of why a Fobus handgaurd isn't worth a shit.


I was at the range today with a couple of friends and had been planning on helping one put a lower together. This friend had brought his brothers lower with him because he couldn't get an upper to mate to to it. He had tried a Model 1 upper and a Colt upper and it wouldn't fit on the RRA lower. When he told me about it, I assumed the walls were just a little thick so it shouldn't be to much of a problem.

When he took the lower out, I tried one of my M&A uppers on it, and it fit just fine. My friend took his Colt upper off his rifle and I wanted to try it myself. Well I tried pressing the two halves together and it wouldn't go and the two were stuck together. The Colt upper had a Fobus railed handgaurd on it with a Surfire M900 with the thow lever mount mounted on the bottom of the handgaurds. I smacked down on the M900 handle while trying to separate the upper and lower. Next thing I know the M900 was laying on the table with a big chunk of the handgaurd still attached to the light.

While I probably shouldn't of smacked down on the handle, I expected a little more strength out of the handgaurd. I would be willing to bet if someone had something similar mounted to a rifle and dropped it, or dropped to the prone position and caught the handle it would snap right off.


So now I get to pay $100 for a broken handguard that isn't worth $50 IMO. I'm going to see if I can get Fobus to warranty it, but even if they do, I wouldn't want the damn thing.


I'm convinced that this handgaurd isn't worth the money and others would be better served with another type of railed handgaurd.

In case you guys missed what I wrote in my post, I said the Fobus handgaurds not their holsters. I am a huge fan of Fobus holsters. I'll admit that the my Fobus hoster has scratched some bluing on my .45 when using it, but I carry my Glock everday in a Fobus. I have carried a G22 in one for the past 4 years, and it hasn't given me any problems. I guess if I was worried about the finish of my Glock I wouldn't use a plastic holster, but my Glock is made to be used. My .45 is just for fun at the range so I did notice the scratches.


I think Fobus should of just stuck with making Holsters and stayed out of the other stuff.