Can someone shed some light on the internal diameter of the handguard? Since MLOK attachments do protrude into the handguard, will the thicker profile barrels such as 1.250 straight contours, interfere with the attachments?
Also noticed the increased clearance the new handguards afford for the scope, means not needing 1.5" mounts. Although it appears to have dropped 0.3", using my shot group analysis calibrated for the 62mm objective of the Kahles. For me, and maybe a few others that have their cheek rest maxed out, this is good news. If you have a 62-65mm objective it means a 1.35" (34mm) height mount will have about 0.2" clearance.
Three things I dont like about the A2, and Im being overly critical, I dont like the weight reduction in the receiver that exposes the barrel, I wish they would have made the reductions throughout the chassis, similar to Russ Wallis' prototype. Just more areas that have the potential to be filled with debris. Second is the skins, I really think they should have gone with a set of skins that accept AR15 pistol grips. The thrid, and this is because the lack of details, but the tripod inlet, is that supposed to accept a QR plate? If so, 1 inlet and no anti-rotation pins is not stable enough as it will constantly loosen. I think they missed the mark on that one. No one uses the sling studs anymore other than for the use of Harris Bipods. Am I missing something here?
Also noticed the increased clearance the new handguards afford for the scope, means not needing 1.5" mounts. Although it appears to have dropped 0.3", using my shot group analysis calibrated for the 62mm objective of the Kahles. For me, and maybe a few others that have their cheek rest maxed out, this is good news. If you have a 62-65mm objective it means a 1.35" (34mm) height mount will have about 0.2" clearance.
Three things I dont like about the A2, and Im being overly critical, I dont like the weight reduction in the receiver that exposes the barrel, I wish they would have made the reductions throughout the chassis, similar to Russ Wallis' prototype. Just more areas that have the potential to be filled with debris. Second is the skins, I really think they should have gone with a set of skins that accept AR15 pistol grips. The thrid, and this is because the lack of details, but the tripod inlet, is that supposed to accept a QR plate? If so, 1 inlet and no anti-rotation pins is not stable enough as it will constantly loosen. I think they missed the mark on that one. No one uses the sling studs anymore other than for the use of Harris Bipods. Am I missing something here?