Gents,
Handl Defense has some pics of their short and long CF hand guards up on their FB page. The short is designed to work with the QD suppressors in the MK.17 kit and a short barrel. The long is designed for those that want an SSR type or 3 gun type of set up.
I worked on both of these and have time under all 3 of their CF rails. These changed my mind on CF rails for guns. I hope this post was helpful.
Fox, I’m still dead set on one of these, thanks for the link.
Fox
Thanks for the heads up. I am pretty excited for these handguards. Do you have any idea on the costs? Do you know anything about when they will ship? How about compatibility with my AAC?
I only advise them so everything I say is not solid. But with that I would expect the short @400 the mid@450 and the long @500ish
I do not know anything about shipping dates or suppressor compatibility other than the Surefire 762
I have shot these since they were 3D prints. Other than feel and general statements I do not know.
Fox thanks again will be paying attention. Boy those are not cheap.
No they are not cheap but the CF is about 1/4 inch thick and seriously heavy duty. It has to be 3 times thinker than the lancer ones
Just like in the automotive industry, there are reasons why carbon fiber is used, lightweight, strong, and durable… but you’re going to pay extra for it.
FOX
Is there any update on the release dates and cost? Will there be color options? thanks in advance
well this is nice
yea they were talking about doing that, it is a deal IMO if your in the market
Damn! I put a VLTOR CASV on my 17 back in August! I like it but this is interesting…
Can you access the front sight windage adjustment torx?
Chad,
They are available as of now. If you buy the mid length now it’ll be at your house around turkey day.
I was hoping FDE would be available any word on colors?
Fox thanks I ordered the mid length today.
MB ask Fox but from what he said he saw FDE and the raw carbon fiber. I was thinking about hydro dipping mulitcam anyway.
Post some pics if that’s what you do with it.
I’ll have to look at it to see. Didn’t give it much consideration as I zeroed the irons before I put the CASV on it.
I assume the paint is the exact same that is on the lower. It looks like the same color. Do they not have pics on their website? It has to meet certain decontamination standards which the lower has already done. So it would make sense to have the exact same paint.
I only saw pics of the black CF and no option to change color when adding to cart. I’ll wait and see, either way looks like the best option out there for SCAR in this category in my opinion.
I was looking on the Handl website at the installation instructions of the CF rail.
On assembly of the rifle they are saying to tighten the 4 torx barrel screws to 26 in-lb and don’t mention a torque pattern or sequence. Everything I’ve found for installing the barrel is 62 in-lb and in a proper sequence. There is also a couple posts in the SCAR Tips Sticky of proper torque procedure and accuracy issues.
What’s up with the different torque specs and why no mention of tightening sequence?
Misprint? typo? 26/62…
