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Posted: 7/9/2006 6:46:46 AM EDT
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I have a floating handguard on my Colt Match HBAR. It screws onto a thingy at the front of the receiver. The first 3 to 4 inches of the front end and the same at the rear are just smooth metal. The area in the middle is checkered or pimpled, but DOES NOT SLIDE in my front rest. Is there something I can buy or make to cover the checkered portion or does someone make a smooth metal handguard that I can replace it with? I'm very new to AR-15 stuff. I just bought this rifle 2 weeks ago and just shot it the first time this past Friday. I'm actually into 6PPC Benchrest bolt guns. Thanks for any help. Roy |
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Tape will become a sticky mess once it heats up, and the problem for you is that most shooters don't want the free float tube to be smooth. PRI makes a nice carbon fiber tube that you could use. The PRI has portions for rails to be bolted in, but is smooth if you don't use those pieces. There was also a carbon fiber rails that was all smooth, but I can't remember who made it, or if its even still available. |
Where can I buy a smooth handguard, Yankee? Other than carbon fiber. Prefer aluminum, threaded to fit my existing sleeve. Thanks |
Come on, now. He told you that it "screws onto a thingy". You call yourself an AR-15 guru, but you cannot give advice based on that highly technical description? Man, I am so disappointed that I probably won't order from your company more than another two dozen times now.....  Matt |
I haven't the slightest idea what that "thingy" is called. It is attached to the barrel is all I know and has holes around the circumference to tighten the said handguard. Without knowing who made it I couldn't say. It came with the rifle. I thought that CLE made it, but they have nothing like it in their catalog. It looks to be the standard checkering on these handguards. If I sand it down, how/with what do I apply the black paint/whatever because the aluminum gets a bit bright? You talk a good game; let's see how good, eh? Impress me. |
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