Hogue AR-15/M-16 Knurled Free Float Aluminum Forend on sale and available from our online store. OpticsPlanet is an Authorized US Distributor for Hogue Gun Parts. While AR-15 or M-16 platform has become the standard in the USA, it is still the subject of much dissatisfaction among many sportsmen and women. Hogue, Inc. has applied its OverMolded technology to the AR-15 platform. OverMolding gives a super comfortable, non-slip grasping area that insulates your hand from the heat produced during rapid fire, the two-piece free-floating rubber OverMolded aluminum forend tube. The color is black which blends in perfect with the existing lines of your AR. The O.M. AR-15 grip is specially designed to retain the important lines and aesthetics of the AR while at the same time providing a comfortable, lightweight rubber grip with finger grooves and palm swells. The forend is a unique two-piece free-floating rubber OverMolded aluminum forend tube. The one-piece design installs easily on any AR-15 M-16 and similar style rifles. Specifications for Hogue AR-15/M-16 Knurled Aluminum Free Float 12.5″ Forend: Manufacturer: Hogue Color: Black Fabric/Material: 6061 Aircraft Aluminum Gun Make: AR Platform Gun Model: AR-15 Gun Type: Rifle Handguard Length: 12.5 in Handguard Type: Free-Float Gun Rail: Round Gas System Length: Rifle Length Weight: 12.5 oz Condition: New Included Accessories: Standard Inner Diameter: 1.775 in Outer Diameter: 2 in Country of Origin: USA Quantity: 1 Cartridge: .223 Remington, 5.56x45mm NATO Hand: Ambidextrous Features of Hogue AR-15/M-16 Knurled Aluminum Free Float 12.5″ Forend Will fit older model ARs and M-16s with the triangular-shaped handguard. Coupler Nut Torque specs: 30-80 ft/lbs Made of 6061 aircraft aluminum with a molded non-slip elastomer layer on the outside. Package Contents: Hogue AR-15/M-16 Knurled Aluminum Free Float 12.5 in Forend We offer the complete line of Hogue Gun Parts. For our complete selection of products by Hogue on sale please visit our Hogue page. For more AR15 Accessories please visit our AR15 Accessories store section.
6 reviews for Hogue AR-15/M-16 Knurled Aluminum Free Float 12.5″ Forend
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W Coyote –
Just what I was looking for. It free floats the barrel, priced right and high quality. If you are not into hanging accessories off your rifle this works great. Hogue products are always high quality, I've never had issues with anythingfrom them. An assembly tool comes with the forend but I found it much easier to use a standard strap wrench.
ARCARL –
This is exactly what look and feel I was looking for. I purchased the Rifle length forearm and used it with a 16 inch barrel and looks awesome. I will purchase for my next build. The feel of the knurled tube is great.
Farmboy –
Great product for the money! Has a perfect fit for the hand . Just wish it came with the sling/bi-pod eye on the end but shall install one. It is also 12" long and is very easy to install on a mid to rifle length gas system . If you plan to put this hand guard on a carbine length gas system you will have to bend the gas tube a little.
Wayne –
I have never had a lighter Ar until I put this on. It's at a perfect length and the feel of it is great. I ordered more products from Hogue after this purchase. You cant go wrong with this handgaurd. Buying more! ASAP
Francisco –
I enjoyed buying this handguard for my.40 AR PCC build. It gave it a new design that I was looking for and it looks sleeker. It was easy to install and I didn't have any difficulty.
Jon –
This is a good looking and very functional product. It is a simple tube design with no accommodations for adding rails or accessories. It feels great in my hand, just the right texture and diameter for me.Installation is easy to understand, but very difficult to preform without some frustration. The included barrel nut tool is worthless, at least I could not get it to work. The only tool that works is one that applies friction around the barrel nut’s round exterior. A “strap wrench” is suggested by many U-Tubers and review writers. I ended up using duct tape wrapped around the nut and a piece of belt leather to protect its finish, and a set of very large channel lock pliers located so as to only provide contact force over the solid portion of the nut right around the receiver threads, not near the threads for the rest of the free float tube. Positioning the pliers was cumbersome while the upper was locked into a vice block, but everything went well and the nut was properly timed and torqued without marring the finish.Final note on the barrel nut:Its torque is not measured, as it is not possible to attach a torque wrench. But, it is believed that if you hand tighten the nut and then twist it down far enough with a strap wrench to line up the next gas tube hole, it will have proper torque applied.I used barrel shims to reduce the amount of torque required to line up the holes. This was necessary because my holes lined up perfectly when only hand tightened, and I felt like the distance required to get to the next hole would be further than I could twist the nut. I used enough shims to get the hand tightened distance to the next hole reduced to about half the distance between two holes.