![]() ![]() Then things got simple when I heard about the Brownells Wrenchman. It’s not a hard job, but I never got motivated enough to search the three billion handguards on the market to figure out which one I should buy. I’ve been thinking this old AR needs a functional facelift for quite some time, but I hadn’t worked up the gumption to deal with shopping for, and figuring out how to install, a new one. On the plus side, it was a free-floated system, and because of that, it is shockingly accurate when using quality ammo or my special Sierra Matchking reloads. ![]() My relaxed support hand, including the thumb, is about five inches wide, so we’re not talking about a lot of extra grip real estate. The one shown in the before pictures here measures just under seven inches. Oh, and old-school handguards were short too. ![]() That helped a lot but made the handguard even larger. To cure that ailment, I put Ergo rail covers on all surfaces not being used. That’s handy for mounting gear, but rails don’t make the best grip surface. This one, like many others of the time, also had rails on all four sides. Handguards were often short and bulky, with a circumference akin to that of a 55-gallon drum. It still had the short and stubby quad-rail handguard.īack then, the cool styles du jour differed from today. This Rock River Arms rifle is a bit dated. I tested out the Wrenchman by doing some cosmetic (and functional) surgery to an old Rock River Arms LAR 6.8 back that I purchased back in 1865. If you’re assembling your own AR from parts, you’re good to go with that standard crescent wrench, at least for the handguard portion of your build. I should note that if you’re breathing new life into an existing rifle, you may need to beg, borrow, or steal the use of a barrel nut tool to get the old parts off. ![]()
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