VR80 Handguard / Heat Shield

[Underwood]

What are ya doing for the heat from the piston ?  Lets see some pics. 

[IntenseImage]

Bend some kydex and make a shield, use thermal wrap, modify some Mlok panels ... 

[Firebull]

Glove on left hand.

[hump]

36 minutes ago, Firebull said:

Glove on left hand.

Me too

[IHMSA15151]

I use some soft rubber rail covers. I'm thinking of putting on a hand stop also. My first match with it is next week so I may be changing things up after a real day of shooting it.

[kooyahdesigns]

I am having some kydex wraps made. If that doesnt work i am going to use suppersor cover

[Froggybear]

On 6/30/2019 at 1:56 PM, kooyahdesigns said:

I am having some kydex wraps made. If that doesnt work i am going to use suppersor cover

What suppressor cover would u use I'm interested.

[Bigsampson]

I tried a suppressor cover. Looked good, but started having feeding issues. Took it off, back to perfect function. I’m thinking that the cloth might have been pushing in the holes and dragging on the piston a little?  Haven’t tried it since. 

[kampr]

 

Paracord has been holding up so far on mine.

Edited July 31, 2019 by kampr

[ukxpat]

I just make a kydex wrap and secured it to the front of the handguard by 2 M-LOKs. Will see how it works when I take it to the range tomorrow.

[Underwood]

10 hours ago, ukxpat said:

I just make a kydex wrap and secured it to the front of the handguard by 2 M-LOKs. Will see how it works when I take it to the range tomorrow.

That looks good.. please share more pics

[ukxpat]

So I tested it out today and it worked great! After 100 rds the kydex was hot but still manageable.

 

Edited August 4, 2019 by ukxpat

[FrequentlyAmazing89]

On 8/2/2019 at 10:36 AM, ukxpat said:

I just make a kydex wrap and secured it to the front of the handguard by 2 M-LOKs. Will see how it works when I take it to the range tomorrow.

What is the name of that sight ? And how did you make that kydex wrap ? Where did you put the M- LOKs ? And what all did you use ? 

[Nolan]

I lined the inside of the handguard with two layers of aluminum foil duct tape because I didn't like getting hit in the face with all of the excess gas.  I just cut a long piece of tape to a slightly longer than handguard length, peeled the backing paper off and slid it into the handguard without touching anything until both ends were sticking out of the handguard, then carefully stuck it into place.  I used a long round bristle brush shoved through the handguard to make sure the tape was firmly stuck.  I repeated with two more pieces of tape, overlapping by about 1/3 width of the tape.  Then repeated for a second layer.  When I had all the tape in place, I trimmed the ends with an X-Acto knife to clear the handguard nut and receiver.  No more gas in the face.  I also put the ATI heat wrap around the outside.  

 

It has held up well for about 400 rounds of everything from heavy buckshot and slugs to light 1 oz birdshot.

 

Nolan

[FatPanda]

Sorry for the poor picture. I used kydex and bent it around the handguard and then used some camo scope wrap I had to keep it in place and give me more of a grippy surface. Unsure as to the longevity of this but I think the kydex will help the wrap withstand the heat.

[telligentgunner]

Advanced Tactical sells a handguard cover/wrap: https://advancedtactical.com/index.php/ria-vr-80-handguard-cover.html

 

 

Edited January 14, 2020 by telligentgunner

[AverageJoeShooting]

Xeo toxin also makes thermal wrap for bows. It's like 8$ for a strip large enough to wrap the entire handguard in

[NoKimberDave]

On 1/8/2020 at 1:09 PM, FatPanda said:

Sorry for the poor picture. I used kydex and bent it around the handguard and then used some camo scope wrap I had to keep it in place and give me more of a grippy surface. Unsure as to the longevity of this but I think the kydex will help the wrap withstand the heat.

 

 

Holy moly, that pistol is a looker!

 

[FatPanda]

On 2/19/2020 at 4:52 AM, NoKimberDave said:

 

 

Holy moly, that pistol is a looker!

 

Thanks

[Tommyb0y619]

I want to know where i can get all those exact accessories.  Stock, grip, compensator and optics pls

[Underwood]

On 4/8/2020 at 9:20 PM, Tommyb0y619 said:

I want to know where i can get all those exact accessories.  Stock, grip, compensator and optics pls

https://advancedtactical.com/competition-upgrade-parts/vr-series-vr80-upgrade-parts.html

[dogtired]

I cut a piece of bicycle inner tube and stretched it over.

[racerba]

has anybody tried exhaust wrap?

[Nolan]

KE Arms sells a very good handguard wrap that looks similar to the one ATI used to sell.  I've been using one for my VR80 for about a year.

 

Nolan

 

http://www.kearms.com/shtf-wrap $30

 

  

[SuperTed]

I went with the Tooth and Nail Armory VR80 14.25" Handguard:

• 14.25"
  • http://www.toothandnailarmory.com/product/VR80_14.html
• 16.5"
  • http://www.toothandnailarmory.com/product/VR80_16.html

While the stock handguard looks awesome, three things caused me two switch:

1. The heat.  The piston is just to damn close to the handguard and I'm not a big fan of having to either wear a glove or put some s#!tty shield/covering over the handguard.  The handguard should be on full display and not hidden.  Why have an awesome looking handguard only to have to cover 1/2 of it up because of the heat?
2. M LOK support.  Although the sides of the handguard have M LOK slots, you can't use all of them.  attaching anything to the middle M LOK slots will impede the gas piston so they're essentially useless
3. No bottom M LOK slots if you want to put in a fore end, foregrip or hand stop.  Not a real deal breaker for me, but I'm considering getting one and the stock handguard prevents that from happening.

 

The T&N Handguard has a much wider diameter, with more room between your hand and the piston and it has M LOK support around the entire guard.  And it doesn't impede the piston.

 

Anyone else have the Tooth and Nail handguard?

 

 

Edited October 4, 2021 by SuperTed