Hi Jeff, Thanks for the reply. Your help is greatly appreciated. The main issues I am trying to remedy is, how loose the stock hand guards are. It just makes the rifle feel "cheesy" and more importantly id like to convert over to a free float rail so that I can use a rail mount iron sight system. As far as the hand guard itself id be looking for something somewhat economical. The length I would prefer is to cover the gas block or at least close. I'm not opposed to modifying or replacing the gas block (If it isn't totally covered). Just having trouble finding handrails that will fit before I can evaluate the gas block situation.