08-22-2013, 02:15 AM
JC10311 Wrote:Very nice. I'm a little surprised that you would leave any to the gas tube exposed. A friend and I are about to start builds and we're having trouble finding barrels. Where did you get yours?
I got my barrel direct from AA. I've had the parts sitting around for almost 3 years, finally got the last components in... the ban panic dried everything up.
The delay was fortuitous, because the build specs changed; I had a plain FF tube already bought for this. The the MFR came out, a much better piece of kit.
Any regular handguard (7", 9", 12") will leave about .25" of the gas tube exposed if paired on a matching Carbine, Midlength or Rifle gas system. Not optimal, but not unusable either. If DD makes an extended 14" MFR, I will switch it out.