I have a drop leg Safariland rig that came with some MLS receiver plates (p/n 6004-18). I don’t have any QLS forks right now, but I’m interested in going back to them, so I called up safariland to see if I could just use the QLS forks with the MLS plates. Guy said he had been working there a while and hadn’t even heard of or seen them before. Looks like I have some old obsolete MLS plates. Is anyone using these things anymore? Should I just throw them on eBay or what?

I bought some shotshell pouches that I think came with the fittings on the rear to fit the plates

Will see if I can find where I put them.....I think there were 2 to 3 sets or thereabouts

Here’s a picture of what I have:

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Odd, but it’s like a large QLS plate. Maybe the precursor to QLS? I believe the MLS molle attachment forks are still in production, but the Safariland rep said he couldn’t even find these in his system.

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https://www.galls.com/safariland-mls-molle-accessory-locking-fork?PMOPV1=BLK&PMSRCE=GAPLA&msclkid=0e3ef74f1f081321a323a8dee9f89e3b&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=IM-Shopping&utm_term=4577335627146629&utm_content=PLA


Here’s what you have https://www.galls.com/safariland-mls-18-receiver-with-guard

Ah, thank you. I’ll probably throw these up on the EE - have no interest in using them vs regular QLS

Well isnt this timely. I have a couple MLS plates, and didn't realize there was a difference. I was gonna pull the trigger on some QLS forks after dinner. Guess I'll have to rethink that one...

The major performance difference is that MLS was designed for military use on MOLLE webbing (or these MLS receiver plates), and QLS was designed for civilian LE with much higher retention standards to resist a physical struggle. QLS is also smaller.

If you see an L suffix on a QLS receiver, that means it has 2 little locking studs requiring the bottom of the receiver plate to be pivoted away prior to the forks being squeezed to release them. This is an option for extra security, but I don't prefer it. Takes the Q out of QLS since it then requires both hands to release it.

MLS is handy for MOLLE gear because the forks just slide/secure into it with no need for any receiver. This lets you move your holster/accessories easily between any suitable MOLLE space or any MLS receiver plate.

MLS 15 forks are for holsters, so they're longer than MLS 16 forks (which are for accessories).

Found the ones I mentioned earlier.
Three of them.

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Those are ELS 34 locking forks. (ELS is like a smaller version of QLS, but for accessories).

@KitBuilder,

Thanks for the education. The MLS fork may work better for my application after all.