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    Quote Originally Posted by nowayout View Post
    ... Looking at pictures online I thought they would be cheap flimsy plastic but after getting them that totally went out the window. I love em and I love the price even better.
    I have to agree with this. I didn't get the full impact of the Magpul MOE handguards until I mounted a set on my Daniel Defense midlength. Rock solid and quite versatile. Way better than I expected for about the same price as standard plastic handguards. A lot of people who go for cheap or wrong application rails would be better off with MOEs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by philipeggo View Post
    But thats only for rifles and mine is a carbine
    Can you already shoot 2 minute of angle with your rifle? If not, you don't really need a free float tube because the change is about 2 MOA to 1 MOA or sub MOA. That is a difference of 1.024" at 100 yards; 2 MOA vs 1 MOA. I would say just buy plastic handguards, a case of ammo and learn how to shoot the gun instead of trying to make a safe queen that looks pretty but never gets fired because you blew your wad on tacticool crap.

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    Why do you need someone to talk you out of, or into something? Do some research, try some different rails and hand guards out and see what will fill your needs on YOUR rifle.

    Why do people care what others do? Choose what works for you and rock on.

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    Just to add to your options, GG&G makes an under foregrip rail that attaches to any plastic handguard. Here is the link:

    http://www.gggaz.com/index.php?id=183&parents=38,44

    Just another options to think about. I never used them, but GG&G makes great stuff that has never failed me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by d90king View Post
    Why do you need someone to talk you out of, or into something? Do some research, try some different rails and hand guards out and see what will fill your needs on YOUR rifle.

    Why do people care what others do? Choose what works for you and rock on.
    Because you end up with tacticool tapco'ed SKS's and AR's with more accessories than sense.

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    Case in point

    Last edited by nimdabew; 03-05-11 at 12:46.

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    Try the MOE for $30 and see if you like it. If not, then get a DD Omega FF Rail. Sounds like the MOE would fit your need.

    But maybe it's just me...

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    I run standard handguards on two of my midlength AR's because unless the gun is on a bench, I can't shoot good enough to tell the difference between free floated or anything else. If you like standard handguards then run with it, they work just fine.
    "The sword is more important than the shield, and skill is more important than either. The final weapon is the brain. All else is supplemental." John Steinbeck

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    Quote Originally Posted by d90king View Post
    Why do you need someone to talk you out of, or into something? Do some research, try some different rails and hand guards out and see what will fill your needs on YOUR rifle.

    Why do people care what others do? Choose what works for you and rock on.
    I asked so that i can get input from people who have way more experience than i do ,that are running similar setups. Better to ask than spend money on stuff that i wont end up using. I wish i had the money to blow so i could go and buy every hand guard out there and try them on, but i dont so asking seemed like the next best thing. I would prefer to make all new mistakes of my own, not repeat someone else's.

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    Quote Originally Posted by walter34payton2002 View Post
    Just to add to your options, GG&G makes an under foregrip rail that attaches to any plastic handguard. Here is the link:

    http://www.gggaz.com/index.php?id=183&parents=38,44

    Just another options to think about. I never used them, but GG&G makes great stuff that has never failed me.
    Looks like it would totally work, now all i need is a flashlight mount and ill be set. They only have the mounts for tiny lights and id prefer something a bit more substantial, i know they are out there i just have to look. What part of florida are you around btw?

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    Quote Originally Posted by philipeggo View Post
    I asked so that i can get input from people who have way more experience than i do ,that are running similar setups. Better to ask than spend money on stuff that i wont end up using. I wish i had the money to blow so i could go and buy every hand guard out there and try them on, but i dont so asking seemed like the next best thing. I would prefer to make all new mistakes of my own, not repeat someone else's.
    A reply on a forum wont help you at all. What another member likes, wont necessarily be what you like or more importantly what you need. I wasn't inferring to go out and buy a bunch of stuff to try out, but encouraging you to research and find out what looks like MIGHT work for you, then narrow it down from there. Once you have done that you can go to a quality shop and handle the various options on your list and get some tangible feedback to see what fills your needs/wants.

    You have to start by narrowing down what you are looking for in a hand guard or rail based upon your NEEDS for that particular weapon and then build from there. I think you will find when you take that approach you will be much more rewarded and make fewer poor buying decisions.

    Get involved in your local hometown forum and get together for some of the group shoots. If you do that you will be surrounded by a wide variety of options and most fellow members will be more than happy to let you try there weapons out.

    Create your own experiences and rely less on others. In the end you will become far more educated because you invested the time to learn on your own.

    If you are looking for input on the quality of a particular product after doing research without finding the answers you were looking for, thats where your fellow forum members can be a great asset.

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