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Posted: 1/7/2024 6:48:37 PM EDT
What type of handguard are you?
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VA, USA
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Posted: 1/7/2024 9:15:13 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By battlemidget: What type of handguard are you? Depends on the firearm. On an AR I like aluminum, on something like an x95 I like polymer, on an AK I like wood. |
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Posted: 1/8/2024 4:22:10 AM EDT
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I like aluminum with plastic rail covers. I can mount my shit and not grill my hands in the process.
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WA, USA
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Posted: 1/8/2024 9:11:38 PM EDT
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With the AR for the most part I prefer standard plastic handguards, but if rails are needed than fixed picatinny aluminum is the best option to me... None of that M-LOK stuff.
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Posted: 1/9/2024 2:49:58 PM EDT
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For an AR, aluminum Picatinny or MLOK rail- I like them both.
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MS, USA
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Posted: 1/11/2024 2:13:52 AM EDT
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Impossible to answer. Handguard design, construction, materials vary based in the type of eeapon.
If you are referring to AR type semiauto rifles, make that clear. |
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Posted: 1/11/2024 5:52:45 PM EDT
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Assuming AR rifles, metal is my preference.
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Posted: 3/7/2024 5:24:59 PM EDT
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Like another poster said, it depends on the application. Just on my ARs I have many different types of handguards including lengths and materials.
I tend to like the plastic handguards on the retro replicas best, just because those guns are light overall. I don't necessarily think they are the best performing. From a few experiments I have done over the years I think free float systems lend themselves better to accuracy, but I am not looking for that kind of accuracy unless I am shooting at something small like prairie poodles. That's among the reasons my varmint AR has a free float aluminum handguard and heavy barrel. Like another poster above said, I prefer wood on AKs, but I think in that case it is mostly because I am a traditionalist. |
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USA
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Posted: 4/21/2024 10:06:36 PM EDT
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If I buy a complete upper it’s usually the ones with the plastic hand guards as I really like the MOE. When I build its always the metal as it a whole lot easier that mouthing that delta ring and timing the barrel nut.
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WA, USA
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Posted: 4/22/2024 10:17:46 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BoomBoom: If I buy a complete upper it’s usually the ones with the plastic hand guards as I really like the MOE. When I build its always the metal as it a whole lot easier that mouthing that delta ring and timing the barrel nut. It really is becoming a lost art to most. Even back when timed GI barrel nuts were the main thing most people still really didn't get it. |
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Posted: 4/27/2024 8:44:48 PM EDT
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That depends on what the rifle is going to be used for.
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Posted: 5/1/2024 2:40:33 PM EDT
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On AR's I prefer the newer aluminum rails which don't require timing the barrel nut. On the Mini-14 I like the OEM hand guard because it is easy to remove.
As for everything else I own, I don' have to worry about hand guards. Well, the SKS's stock hand guards are fine the way they are. |
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Posted: 5/1/2024 7:45:29 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/1/2024 10:15:26 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/2/2024 12:34:08 PM EDT
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I like quad rails, and usually cover them with Magpul XTP covers.
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