AR-15 Rifle Lenght Free Float Handguards??

What can you recomend for free float 12" rifle lenght handguards? Does anybody make one that is drop in, kind of like the DD Omega rail? I want to keep the A2 front sight.

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pretty sure daniel defense has one.

edit, nevermind. i overlooked the rifle length part. I haven't looked into that.

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I'm pretty sure there is a troy one that will play with the A2. I have not used it, but did look at before I decided to battle the taper pins.

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Is it possible to keep the front sight post and have a free float rail?

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Sure why not. There are a couple of different strategies about it, but if you don't remove the front sight then you need one that uses the standard barrel nut. Like this one...https://troyind.com/products/mrf-12r-fde-0
If you are willing to remove and then reinstall the front sight base (which is what I did) you can use any good ff system (I use and like the geissle). unless I'm missing something complex about your question.

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Sure why not. There are a couple of different strategies about it, but if you don't remove the front sight then you need one that uses the standard barrel nut. Like this one...https://troyind.com/products/mrf-12r-fde-0
If you are willing to remove and then reinstall the front sight base (which is what I did) you can use any good ff system (I use and like the geissle). unless I'm missing something complex about your question.

No, I don't think you are. I thought in order to keep the front sight post, the rail needed to interface with the sight somehow. Or I just don't understand what free floating is.

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A free float rail is the opposite of needing to interface with the sight. If you don't need anything other than a barrel nut to support the rail the barrel is free floated. So you can have both a ff handguard and a front sight on the barrel.

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I have a 13” ALG Defense Rail on my 16” carbine and will be putting a 7” Geissele rail on another carbine. The G in ALG is for Geissele.

I would recommend the ALG if you don’t need Picatinny or MLOK or Keymod mounts. I bought an accessory rail for the ALG rail which adds a small section of Picatinny Rail.

You can keep the front sight with the right length or style of rail but to be truly free floating, you’ll need to remove and reinstall the front sight. The other option, and I don’t know how solid they are, but you can put a front sight on the handrail as well,https://danieldefense.com/components-parts/rail-mounted-fixed-front-sight.html

Do you have a standard A2 rear carry handle set up?

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Centurion Arms c4 12” rail. Doesn’t drop in but it is 2 piece and uses GI barrel nut.

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I have a 13” ALG Defense Rail on my 16” carbine and will be putting a 7” Geissele rail on another carbine. The G in ALG is for Geissele.

I would recommend the ALG if you don’t need Picatinny or MLOK or Keymod mounts. I bought an accessory rail for the ALG rail which adds a small section of Picatinny Rail.

You can keep the front sight with the right length or style of rail but to be truly free floating, you’ll need to remove and reinstall the front sight. The other option, and I don’t know how solid they are, but you can put a front sight on the handrail as well,https://danieldefense.com/components-parts/rail-mounted-fixed-front-sight.html

Do you have a standard A2 rear carry handle set up?

Only the early ALG EMRs were not MLOK. All of the current ones are, except for a few Keymod models that I think they've been clearing out.

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Originally posted by Riley:
I have a 13” ALG Defense Rail on my 16” carbine and will be putting a 7” Geissele rail on another carbine. The G in ALG is for Geissele.

I would recommend the ALG if you don’t need Picatinny or MLOK or Keymod mounts. I bought an accessory rail for the ALG rail which adds a small section of Picatinny Rail.

You can keep the front sight with the right length or style of rail but to be truly free floating, you’ll need to remove and reinstall the front sight. The other option, and I don’t know how solid they are, but you can put a front sight on the handrail as well,https://danieldefense.com/components-parts/rail-mounted-fixed-front-sight.html

Do you have a standard A2 rear carry handle set up?

I have a detachable carry handle for it, using a Magpul MBUS now.

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Hogue offers this handguard. Does that help, or have I misunderstood the question?

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