shepp Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 (edited) Went and bought a bench vise finally and replaced my fore grip tonight. Took off the DPMS quad rail and installed a MWI 12" SS-key mod ultra light gaurd, packaging says it weighs in at 12.4oz with barrel nut, I took off 2 pounds roughly. Edited April 22, 2014 by shepp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sketch Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 Nice work bro!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Microgunner Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 The DPMS quad rail weighed nearly 3lbs? Holy crap that's heavy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLKSHEEP Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 Excellent!! <thumbsup> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepp Posted April 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 Think it was mostly in the barrel nut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seasprite Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 Nice job, hows the balance since you shaved all that off the front end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washguy Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 Now you got sumthin....way to go! :) Wash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepp Posted April 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 Ok I'm an idiot lol, I put it all back together and forgot to put the bcg and the charging handle back in.......... So I gained a pound back. Still 10.5 is a lot better than 11.7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepp Posted April 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 Sprite it still feels good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Microgunner Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 That 1.2lbs will be a huge difference after 5 miles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnatshooter Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 Any idea what the weight is of the foregrip on this? It's what I have... http://www.dpmsinc.com/LR-308T_ep_127-1.html Since the weight is 9.75 lbs, maybe I shouldn't complain. But it sure feels heavier than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepp Posted April 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 Gnat, did you check in their parts section some have the weight listed on them, the brunt of the weight came from the barrel nut, also that's unloaded weight figure another 1.5-2 pounds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnatshooter Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 Shepp, That was a good idea. I found my stock free-float tube here. Unfortunately, no weight is given. I suppose I could remove the durn thing and weigh it, but I can't see how the thing was installed, much less how to take it off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepp Posted April 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 (edited) I bet the end it's threaded I put mine in the bench vice block, removed the gas block and flash hider, wrapped the grip in electrical tape (so I wouldn't mar it up) and spun it off with a strap wrench. Think the quad rail helped a lot in getting grip with the wrench. I read else where guys used pipe wrenches and wrapped the "teeth" in tape What's the diameter of the grip I bet it uses the same barrel nut mine does and that's where all the dam weight was Edited April 22, 2014 by shepp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnatshooter Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 Shepp, Yeah, the thing looks like it's probably threaded and would come off with a strap wrench. The diameter of the free-float tube is 2.27 inches. Does this mean I would be using a different barrel nut with a different foregrip and that's where the weight savings would be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepp Posted April 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 Yes the MWI one comes with a nut and a wrench that goes on a torque wrench it's more of a sleeve then a nut lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnatshooter Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 Is the weight savings worth the trouble? This is a carbine-length FF tube (7.25" long) and aluminum, so that part is probably pretty light already. I have a 16" HBAR barrel so that may be where the most weight is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepp Posted April 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 I changed mine for two reasons, I thought the quad rail was cool when I bought it, but I ended up not liking it. It's bulky IMO and it gets snagged up in my hunting cloths, also I realized how heavy the gun was after I bought it and wanted to lighten it up. It really wasn't any trouble per-say but by buying the new hand guard I got a look I wanted shaved off some weight and bulk and eliminated 3 rails I really wasn't using. Also I can now ditch the quick release sling post I was using because the rail has 3-4 drilled holes to accept a sling at Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unforgiven Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 I thought this was about something totally different. <dontknow> <lmao> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planeflyer21 Posted April 23, 2014 Report Share Posted April 23, 2014 I thought this was about something totally different. <dontknow> <lmao> Me too brother! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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