Unlike most barrel kits that I have tried OPSGEAR has provided a perfect combo. This uses a REAL m4 hand guard and then on top of that it's not a cheap barrel but the high quality OPSGEAR barrels. Finally a barrel kit that gives me a good look and no corners were cut! I'm a long time paintballer and I LOVE this barrel kit. I'm looking to upgrade to the picatinny version so that I can mount a foregrip, but that's down the road. I'd maybe suggest going right to that one if you want to use a foregrip.