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6/30/2003 6:23:08 AM EDT
I am ordering a Carbon Fiber hand guard from Hiperform for my midlength barrel I just got from ArmaLite.  How much longer than carbine length is the gas port/gas block out towards the end?

How much shorter from full length?

How long are standard carbine handguards?

How long are the mid length handguards?
6/30/2003 7:44:20 AM EDT
[#1]
Don't know the specifics, but the front sight is roughly 2.5" forward of a standard carbine.

If no one has responded by this afternoon, I'll measure mine and give you eaxct numbers...
6/30/2003 8:06:31 AM EDT
[#2]
Thanks Steve.

Hiperform will make it any length I want.  I thought it was 2" longer than carbine length.  Then I read a post that said it was 2 1/2" longer.  They need to know from me how long I need it and I don't know.
6/30/2003 2:48:25 PM EDT
[#3]
It is approximately 2" further forward.  You may want to contact Wes at MSTN.biz for more exact information.

-Troy
6/30/2003 3:57:30 PM EDT
[#4]
I sent Rod at HiperForm pictures and measurements of a stock RRA mid-length for a project a couple of weeks ago... Ask him, I am sure he still has them?
7/1/2003 2:59:45 AM EDT
[#5]
Thanks fellas.

Gunz:

That is where I'm getting my hand guard from and Rod is the guy I'm talking to.  He asked me what type of lower I was using but that shouldn't matter.  It is an Aramlite "mid length" (16") barrel going on a RRA flat top receiver.  The demension he asked me for was the distance from the front of the receiver to the back of the site base.  As I don't have the receiver yet, I measured from the edge of the flange on the barrel extension that abuts the front of the receiver, to the back of the site base and I get 8 7/8".

Is that 2" longer than regular carbine hand guards or his carbon fiber hand guard for carbines?
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