04-09-2020, 12:05 AM
Update on this handguard.
It has a quick disconnect point for a sling swivel on each side of the handguard just ahead of the barrel nut. I put a sling on the rifle this last weekend, and ran into an issue with the disconnect point. The quick disconnect would not lock into place. After looking at it for awhile, I realized that the cut out in the connection point was cut much to far down from the outer edge. I started out with a file, cutting the surface down. After about 1/2 an hour with the file, I realized that I would have a few more gray hairs before I got enough material removed to make it work. I ended up going after it (carefully) with a handgrinder. It now locks in place firmly.
It has a quick disconnect point for a sling swivel on each side of the handguard just ahead of the barrel nut. I put a sling on the rifle this last weekend, and ran into an issue with the disconnect point. The quick disconnect would not lock into place. After looking at it for awhile, I realized that the cut out in the connection point was cut much to far down from the outer edge. I started out with a file, cutting the surface down. After about 1/2 an hour with the file, I realized that I would have a few more gray hairs before I got enough material removed to make it work. I ended up going after it (carefully) with a handgrinder. It now locks in place firmly.