I just use a hacksaw for all the cutting, but the cut ends are hidden inside the CF tube on mine. If you use a CF tube that fits inside the buffer tube, the ends of the buffer tube probably need to be cut a little longer.
And if shooting off a pack, a longer handguard helps keep the barrel from contacting anything. And like JBradley500 points out, if you're holding the handgaurd, further out might work better. That seems to be the case for me too.
Both of mine are the 8.6” kaw valley. Contrary to the other two replies, I see no reason to go longer.
That's -not- what she said...
I'm going to try the 7.5" and see how it goes. Trying to get a discount code because those Jag handguards aren't cheap!
How did you plug the gas hole? Set screw and loctite?
More or less. But it was JBweld and a tiny screw that I got to go in about half the thickness of the barrel(verified with borescope that it wasn't protruding into the rifling), then cut that screw flush with the outside of the barrel, and used jbweld to put an aluminum ring/sleeve over the top of the plugged hole.
This link is solid for a lot of AR components. I posted a screenshot a few posts back with my build. That'd be a good place to start.
Thanks, I was starting to base my spreadsheet on that actually. That google doc might worsen my analysis paralysis though, ha!This link is solid for a lot of AR components. I posted a screenshot a few posts back with my build. That'd be a good place to start.
AR15 Parts Weights Database
docs.google.com
Pm sent with one of my lists
That's a good idea. If there was an editable sheet like the AR parts list, we could add to it. There would be some overlap between that and the AR sheet, but also some parts specific to these builds.
