I recently purchased and installed a set of Midwest Industries non-FF railed handguards on my Bushie AR-15 Carbine. I really like the build quality of the guards but the darned things have just a little bit of wiggle which is really annoying me.
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I contacted MI and they suggested that my handguard cap might be "out of round" but upon investigation this does not seem to be the case. The handguards are loose at both the cap end and at the barrel nut where the handguards have little pins that are supposed to lock into place.
Since it is well known that, collectively, AR-15.commers know everything there is to possibly know about AR-15s I was wondering if anyone had run into this problem before and if there's a possible solution to the wiggle: adjustments, shims, etc.?
Thanks for the help!