Good lightweight handguard for ar

[luke.reninger]

Since this is the 3 gun capital of the world....I was hoping someone could help me.

I'm looking for a 12-14 inch free float handrail for an ar15.

Criteria:

Light
Be able to accept a bipod
durable.

Light is the big thing I'm going for but it must have some way of attaching a harris bipod.


Also wouldn't mind any advice on a very accurate 14.5 or 16 inch barrel in stainless. It has to be threaded.

 

[charger arms]

I am a fan of the Samson products. They use the milspec barrel nut and you can attach a bipod mount to the bottom. Easy to install and great supporter of the sport and 2A.


Here is their bipod mount kit.

I have used several of the handguards over the years and I have never had a complaint. I am using the 15" Evo on my stainless optics rifle, and the 15" Evo Keymod on my irons light weight rifle.

 

[Matt1911]

Samson or Troy.
That bipod mount should work the same on both.

 

[Robaire Pullicar]

Luke I have a Troy alpha rail and my dad runs the Samson both are 15". I'm sure we can let you try them both next week if you make it out to shoot

 

[Robaire Pullicar]

P.S. Bipods on carbines makes baby Jesus cry and we wouldn't want that on Easter would we......

 

[jtischauser]

If you want light go with an AP Customs Rhino Arms handguard and stuck a strip of pic rail on the bottom.

JTRhino10 gets you 10% off too.

Barrels...Nordic 16" is good to go. If you want really accurate I like Rainier and JP match barrels but they run $4-500. I ordered a Rainer 14.5" and they added the gass block and tube if my choosing before they pinned it.

Hit me up if you need a discount code for a Nordic barrel too.

 

[silver star]

http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=213089#entry2369928

 

[Wall]

Like Adam said.......Samson is a great product

 

[drmitchgibson]

Nordic makes a good one that will accept rail sections. Fairly inexpensive too.

 

[45recoil]

Utg super slim pro is a nice choice. They have a 13" and a 15" model. Its good to go, ill be selling off my samson to pic up one for my 3g rifle in the near future

 

[Matt1911]

I finally got my hands on one of those UTG super slim handguards, and they are really nice. I was pleasantly surprised.

 

[Wall]

Nordic makes a good one that will accept rail sections. Fairly inexpensive too.

those are a great bang for the buck but not lightweight

 

[Squid]

BCM KMR.

 

[luke.reninger]

It's getting suppressed and used for precision work. So a bipod is necessary for me..... I just want it lighter then my current 24 inch varmint gun in case I actually want to hunt with it.

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I'll do some more research on the weight of each. This gives me a starting point.

 

[45recoil]

If youre wanting it to go over the suppressor then the utg most likely isnt going to work

 

[luke.reninger]

I don't want it over the suppressor. It's a surefire so I still need to be able to ratchet it on.

 

[hunter_dmw12]

The samson evo and Nordic are solid and light weight weight.

 

[striped1]

Lightest I have found is SLR. They are great to deal with and make a rock solid rail.

 

[cajunautoxer]

ALG

 

[racnsoonr]

AP Customs...hard to find anything lighter I think