Hard to beat $20!
Where's those pictures????
Where's those pictures????
My dad used to say: "Can't never did ANYTHING!"
I looked up some pictures before I commented.
Looks like it would fit under most hand guards with the removal of the raised portion of the rail, and a bit of trimming of the sides of the top, going nowhere near the gas tube area. Probably still have .080" to .100" of metal all around it. Maybe more.
It's your shooter, so it surely is up to you. You can't go wrong just buying one that is already made to do what you need, but (for me anyway) there is something very fun and satisfying about doing it yourself, if you are able.
If you lived here in town, I'd throw that dude in my mill vise and buzz those three cuts in three passes for a cup of coffee and a jelly filled donut. It'd take more time drinking the coffee and eating the donut than it would to chop it up. Wouldn't have to even take it off the barrel.
My first motorcycle shop mentor (and hands down the wisest) was always giving me a hard time about wanting to make everything that I could, specialty tool wise, motorcycle parts wise, and other wise. He used to say to me, as I whittled away in the machine shop, or welded away with the TIG, "Dave, if you can buy it, buy it. If you CAN'T buy it, make it." I came to appreciate his wise words, but never got over the love of making, or better still modifying things.
These days I have more time than money, and don't get in too much of a hurry about things most of the time, so I'm all about making stuff again, if the mood hits me, and it's been hitting me a lot lately.
Every teenage boy should hand mill (that's a fun way to say file) a chunk of metal until it is square and true to .001" at least once in their life. Teaches patience, carefulness, appreciation for the time/work ratio, and appreciation of good tools, and good gloves!
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