Ok. So, I have a budget-build AR-15 (documented in a different thread) and the upper came with a non-railed handguard.
Like this:
It is a DoubleStar free float, rifle length handguard that screws on.
In retrospect, I should have gotten what I really wanted. Rails.
So, now I'm trying to figure out the best solution. Really, the goal is to get BUIS on this at a reasonable price.
My main question is whether there is any standardization with regard to how the free float handguards mount. I know there isn't "true" standardization, in that some of them have proprietary systems to increase the rigidity. I'm more interested in whether the "drop in"/budget will allow me to simply screw on or otherwise use the existing mounting mechanism.
Or do I just gamble. Alas, I'm not much of a gambler.
TIA
Like this:
It is a DoubleStar free float, rifle length handguard that screws on.
In retrospect, I should have gotten what I really wanted. Rails.
So, now I'm trying to figure out the best solution. Really, the goal is to get BUIS on this at a reasonable price.
My main question is whether there is any standardization with regard to how the free float handguards mount. I know there isn't "true" standardization, in that some of them have proprietary systems to increase the rigidity. I'm more interested in whether the "drop in"/budget will allow me to simply screw on or otherwise use the existing mounting mechanism.
Or do I just gamble. Alas, I'm not much of a gambler.
TIA