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By D-Ring I'm talking about the Delta Ring that holds the standard 2 piece hand guards in place. (you have to push down on the delta ring to install or uninstall the 2 piece hand guards). The Delta ring is the barrel nut I believe in my case. ![]() I have watched videos and read about the Daniel Defense and other systems that are basically drop in "free float" quad rail systems but I am looking to do a true free floating quad rail. I believe you pretty much just take the existing Delta Ring / barrel nut and replace the existing barrel nut with a threaded one then the true free float one piece hand guards are actually screwed/turned (threaded) in place. Then you reinstall the Gas Block / front sight post in my case. I think that the front fixed sight post is the gas block on my rifle. But I might go with a low profile gas block that has the picatinny rail on it so I can mount flip up BUIS. Something similar to this = ![]() O yea and my barrel is threaded so my compensator / flash hider is not pinned in, so that's one good thing. All in all I think it will be pretty simple to do just as long as I get the right tools to do the job. I have looked into that polymer tool that helps you tap out the pins that are holding the front sight post on (That might come in handy) I have some punches that I think will do the job. I replaced my stock Trigger guard with a MagPul advanced trigger guard and the punch looks similar in size to the front sight post but I can get punches easily. I do need to get a barrel nut wrench tool (whatever it's called ![]() At this point I am making it sound way harder than it probably is I just need to get the parts and just do it. I have watched so many videos of how to do this that I am sure I can get the job done. Here is a link to a quick YouTube video that shows a guy from MidwayUSA installing a FF tube = That is pretty much what I am looking to do but instead of a plain tube style hand guard I will be installing a quad rail. There are some many different brands out there now and some are different when it comes to installing them. Anyways now I might just be confusing people, so that's about it. -Remove 2 piece hand guards. -Remove compensator / Flash hider. -Remove pins holding the front sight post in place -Remove front sight post. -Remove Delta ring. With AR tool or barrel nut wrench.? -Install new threaded barrel nut. This is what my new FF hand guard will screw & lock on to. -Install new one piece FF hand guard. -Reinstall / slide the front sight post back in place (if I don't install a new Low profile gas block) and put the pins back in. -Reinstall the compensator / Flash hider. I think that is the most of it in a nut shell. Some of that installation depends on which free float quad rail I go with, some have a different style barrel nut that I would have to use...etc and if I wanted to install the Low Profile gas block with the picatinny rails on top I would pretty much just install that instead of the old A2 style sight post. Well I might Start ordering this stuff now. You have me thinking of my AR again. A couple of the LGS around KC have some nice FF quad rails but it might be cheaper if I order them. Plus I need to get a couple of those tools. I will keep you posted, and I might even ask you some questions ![]() Thanks, -Ryan S
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