[ARCHIVED THREAD] - handguard length question

Posted: 6/2/2009 2:04:03 PM EDT

I was looking on spikes and i was gonna pick up this

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my question is how long is a "specter" length handguard in relation to a rifle length or carbine??
I was gonna put it on a 20 inch rifle, how close will it come to the FSB? or will it actually cover it

Posted: 6/2/2009 2:07:41 PM EDT

[#1]

Smack in between the two! Specter length was designed to cover the gas block completely on a carbine length gas system

Posted: 6/2/2009 2:07:47 PM EDT

[#2]

I think it's a middy handguard, if you try and install that on a barrel with a rifle-length gas system you will have a couple of inches of gas tube exposed.

Here is the whole upper:

Posted: 6/2/2009 2:10:15 PM EDT

[#3]

awesome
i may pick it up anyway for 200 bucks

i was gonna put it on a 20 inch rifle and make a medium range gun out of it and the fake can might make it look cool too...

anyone got any pics of a spector length on a 20 inch rifle?

Posted: 6/2/2009 2:13:08 PM EDT

[#4]

Do'nt think it will cover Gas block and it may look funky!

Posted: 6/2/2009 2:26:30 PM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:
Do'nt think it will cover Gas block and it may look funky!

You're gonna have a hell of a time finding a handguard that will "cover" an FSB, unless the FSB has been shaved down.

If you install a middy handguard on a 20" barrel, you're going to come up a couple of inches short from the FSB.

You want a rifle-length handguard, unless you like the idea of having an exposed gas tube.

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