?? rec. upper - long roundish handguard, about $800 ??

[palmtree]

Hi, I'm used to a rra upper, its heavy and the handguard is sorta round. I think I like the roundness, at least on the bottom half. This upper weighs a ton. want to find out about something more lightweight, w/ a top rail, but hopefully keep the roundness on bottom. i think i want to have a long handguard covering most of barrel, w/ picatinny covering top. as for barel, no longer than 16", and want to stay light, but have heard m4 barrels are whippy, not to rigid, so not sure i want a m4. I was thinkin of getting something from bcm, as was thinkin something already put together as i'd like to keep screwin around w/ it to a min., and at least semi quality, but i'm not sure there kmr handguard is the answer. i'm all ears for differences or suggestions on this. like to save $, but wouldn't frown on 8 bills if had too. thanks

[shafferds]

What type of shooting you gonna be doing? Tons of light weight rails now. Try matrix arms the 15in rail is like 65 at joeboboutfitters.

[palmtree]

very good, shafferds, just viewed that one, thanks, looks like what i'm describing for likes, . don't do much shooting, but would say all purpose. obviously accuracy is a factor, but really wanna keep the weight down. if gotta shoot a squirrel at 200 yds, something else can be used. thanks

[baih777]

You need to research further. I am not sure but RRA might have their own thread pattern for the handguard.

[palmtree]

I think there is some stuff about rra, that's not milspec. But Ii'm not looking to mess w/ the rr. looking for recommendation on a separate complete, upper. any suggestions wht to do w/ 5-700 dollars. I can then spend another hundred on the handguard shafferds pointed out