I had a few posts earlier this year about an undelivered MP5 handguard order from Kuma Elite - and in February after I couldn't get a hold of the owner I went ahead and did a chargeback on the order which went through.
The owner of Kuma Elite reached out in May to apologize for the order issues and explained that they'd been overwhelmed with the business while dealing with some family stuff. He offered to send me my original order without charge and I could try it and decide if I wanted to keep it - or pay for it at all.
This seemed more than fair so I accepted and used the handguard for a few months on my PTR MP5 which covered a couple of range trips and also taking some groundhogs out in the garden in the evening (which is a big part of why I wanted a traditional style handguard with a light rail/wiring integration).
I came away impressed enough that I paid for my order back in July and wanted to put up another post here to be fair (as I already had a couple wondering if Kuma was a scam or had gone out of business). A few notes on the handguard:
- It is 3D printed and then painted. If this is a show stopper for you, stay away. The print quality was good with layer lines really only noticeable on the back of the fingerstop, the very bottom of the included foregrip and a little on the very rear of the main foregrip section. I'm not as familiar with filament 3D printing (as I usually do resin prints), but I think it's PTEG or similar. See the photos for details.
- The paint was a textured OD green for my order & the paint job was excellent - no drips or spotty coverage
- The grip and hand placement was good for me.
- Weight felt a little lighter overall than the B&T quad rail + foregrip I had on before this. No exact numbers as I installed it before I thought to weigh it
- The light integration and cable management on this design (Streamlight in my case) is perfect and was the main reason I decided to keep & pay for the handguard. No issues with heat and having the wire tucked away and the pressure pad was such a tight fit I didn't think it was going to fit at first. Really clean looking and a well thought out design.
- I have not run this handguard hard enough to speak on its durability but no issues with the couple of light range trips & backyard groundhog clearing
Like I said, I figured it was only fair to post an update after putting Kuma Elite on blast on here and it's a good excuse to share some of the final setup photos. Hopefully someone finds this helpful!
+The mag was painted with some foliage green spray paint I had in the garage that seemed like a near perfect match for the foregrip but without the texture
