halfmileharry
Grandmaster
Then you need floss.....However long it needs to be to cook a strip of bacon.
Then you need floss.....However long it needs to be to cook a strip of bacon.
If the cal is centerfire rifle, I know heat will be an issue so with a 16" or longer barrel, I like a 12" handguard. For my SBRs, I like the handguard to be as long as possible without covering the muzzle. I mainly shoot suppressed and even then the handguard can get very hot after a long string. I'd never try to tuck one of my suppressors on any of my 5.56 or .308 SBRs. If only shooting .22lr or a pistol caliber, by all means, tuck the suppressor.
Im starting to see a trend of long handguards. All the way up to the flash hider. The logic is to decrease chances of barrell harmonic in case youd have to brace your gun against an obstruction.
Im in the lightweight, short handguard camp.
Short. IF I'm using the AR then I'm humpin' it and don't want the weight.
I have a sling and fixed A2 front sight, folding rear and red dot cowitness.
I can make the shots with the short guard and sling that the caliber excels at. Farther away I go to my AR10 or bolt guns. They're all tools to me.
IF shtf I will be totin' what I'm used to. I'll use the weight and space savings for bacon or dental floss.