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Posted: 3/13/2002 9:33:49 AM EDT
| Ordered a BM M4 upper the other day. Today I took another look at the catalog. It looks like Bushmasters 'M4' only refers to the barrel. The handguards appear to be carbine and not M4. Am I right? If so, where can I get M4 handguards? |
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CMMG - find him using search. Or I think Donnie at SableCo, www.sableco.net sells them too. Be sure and check the EE as they pop up there alot. Mike |
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For some reason Bushmaster hasn't gotten on the M4 bandwagon yet. If I were you I'd check out the equipment exchange here on AR15.com, M4 handguards show up there quite often. When I was at the Shot Show this year I asked a Bushmaster rep why they didn't offer M4 handguards and he tells me that unless you are full auto and need the extra insulation then why do you need them? Well I guess I don't but my god get with it Bushy, people want them. I mean if your Bushmaster and your loyal customers ask you for a product why question them? |
| Bushmaster indeed does not use the M4 Handguards. That is a shame because to me there is more to hold onto. Jd tactical out of Florida has them and I have had good dealings with him. Here is his e-mail. [email protected] |
Bushmaster now has the fatter styled handguards. They have, however, on a single heat shield. Bushmaster M4 type handguards
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The fatter Bushmaster M4 handguards are almost identical in looks to the Colt M4 handguard. The difference is the BM guards only have single heat-shields, and the plastic is not "shiney" like the Colt handguards. I'll post some pics later this evening. Unfortunately I've already sold off my skinny handguards so I can't post a comparison pic. I'm expecting another M4 upper from BM in a couple weeks, I'll post some before/after pics when it arrives. The BM ships their M4 upper with the skinny (cheap) carbine handguards unless you specify otherwise. |
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Posted some pics of a BM M4 upper I have with Bushmaster M4 handguards at: www.mp40.com/ar15/m4upper.jpg and www.mp40.com/ar15/m4guards.jpg |
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Hey, on kind of a related note...anybody ever fire with the top handguard removed for cooling purposes? (AT THE RANGE ONLY) I haven't done this and not that this is even worth discussing. Just a thought. Here's another extremely dumb thought. What if the handguard holes were plugged when doing the above and the bottom guard was filled with water for a liquid cooled barrel, especially for Dissipators but say only for slow fire shooting. Again, a dumb thought but my brain is always churning. |
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Wow, interesting thought. I never even considered a water-cooled AR-15. You would have to find a way to make the handguard water-tight, otherwise you'd have water leaking all over the place. And who knows that that water would do to the outside of your barrel, probably rust it all up after a while. The old Maxims and Vickers water-cooled MG barrels never actually touched the water. The water jacket actually had a tube running through it for the barrel. Then there is weight concerns, steam venting, etc. The old water-cooled MGs put out quite a bit of steam once you heat up the barrels. A lot of them connected condensation hoses to prevent the steam from giveing away the MG's position. An AR-15 with a full length water-jacket would probably be to heavy to lug around for an extended period of time. The Vickers gun weighed something like 90 pounds, in that case, whats a few more gallons of water? Wouldn't seem practical to add a water jacket filled with water weighing more than the actual gun. Although a very interesting idea. May even be worth a look into for novelties sake. I don't think I have a water-cooled gun in my collection... hmmmm... |
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I thought some miniguns were liquid cooled? Not sure. I can see doing something like that for a bench rest rifle, for someone looking for extreme accuracy. And I don't think it would harm the rifle for the short period of time the barrel was submerged; look at how many times weapons have been submerged in combat and then fired. Interesting thought! |
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