The 10 Best Accessories to Make Your .308 AR Great Again

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<div data-cycle-hash="cmmg-rkm15-handguard" data-cycle-desc="CMMG RKM15 Handguard: Heavy firearms are a burden to drag around to a deer stand, shooting bench or 3-Gun match. The .308 AR is already a fairly heavy gun, especially when compared to an AR-15. Add a quad-rail handguard, a bipod and other accessories and you'll quickly find yourself with a 13-pound carbine.
Thankfully, the days of quad-rail handguards are a distant memory with modern manufacturers. Today, any company worth their salt builds KeyMod or M-LOK handguards from aircraft-grade aluminum, providing modularity without being too bulky.
CMMG makes a handguard that I really like: the RKM15. As its name suggests, the railed handguard is in KeyMod format, and it's 15 inches in length. It's built from 6061-T6 aircraft-grade aluminum and weighs in at a scant 13 ounces. (The barrel nut is another 3 ounces, but this is located so close to the receiver that your rifle's balance won't be affected.)
KeyMod slots are located in the 3, 6 and 9 o'clock positions while a top Picatinny rail runs the length of the handguard. The RKM15 floats freely and uses a proprietary barrel …Read the Rest

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