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Posted: 2/1/2006 9:14:47 AM EDT
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Guys ... some questions. Is there any reason a YHM fore end could not be modified like the DL Sports fore end below? dlsports.com/ar15_stock_handguard.html Where exactly (measurements) would the holes have to be drilled in the YHM to allow for the set screws? i.e. how long is the jam nut? Is this feasible? Do you think if suggested, YHM would do this either as a one off or factory option? I don't need 2 feet of rail but do not need the rail spinning either. |
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Roger that dragonfly. Was interested more in the set screws. Rail holes are pre-drilled / tapped and GTG. Would one of you guys ask Mongo over to the thread? I do not know the man. Seems like it would be "no-brainer machine work" to pull off ... if the nut the set screws are going into is long enough. BK |
| YMH has one with holes so you can add rails to it. www.yankeehillmachine.com/store/forearms.html 3rd one down |
Roger that bro. I am talking about set screws that keep the tube from spinning ... anchoring it to the barrel nut ala the DL Sports in the link. 
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That was one thing I didn't like about the YHM rails I had was the fact they could turn. Shouldn't be too hard to add some locking screws to one. The barrel nut is a fairly large chunk of aluminum so plenty of meat.
Hey that is what locktite is for. ETA: I now have 5 rifles that all sport the YHM LW FF forearm, one of them is definately not a safe queen, NONE of them have ever come loose. YMMV |
+1. I have one patrol rifle with the YHM unit on it. Factory intalled @ Bushmaster and has NOT come loose after 3 years of trunk carry (no bag). But I admit, if I had the option to cheaply secure it via set screws (wait a minute...those will need loctite  ) I would do it.
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