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So I trimmed it down and added a steeper angle to the back of the guard and I'm pretty happy with it. Now for the next question; I had a thought to replace the picatinny end cap with a rail extension to bring it to the end of the handguard. What do you think about a full rail option? Poor photoshop picture for comparison.

EDIT: general consensus is that this version is better off with the stock rail, and I think I agree. Need to see how it would look on a different type of rail.

The one with the straight back (top), or the angled cutout (bottom)?

All the stress from experimenting with stronger handguards Brooke this thing off at the bottom. It was pretty flimsy to start with, so I've designed a replacement that can be printed out as a solid piece and should be stronger. I want to put the file on the model platforms so anyone that needs one can print one out, but I don't know what to call it.

EDIT: Published the file on Makerworld

Working on both regular and long versions of a hex handguard. I've just about finished with all my refinements, and I'll have an online store up and running soon. I'll probably have four different style handguards in both long and short versions.

I have run into a problem, though. The piece on the very front of the picatinny rail that hooks into the front of the handguard has broken with all of the swaps that I've been doing back and forth. I pulled it off to check it out and it's an unnecessarily weak design. I'm going to sketch out a new replacement part that should be stronger than what Extar produced. It bolts straight into the front of the picatinny rail. I'm going to draw up a direct replacement, but if anybody has an idea of something a little different feel free to hit me up.

Edit: neither of of those two blast diverters are the stock Extar devices. The one on the right is a Terminator Flash Can, and the left one is KAK Industry extended flash can. It's a little longer than the stock can.

Took one of the guy's advice and extended the MP5 handguard out. I think it turned out pretty nice, though I do like the steeper angle on the shorter version. Ended up with four M-Loks on the sides and three on the bottom. Taking it to the range right now to see how it feels. Here it is with a suppressor on it. I thought I could post multiple pictures but apparently I can't, I'll get some more up later of this handguard and another one I'm working on.