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Posted: 5/25/2015 4:00:22 PM EDT
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does anyone make new, high quality triangular hand guards?
I've looked at gunbroker and e-bay but all I've found are used ones. I have a 20" heavy barrel bushmaster that has the triangular cap. any leads would be appreciated. |
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You should be able to find NOS triangle handguards easily. I've had a couple of sets, and still have a set in plastic. Rights are very easy to come by..... Lefts are a little tougher to obtain NIW lately, makes me wish I didn't sell off 90% of my handgaurds. |
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does anyone make new, high quality triangular hand guards? Jeez..... answer his question..... No Nobody makes NEW triangle HG's. You can find old NIW triangle hand guards with a little luck, but otherwise, your stuck . Search GB and EE for NIW, NOS triangle HG's they exist for around $70..... Good Luck with the hunt. |
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I just got some in excellent condition on Gun Broker, but as far as NOS all I could find in my recent search was right side. No idea why there are all these NOS right sides but no lefts!
You can get the NOS right side for about $12 on GunBroker, but then you only have half of the pair. I'd suggest just finding some really nice ones instead of fixating on NOS. |
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If your wanting NOS triangle's plan on spending over $100 for the pair.
There was a seller on Ebay a few months ago that sold several sets that were NIW, they all brought between $115 and $130. If you don't need the wrapper, you can find excellent condition used ones for $50 to $70. |
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It'll be interesting to see when the thirst for retro exceeds the supply of usable triangular handguards...
Or can we presume there's some huge supply of triangular handguards sitting in a Army depot somewhere, and the threat of those being dumped on the market for $5 provides disincentive for anyone to gear up to make new ones? |
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Rights are very easy to come by..... Lefts are a little tougher to obtain NIW lately, makes me wish I didn't sell off 90% of my handgaurds. Quoted:
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You should be able to find NOS triangle handguards easily. I've had a couple of sets, and still have a set in plastic. Rights are very easy to come by..... Lefts are a little tougher to obtain NIW lately, makes me wish I didn't sell off 90% of my handgaurds. Odd. Why is that? |
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You should be able to find NOS triangle handguards easily. I've had a couple of sets, and still have a set in plastic. Rights are very easy to come by..... Lefts are a little tougher to obtain NIW lately, makes me wish I didn't sell off 90% of my handgaurds. Odd. Why is that? All leftside Triangle Handgaurds get beat to hell much faster than rights because of the way the guns get handled and laid down. Think about it.... If you were gonna lay your weapon down, would you lay it with the port side in the dirt or the port side up in the air? |
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I thought there was a vendor making new sets. I know there are new carbine lengths made. I will search and see what I come up with
EDIT: Did see these surplus fair condition (which didn't look all that bad for $29/set http://www.uscoreplicas.net/ Here's $20/set http://www.keepshooting.com/m16-triangular-handguards.html Well I guess I was wrong, sorry. You can always take a set that isn't missing teeth and refinish them to look 'new' |
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I've got a friend that makes carbon fiber race car parts. A few years ago I tried to convince him to take molds from a nice set of original triangle handguards that I have so we could produce some in carbon fiber. They would be stronger than anything the government supplied to troops and they could be painted black to look original ( or left carbon fiber for a new/ retro look ). He flatly refused to make them because of any liability he might run into making gun parts. Of course making race car parts is ok because it is such a safe sport.
Doc 
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Why would anyone make new a1handgaurds?
I have plenty of like new ones to sell. Plenty. I won't say how many. But its s lot. And they are less than what others ask. If the op is looking at a 200 dollar set them I need to start a website. There is no good reason to crank up production. More than likely you will use plastic instead of asbestos fiberglass and epoxy and have an expensive inferior product. Be. Careful about niw. They can be cracked while in the package. we should be more careful before asking the market with reproductions when the actual surplus more than suffericient to meet demand. We will end up with plastic h/gs.. Yuck |
| I seriously know someone who is sitting on OVER 10,000 sets of of triangular hand guards. Three of us spent a LONG day going through about 1,000 sets of the hand guards looking for elusive 601 hand guards. We found lots of no drain hole hand guards, but no brown ones with green or black paint. |
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