This is especially helpful in scenarios where the rail and the barrel are nearly the same length.

But for those that do, this accessory allows you to space the light further back before the hand guard contacts the lens bell. The cantilever mount is likely unnecessary for anyone running a light without a large bell on it like the one above. Once I got it installed (a separate article), I found a Picatinny based Streamlight to snap in place. Magpul lists MSRP at $17.95, but a quick Google search shows our friends at Primary Arms selling same unit for $15.99. It also costs a few bucks less than the aluminum model. I happened to receive the polymer version which is just fine and dandy as it was light, strong, and functional. You can have it in any color you want as long as it’s black.

Magpul offers this mount in two flavors, aluminum and polymer. M-LOK Cantilever Polymer Rail/Light Mount – Overall Rating * * * * * So I had a chatted with our guy at Magpul (who’s now just down the road), and he sent over a grab bag of accessories for me to stick to the rail and test out. This presented an obvious problem as I needed to confidently say that the MK8 rail was compatible with M-LOK for my review. When I opened the box with the aforementioned MK8 rail, I quickly realized that I didn’t have a single M-LOK compatible accessory.

Does magpul make keymod accessories