11-21-2020, 06:23 AM
R2BRO Wrote:honestly...i was also thinking about this, and yes, two pieces hold together well maybe.
but main question is, does it mean that now you have less reliable design? and is it OK to use it with setup meant for precision work with expensive barrel?
I'm going to be using this with a 243 LBC pin and weld with an unturned BHW chambered blank I'm going to have a gunsmith do all the work on. The barrel nut will be married to the barrel after the welding torch comes out, so I hope so! I got my barrel extension and put it in there and the lock up is tight when I torque it by hand. With the thread locker they provide, I'm confident it will be very stable - a lot more stable than the clamshell type systems found on most lightweight handguard systems than can be prone to zero drift. So in terms of reliability, I think its one of the better options in the lightweight realm. But I've generally used Aero Enhanced Receivers (and even an Aero monolithic) or ALG handguards (I love their system but it's too narrow for this one) for precision builds where weight isn't a driving factor.
The risk is having another tolerance variable in the interface and potentially affecting bore alignment - going from receiver + barrel extension + barrel + barrel nut and adding in the adaptor. It's a risk I've accepted in order to be able to go with the dissipator instead of passing on the dissipator and going with some of the other lightweight options (or having the barrel turned to 0.50" instead of 0.64" between the chamber and gas block so I could use the smaller diameter dissipator).
Let's go Brandon!