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    Quote Originally Posted by JChops View Post
    It's too bad the ends need to be square for the Magpul mod. The best part about the MKI—and Bill's original intent—was to keep the sections round so they feel good in the hand.
    Keymod needs (iirc) a .600" flat... I'm not sure I can see any reason that Magpul's version should need more than that. Although, my guess is you won't see a good looking Magpul MLOK aluminum rail, until one is extruded specifically for it and not adapted from an existing extrusion, guess considering how the T-nut works and where you and get that material to cam on to.

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    Quote Originally Posted by markm View Post
    It's going to come down to OUNCES and Dollars... that's my guess.

    Either mounting system is probably more than adequate.... so in my amature opinion its money and weight.... Keymod will be tough to beat on either.
    Keymod being first to market will certainly make it harder for MLOK to gain traction. That said, on your points, I do think MLOK looks to be theoretically lighter due to the even greater amount of negative space. Bigger holes, less total material between holes (since the holes are longer, less total posts are needed between the holes), etc.

    I could be wrong, but that's the way it looks from my engineering experience. Can you imagine a KMR-style rail with MLOK? It would be almost nothing but air (and would probably not be that strong; I'll leave that to the designers to figure out).

    ETA: Keymod's posts are smaller than MLOK's, so while there may be more of them, they'll each weigh less. That may be enough to make the weights competitive. Interested to see how this plays out. Someone with more time than me could probably figure out a theoretical weight difference by simply measuring off and comparing the proportional areas of the materials of the two systems, but I'm way too lazy to do that myself.
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    Quote Originally Posted by markm View Post
    It's going to come down to OUNCES and Dollars... that's my guess.

    Either mounting system is probably more than adequate.... so in my amature opinion its money and weight.... Keymod will be tough to beat on either.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DreadPirateMoyer View Post
    Keymod being first to market will certainly make it harder for MLOK to gain traction. That said, on your points, I do think MLOK looks to be theoretically lighter due to the even greater amount of negative space. Bigger holes, less total material between holes (since the holes are longer, less total posts are needed between the holes), etc.

    I could be wrong, but that's the way it looks from my engineering experience. Can you imagine a KMR-style rail with MLOK? It would be almost nothing but air (and would probably not be that strong; I'll leave that to the designers to figure out).
    Well with Magpul pushing the marketing i'm sure they will have success.

    So any idea what the MK6 and MK7 are?
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    I've done the Geissele rails. They are awesome... but not light.
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    A mod should edit the OP, entire thread is going to be filled with "why not key mod," even though its answered directly in the PDF.

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    So here comes Magpul in the number 2 spot with a non-pic "standard". All this reminds me, anyone ever heard anything else on GearSectors take on a universal attachment "standard"?

    Quote Originally Posted by VIP3R 237 View Post
    Well with Magpul pushing the marketing i'm sure they will have success.

    So any idea what the MK6 and MK7 are?
    Quad rail and something National Match I believe.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Freedoooom View Post
    A mod should edit the OP, entire thread is going to be filled with "why not key mod," even though its answered directly in the PDF.
    You know the OP can edit the title right?
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    This is an interesting development, especially considering that Magpul has announced their own Aug mags.

    http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2...ags-steyr-aug/
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    Quote Originally Posted by Noodles View Post
    Yea... It looks to me like the center to center is 20mm on page 5 of the PDF. It doesn't say it's 20mm exactly, they just kind of imply it.
    It is going to have to be in order to be a good host for 1913 rail sections, as you need to place the mounting hole between the 1913 ribs.
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