Mid length Free float

[BallisticGuy]

Can I put a Mid length Free float tube on a Carbine Length by putting a low profile gas block. Just a question I've been thinking about.

 

[bratch]

Should work.

 

[DrBaker]

Yes..

 

[BallisticGuy]

perfect

 

[ez bake]

A lot of it depends on your free-float hand-guards' clearance and the size of the gas-block you plan on using. I had some clearance problems with the side-ways clamp-style screws in my VLTOR Gas block when putting a smaller free-float (DD Lite) on, so I had to switch out the screws for some I found at Ace Hardware (I actually got the idea from one of 264Magnum's posts about how he had just replaced some of the screws in his DD rail for a different reason).


Here's a set of Extended (10") rails over a mid-length system - should look similar to mid-rails over a carbine system (I went with this particular gas-block partly because the VLTOR logo is cool-looking and is on the front of the gas-block - and with this setup, it sticks ever-so-slightly out the front of the handguards):


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[BallisticGuy]

thanks ez bake, looks really good. Thats what ive been looking at is the fact that a low pro gas block may not fit into all handguards

 

[BallisticGuy]

A lot of it depends on your free-float hand-guards' clearance and the size of the gas-block you plan on using. I had some clearance problems with the side-ways clamp-style screws in my VLTOR Gas block when putting a smaller free-float (DD Lite) on, so I had to switch out the screws for some I found at Ace Hardware (I actually got the idea from one of 264Magnum's posts about how he had just replaced some of the screws in his DD rail for a different reason).


Here's a set of Extended (10") rails over a mid-length system - should look similar to mid-rails over a carbine system (I went with this particular gas-block partly because the VLTOR logo is cool-looking and is on the front of the gas-block - and with this setup, it sticks ever-so-slightly out the front of the handguards):


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What forend is that

 

[tyromeo55]

thanks ez bake, looks really good. Thats what ive been looking at is the fact that a low pro gas block may not fit into all handguards

Cutting down a standard A2 sight should make a pretty small gas block! The biggest plus is the price!