[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Handguard weight question.

Posted: 1/23/2012 3:48:26 PM EDT

I'm interested in eventually getting a FF handguard and I don't need rails, and among other options I'm looking at are the RRA CAR length aluminum FFT part# AR0010AAH, and the Hogue CAR length overmolded aluminum FFT part# AR0010AHH.

I'm interested in knowing the weight of these handguards though, to know what, if any weight difference there would be compared to the standard CAR handguards, which I read somewhere weigh 8.2oz including the end cap, delta ring assembly, and standard barrel nut, all of which are replaced by the FFT type handguards.

Posted: 1/24/2012 4:47:35 AM EDT

[#1]

I'm coming up with .4 pounds all the way around...both free-floats and the poly car HG with the hardware for it all way in the same.
Steve/RRA

Posted: 1/24/2012 8:27:49 PM EDT

[#2]

OK thanks!

One more question though, I've read that the Hogue ones require a specially bent gas tube to fit properly, but do RRA's plain aluminum ones need this, or can they use an unmodified gas tube?

Posted: 1/25/2012 11:51:49 AM EDT

[#3]

Unmodified gas tube on the "normal" free-float tube builds.
Steve/RRA

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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Handguard weight question.

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Handguard weight question.