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| Gracie Allen is my personal savior! |
So I was goofing around when I should've been working, but I came across a velcro wrap for handguards that's supposed to make it easier to handle an otherwise-hot rifle. Down here, metal gets hot if it's out in the sun. Has anyone tried one of these? Has anyone seem something similar that would work for the top bar of a metal skeletonized stock like those sold by CNC Warrior? http://www.kearms.com/shtf-wrap | ||
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| Sigless in Indiana  |
I have often threatened to paint my 3-gun rifle white to keep it cooler in the August sun. I may give it a try this summer. | |||
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| Sigless in Indiana |
The stock is more of a problem than the handguard, generally. Heat on your face is more painful than on your hand. Those wraps look like they would do the job. I would probably get them damp with some water. You could roll your own out of a T-shirt and zip ties for way less than $30 but it wouldn't look cool. | |||
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| To Do What is Right and Just |
Thin foam and zip ties or adhesive. Kinda like the ace stocks. Just something so it isnt metal but will still get warm in the sun anyway. | |||
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| Member |
I don't have this problem, but if I did I would be more inclined to address it hidden under the handguard rather than over. Like a GI handguard in principle, but I would probably use exhaust wrap tape. If its merely thermal in storage I'd get a simple cover. “So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at what is weak.” | |||
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| Gracie Allen is my personal savior! |
The problem is that the handguard itself winds up sitting in hot environments or being exposed to direct sunlight over relatively extended periods or both. Even a polymer handguard or a nylon cover like this one can wind up picking up some heat over time; what I'm kinda hoping is that it's no more than mildly uncomfortable at worst. | |||
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Student of Weapons Craft |
I use something similar from burn-proof gear. It is based in their supressor wraps. Works great! I can get the rail hot enough to burn and the wrap is always safe to touch. | |||
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| Member |
I'd wrap my Krink HG with this! ________________________ "The Revolver -A more elegant weapon from a more civilized age." | |||
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| Member |
Mr. Cattivo - With all due respect would you want to consider not covering up the heat source but rather allow the barrel to cool using a Thermal Dissipator similar to the one in the link below.... I only suggest this as an alternative to covering up the hand guard....Just a thought Sir....Mark https://www.jprifles.com/1.4.5_hs.php | |||
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| Freethinker |
You mention a dissipater “similar” to those (which appear to fit JP rifles or rifles with the same type of barrel only). What do you have in mind? Anything in particular? And of course the dissipater won’t keep the handguard cool if it’s heated from the sun or storing the rifle in a closed vehicle, which is what the original question seemed to be about. “I don’t want some ‘gun nut’ training my officers [about firearms].” — Unidentified chief of an American police department. “I can’t give you brains, but I can give you a diploma.” — The Wizard of Oz This life is a drill. It is only a drill. If it had been a real life, you would have been given instructions about where to go and what to do. | |||
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| Member |
Mr. SigFreund - your question made me go back and re-read the OP and I missed the comments related to the weapon getting hot from the sun.... My brain read heat and I thought automatically the OP was talking about heat from a hot barrel.....sorry for my confusing post...I was way off topic...Mark | |||
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| Gracie Allen is my personal savior! |
Thank you both, gentlemen. Sigfreund's right, but I'm all for heat management as a general proposition. I don't believe I've ever even heard of a dissipater of that type. | |||
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Bolt Thrower |
May I suggest a glove? | |||
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| Gracie Allen is my personal savior! |
Sure. But it's still easier to just put something on the rifle and leave it there. | |||
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