating the little rail segment that you need to bolt on.</p><p></p><p>Even if the replacement takes some tools, you'd only need to do that once to fit your rifle's setup, then you'd be good to go. If the bipod is permanently set up to just the picatinny, you lose out on an expanding market segment and may find yourself with a product that goes obsolete fairly soon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Defens, post: 1012802, member: 84753"] The trend now seems to be AWAY from the handguards that are bristling with Picatinny rails. Most of the newest designs still maintain a rail on the top to use with scope mounts, forward-mounted red dot sights, etc. Some still have a small section of rail at 3 or 9 o'clock as well. A lot of them are dispensing with side and bottom rails altogether, and have gone for a sleeker system like the Keymod setup or one of its many proprietary variants. Without the rails you don't chew up your hands and gear, or need to cover up the rails, making the handguard that much fatter and heavier. If I were you I'd take a look at the commonly available rails now - just pick up a Shotgun News and browse through it. I can see your wish to eliminate an adapter that fits between the rail and the bipod - just another link in the chain to break or get loose. But I think the direction you might want to go is to have the mounting point for the bipod interchangeable between Picatinny, Keymod, or a standard QR sling swivel mount. Heck, you might even come up with a mount that bolts directly to the Magpul MOE handguard, eliminating the little rail segment that you need to bolt on. Even if the replacement takes some tools, you'd only need to do that once to fit your rifle's setup, then you'd be good to go. If the bipod is permanently set up to just the picatinny, you lose out on an expanding market segment and may find yourself with a product that goes obsolete fairly soon. [/QUOTE]
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