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Thread: Talk me out of normal hand guards

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    plastic handguards arent as light as people think. Handguards dont weigh that much less than some FF rail setups.

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    Quote Originally Posted by d90king View Post
    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.
    Understood sorry for the misunderstanding . To clarify after doing research and handling a few rail systems locally i realized i prob dont need them being as everything i want to mount consists of two things , the purpose of the post was to see if there was a actual downside to standard hand guards minus the fact i don't get rail space ,like faster barrel wear,loss of accuracy, etc. my original choice was the troy TRX but i figured why bother spending the money on something that is going to give me a marginal accuracy increase and for my purpose not much else. Also keep in mind that the shops i have around here may not stock things so much as they will order them for you. The gun shop with the best staff and prices near me carries a whole 20 guns in the store and not much else. They make their money by doing special orders and transfer, it just so happens when i went in that they had some stuff for me to play with but thats normally not the case. Sadly my group training forum is pretty dead, not many posts

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    Quote Originally Posted by philipeggo View Post
    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?
    I'm in Orlando. How about you? If you are in my area then you know we got to get out and shoot 'em when your done with your build.

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    If you have normal handguard, where you put flashlight?

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    my personal recommendation is to get a good white light on there before spending cash on a bunch of stuff you might not even need. if you stick with standard handguards, here are some GREAT options for mounting a light:

    http://store.impactweaponscomponents...mc1olimo1.html

    http://www.midwestindustriesinc.com/...category_id=94

    http://www.elzetta.com/zfh1500FAQ.htm

    personally, i REALLY like the way the mount n slot is set up.

    i would not be at all concerned about losing accuracy because your barrel isn't free floated... your carbine is already more accurate then you (or me) are. the only reason to go with longer handguards would be to get your hand out there further (if you feel necessary) or if you'll be shooting matches, in which case you would need to reconsider your set up altogether.
    Last edited by lethal dose; 03-05-11 at 21:31.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 500grains View Post
    If you have normal handguard, where you put flashlight?
    I suppose he could get one of those front sight base mounts or an offset mount on the top rail. I wouldn't do it, but it is an option. I would recommend the Troy drop in rail for 150 bucks. One of the lightest and sturdiest around, has 4 swivel sling attachment points, and is just very solid. It will allow you flexibility in any mounting combination you want, but that is just my opinion.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lethal dose View Post
    my personal recommendation is to get a good white light on there before spending cash on a bunch of stuff you might not even need. if you stick with standard handguards, here are some GREAT options for mounting a light:

    http://store.impactweaponscomponents...mc1olimo1.html

    http://www.midwestindustriesinc.com/...category_id=94

    http://www.elzetta.com/zfh1500FAQ.htm

    personally, i REALLY like the way the mount n slot is set up.

    i would not be at all concerned about losing accuracy because your barrel isn't free floated... your carbine is already more accurate then you (or me) are. the only reason to go with longer handguards would be to get your hand out there further (if you feel necessary) or if you'll be shooting matches, in which case you would need to reconsider your set up altogether.
    Our posts crossed. That is what I was referring to in the front sight base mounts. Nice references there. I think GG&G makes one too.

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    I may have no choice but the mount n slot because i dont have a normal sight post, i have a YHM flip up front sight post. prob should have mentioned that before...whoops. Looks like it would work though. I really wanted the Elzetta except i would really like a light that has the option for a pressure switch and the Elzetta doesnt :-( Keep the suggestions coming guys !

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    I replaced the stock hand guards with MOE and I love them! I also put a small rail on the left side for a flashlight.
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    check it:

    http://forum.kentuckianafirearms.com...d.php?p=347148

    if the link is inappropriate, mods; delete it.
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