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Today I got a chance to try swapping the handguards from my t-pro, and my Dad’s older M4. The rear capture ring of the old barrel has a spring, the new one doesn’t, but it does have two springs on the handguard itself. I can’t speak to how it would hold up long term, but it does fit.

I am still considering to undertake a foregrip/hand guard. I have not had the time, nor am I sure I want to commit the finances to such a product. One of the best thing about the M4 is the takedown without tools IMO. There is currently no after market handguard that accomplishes this feat while also giving some mounting options.

Try flipping that HotButton around so the activation button faces forward. It's now my favorite light activation setup. It's a lot more comfortable to pull your thumb rearward than to reach for a button with 12 gauge recoil. You have full momentary control of the light output, and even under recoil, the worst that will happen is you'll click it to constant on. Looming the HotButton's wire thru the inside of the rail keeps the snag hazards and damage to a minimum. The only exposed wire is what comes off the back of the light and immediately goes into the rail. I haven't found a rail for the Benelli M4 that I like. The attachment systems have been extremely poorly designed. I tolerate the Mesa Tactical Truckee since it gives me the mounting position and longer handguard that I want. I need to get a hold of a Briley 13" rail to see if it is any better. I may notch the rail so that even less of the wire is exposed.

Depending on the fore end they also act as a heat shield, the Briley especially, wraps nearly all the way around the barrel. I have, on mine, a quick-release sling mount, a light and a pressure pad for it, but the heat shielding is what I originally got it for.

It just about the same to field strip as the original handguard. Just remove the barrel and slide the handguard off. I did have to remove one of the washers inside the barrel guide ring (pictured) in order to get the barrel to go flush with the receiver though.