Re: Idea! Official DTA SRS, HTI, Covert, Hunter Thread
This is a composite handguard I built - So far it's held up to multiple matches, including some pretty heavy abuse.
(This is the CD picture from their biathlon).
My standard SRS handguard (quadrail) weighs ~1.24lb.
This (closer to covert length) weighs 0.32 lb. I'm going to make a longer (SRS length) one, which would probably weigh in around 0.44lb.
Not really setup to manufacture these large scale, I have done some composite assemblies in the past, but the tooling to get everything lined up would take some time, and I do the bonds to try to prevent carbon to aluminum contact. If there was sincere interest I could look at having these made. There is a flush cup swivel on the left side, and a I put a small section of magpul polymer rail on the bottom of this handguard.
Anyway, I know the different gen's might have a little different weight on the handguards, and I've seen some other SRS owners that have removed material, so if you are not running NVG's, there is potentially some weight savings there.