Many of you read and responded to my post last week regarding the HK91 I recently bought. In that post I mentioned wanting to install a slimline handguard on the rifle (91s just look very cool that way!). So below are a couple of comment and questions.
A few yrs back knowing that someday a 91 would sit in my gun safe, I picked up two slimline hand guards (a black and a green one) because the deal on sturmgewehr.com was too good to pass up. SUPPOSEDLY, they are both German, but I do not know for sure. The characteristics of each are pretty similar with a couple of exceptions so here's a description of each. Both appear brand new.
The black one has what appears to be elongated ventilation holes but these are actual fake. On the left side at the rear is a rearward pointing metal "clip" with a hole in it. There is a metal head shield installed inside the hand guard. Also inside the hand guard is the digit "8". At the rear of the hand guard on the right side in the first bottom fake elongated "ventilation hole" are the letters "ik". Lastly worth noting, it appears that the hole through which the hand guard retaining pin does not have a reinforced metal "eyelet" (whereas on the green hand guard there is one).
The green one is not much different so will be easy to describe. Here are the differences: The digit "7" appears inside the hand guard. There is NO rearward pointing metal "clip" with hole in it. There IS a metal "eyelet" for the hand guard retaining pin.
Question 1) Why are these elongated indentations NOT real holes? It seems if they were actual drilled holes, the barrel would be able to cool better when fired. So my guess is one of three things: a) they are supposed to be real holes, b) they are really made this way to keep weight down, c) they are there to keep sunlight from reflecting off of them.
Question 2) I've read that there is someone who offers service on HK rifles that will drill the holes so that they are real. Do you know of anyone who offers this service?
Thanks for your time, folks, and hope to hear some of your ideas on this all.
A few yrs back knowing that someday a 91 would sit in my gun safe, I picked up two slimline hand guards (a black and a green one) because the deal on sturmgewehr.com was too good to pass up. SUPPOSEDLY, they are both German, but I do not know for sure. The characteristics of each are pretty similar with a couple of exceptions so here's a description of each. Both appear brand new.
The black one has what appears to be elongated ventilation holes but these are actual fake. On the left side at the rear is a rearward pointing metal "clip" with a hole in it. There is a metal head shield installed inside the hand guard. Also inside the hand guard is the digit "8". At the rear of the hand guard on the right side in the first bottom fake elongated "ventilation hole" are the letters "ik". Lastly worth noting, it appears that the hole through which the hand guard retaining pin does not have a reinforced metal "eyelet" (whereas on the green hand guard there is one).
The green one is not much different so will be easy to describe. Here are the differences: The digit "7" appears inside the hand guard. There is NO rearward pointing metal "clip" with hole in it. There IS a metal "eyelet" for the hand guard retaining pin.
Question 1) Why are these elongated indentations NOT real holes? It seems if they were actual drilled holes, the barrel would be able to cool better when fired. So my guess is one of three things: a) they are supposed to be real holes, b) they are really made this way to keep weight down, c) they are there to keep sunlight from reflecting off of them.
Question 2) I've read that there is someone who offers service on HK rifles that will drill the holes so that they are real. Do you know of anyone who offers this service?
Thanks for your time, folks, and hope to hear some of your ideas on this all.