01-06-2018, 08:54 PM
This is a fun study. And difficult because there is no real standard for handguard length. How each manufacturer measures their own seems to be quite different. Some how, the length of a handguard seems to be more of a general length than an actual measurement.
Some manufacturers seem to be using the length measurement as more of a "class" wherein because the handguard is 11.5xx but less than 12.xx we'll just put it in the 12 "class".
Your measurements look solid. My means were much more crude, but seem to line up with your numbers from what I've seen. I would have loved to have gotten a 12.5-12.7 barrel. This would have worked perfectly with the Radical 12 or the Larue 11 that I bought, neither of which worked and I wound up having to go down to the 9 inch in order to mount the suppressor. I am still deciding if this is good enough, or if the extra inch in the 10 inch jobs is worth the time and effort to track one down.
I could have one cut down to fit, but that would wind up wonky, and even though my pistol build is wonky at heart, I have a hard time doing this to a good piece of gear just to force it to fit.
Some manufacturers seem to be using the length measurement as more of a "class" wherein because the handguard is 11.5xx but less than 12.xx we'll just put it in the 12 "class".
Your measurements look solid. My means were much more crude, but seem to line up with your numbers from what I've seen. I would have loved to have gotten a 12.5-12.7 barrel. This would have worked perfectly with the Radical 12 or the Larue 11 that I bought, neither of which worked and I wound up having to go down to the 9 inch in order to mount the suppressor. I am still deciding if this is good enough, or if the extra inch in the 10 inch jobs is worth the time and effort to track one down.
I could have one cut down to fit, but that would wind up wonky, and even though my pistol build is wonky at heart, I have a hard time doing this to a good piece of gear just to force it to fit.