Need some help.
Just bought myself another competition White Oak complete upper, plus a Magpul #MAG427 (FDE) handguard to swap out with the black one furnished with the upper. ThIs handguard is a MOE M-LOK
To get right to it, I can not get the new Magpul handguard on to the barrel.
I spent about two hours messing with it yesterday to no avail. It is supposed to “snap on”.
What am I doing wrong here?
I do have a Delta spring tool to aid in depressing the ring. (yes my hands aren’t the strongest in the world)
I do have a bit of experience at this having taken the factory hand-guards off and on many times on my older rifle AR-15 (A4).
And according to the Magpul customer service rep yesterday, I do have the “correct” gun. That is it has a rifle length gas system, and that it’s an unmodified AR-15 (A4). It’s a 20” barrel with White Oak gas block. One note here, the magpul instructions only show an A2 with front site post.
It appears to me that the muzzle end of the handguard upper half does not seat properly into the triangular cap. So I wind up with the delta ring FULLY compressed and yet still have about 3/16“ to 1/4” of handguard on the outside of the delta ring to go.
Any ideas, suggestions, critiques, laughter, etc.?
Ron
Just bought myself another competition White Oak complete upper, plus a Magpul #MAG427 (FDE) handguard to swap out with the black one furnished with the upper. ThIs handguard is a MOE M-LOK
To get right to it, I can not get the new Magpul handguard on to the barrel.
I spent about two hours messing with it yesterday to no avail. It is supposed to “snap on”.
What am I doing wrong here?
I do have a Delta spring tool to aid in depressing the ring. (yes my hands aren’t the strongest in the world)
I do have a bit of experience at this having taken the factory hand-guards off and on many times on my older rifle AR-15 (A4).
And according to the Magpul customer service rep yesterday, I do have the “correct” gun. That is it has a rifle length gas system, and that it’s an unmodified AR-15 (A4). It’s a 20” barrel with White Oak gas block. One note here, the magpul instructions only show an A2 with front site post.
It appears to me that the muzzle end of the handguard upper half does not seat properly into the triangular cap. So I wind up with the delta ring FULLY compressed and yet still have about 3/16“ to 1/4” of handguard on the outside of the delta ring to go.
Any ideas, suggestions, critiques, laughter, etc.?
Ron