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The best way to install MLOK

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  1. Is the angled foregrip on a rail mount that's installed on the m-lok?

    It just caught my attention as I was a little worried that some fun attachments for picatinny rails weren't gonna be accepted on m-lok if it was the only option

  2. The Magpul "Mlok" system is RETARDED.
    WHY?
    Why bother putting on an Mlok system, That you are going to need to install pickatinny rail anyway….??? Makes no sense to me at all. You double the install work, And get ZERO advantage. What have you gained with this system?

  3. MLOK was clearly designed with weight in mind, but the problem is that any modern picatinny system can be skeletonized for weight and still be a better mounting system.
    Aero has a design, which despite being a larger diameter than most MLOK stuff, works well and weighs very little.
    Perhaps if MLOK mounts had a spring loaded screw or some kind of divet for the MLOK screw to "fall" into during installation, it might really come in as a solid system.

  4. This video saved me so much grief, I'm sure of it. Got my first MLok rifle a few weeks back and bought some attachment points. The way you did this made life that much easier for me! Thank you!

  5. yeah my first m-lok QD install I got the lug too far into the slot. it wound up grinding the slot a bit. removed and filed the inside of the rail to remove the spur. Best position I have found for aluminum rail mounts is get the lug just at the cam. no gab between the cam and lug. Then put it in the slot, and see that it does twist. This should get it set right where it needs to be.

    I used an angled blunted 90 degree pick to ever so slighty hold the lug in place until I get pressure on the handguard. Then torque. 15 in/lb for polymer and 30ish in./lb for metal on metal.

  6. Thank God I got my Daniel Defense MK18 with the picattiny rail and not mlok. This looks like a nightmare!

    What if you want to remove an attachment closer to the receiver?

  7. Finally an M-LOK installation trick that actually works. Am I the only person who thinks that M-LOK is not only more difficult to install (using Magpul's method) but also doesn’t appear to hold better than Keymod? I love Magpul but their marketing and PR departments deserve an award for making this the unarguable standard mounting system in the civilian world whereas Picatinny remains the military standard.

  8. So, "just do it?" He did it. But not one word about how to turn the rectangular nuts the necessary 90° and no more. Maybe I should just do it. Maybe it's magic. Watching this was a waste. I see it helped a lot of people. I don't see how, unless to show it is somehow possible. Which we already know.

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