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Posted: 3/17/2013 8:57:35 AM EDT
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I’m having trouble identifying the maker of a set of two-piece M4 style hand guards that I picked up at a gun show. These hand guards are ribbed and black and on the surface look like the original ones that came with my Colt LE6920 M4 carbine. They differ, however, in that they have a single layer of BLACK aluminum as a heat shield rather than a dual layer of silver aluminum. In addition, the edge of each half (where the two halves meet) have a couple of studs and corresponding holes that help align (index) the two halves when they are joined. There are no visible markings (though I have not looked under the black heat shields). They fit my rifle well and seem to be very high quality hand guards.
Does anyone recognize these and know who made them? I wouldn't mind having another set. |
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You do realize that you just described the majority of M4 hand-guards that are used on almost every stock rifle that almost every company manufactures (only other difference being the double heat shield and oval vs circular)
Are the hand guards that you are looking for oval or circular? If they are circular, then there are three companies that I can think of that still use single heat-shield circular hand guards. Bushmaster, LMT and S&W. Someone will probably chime in with a couple more |
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You do realize that you just described the majority of M4 hand-guards that are used on almost every stock rifle that almost every company manufactures (only other difference being the double heat shield and oval vs circular) Are the hand guards that you are looking for oval or circular? If they are circular, then there are three companies that I can think of that still use single heat-shield circular hand guards. Bushmaster, LMT and S&W. Someone will probably chime in with a couple more Thanks for your response. Sorry. I don't have any experience with hand guards outside of the original "Colt" and the ones I'm trying to identify. I thought that my hand guards' single, black aluminum shield and their edge indexing studs I describe above might help to differentiate them from others. The ones I have are OVAL. I'm afraid, however, that I can't offer any more details. They appear identical to the original "Colt" oval hand guards except for the single black heat shield and indexing studs. Perhaps the following photo will help: 
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I’m having trouble identifying the maker of a set of two-piece M4 style hand guards that I picked up at a gun show. These hand guards are ribbed and black and on the surface look like the original ones that came with my Colt LE6920 M4 carbine. They differ, however, in that they have a single layer of BLACK aluminum as a heat shield rather than a dual layer of silver aluminum. In addition, the edge of each half (where the two halves meet) have a couple of studs and corresponding holes that help align (index) the two halves when they are joined. There are no visible markings (though I have not looked under the black heat shields). They fit my rifle well and seem to be very high quality hand guards. Does anyone recognize these and know who made them? I wouldn't mind having another set. FWIW - those are usually known as single heat-shield M4 handguards colloquially, and are available from a variety of sources, including RRA, M1S, M&A Parts, Stag, ect. - and they're probably all the same OEM. With that being said, they're usually considered a downgrade from the standard double heat-shield handguards, at least functionally. The double heat shield does a better job of preventing the handguards from overheating, though at the penalty of taking longer to cool. ~Augee |
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