Rjz5400 Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 (edited) Maybe I'm bieng dumb but has anyone done this? I don't run buis on my 3gun rifle and I like the feel of a more rounded top with a thumb over grip. I know I would have to make clearance for my gas block but then I gain a flat grippy rail across the bottom and can ditch my pic rail section I use for occasional bipod use. I figure it will shed an ounce or two and give me a more stable platform on props. Anyone try it? Also I'm cheap and it is a cheap handguard, aluminum and I don't mind "messing it up" the nut allows for 4 positions it would seem. Edited March 3, 2021 by Rjz5400 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerritm Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Seekins Precision hand guards are flat on the bottom and very stable. My son has run one for years and loves it. Not exactly cheap. gerritm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjz5400 Posted March 3, 2021 Author Share Posted March 3, 2021 Sure, but then you still have the pic rail across the top, that's the main thing I'm trying to delete, without spending $ on a new rail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonytheTiger Posted March 4, 2021 Share Posted March 4, 2021 I had the rail milled off a handguard once. Cost like $20 at the machine shop down the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalkingMonkey Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 (edited) I'm not sure how you would fit the gas block and tube with the rail upside down. How about one of SLR's hybrid designs? You would only have a section on pic rail at the front, but that might be all you need, no? Edited March 5, 2021 by TalkingMonkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtm Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 If it's round you can run it 6, you can run it at 12, you can be devine and run it at 9, you can cant it to 3, oh gee! With the rail section down, you won't have to frown! If it is circular it is clear, no matter what it is near, the gas block it clears! No matter how it spins you win! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjz5400 Posted March 5, 2021 Author Share Posted March 5, 2021 (edited) Yea after looking at it hard, it seems the gas block and gas tube won't clear the bottom if I flip it. Nice poem there, it isn't round and large enough to clear like a jp would be, it's octagonal with flats on the sides and bottom which wouldn't clear. I may go ahead and cut the section where the thumb goes over and try that. Edited March 5, 2021 by Rjz5400 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjz5400 Posted March 14, 2021 Author Share Posted March 14, 2021 (edited) Ended up cutting off the rail section right under my hand from the top, it made the grip smaller and more round, I may do the front one also, there is a big airgap anyway so it doesn't really make it weaker I think. Edited March 14, 2021 by Rjz5400 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuukka Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 I really like my Nordic tube due to not having a top rail, very thin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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