Hogue hits home run!
I did my first install of a hogue free float tube today and was very happy with it. I will say that reading the included instructions prior to starting was very helpful as they were very clear and tell you what you need to know before you make a mistake. The included wrench is less complicated than it sounds. Very nice product, well made, very sturdy. I will be using this product on my next AR-15 build, parts should be here soon. Both rifles are for target/varmint shooting.
Great forend with Hogue 3-gun extention
This is a super short forend for carbine Ar15 rifles. If you use Hogue's "3gun" extention with this forend, you get a perfect 15" length forend on a 18-20" Ar rifle, and have the rubber grip out where you need it. I have this setup on 2 of my guns and they look and work fantastic.
Easy to install free float forend
Installed this forend on my Armalite 16" midlength gas system and was really glad I did. Clean lines, full free float, hogue pebble grip surface. The only down side is that you have to drill and tap for a bipod stud.
Not worth the trouble or money
This has got to be the worst engineered product I have bought in quite a while. I understand that you have to pay sixty plus dollars for an aluminum tube, but then they tell you that you will have to bend your gas tube an advise you get a gunsmith to do it for ( $65-$100 dollars an hour). Lastly the barrel nut needs a strap wrench or as they advise get an old belt and a pair of vice grips to put in on. I guest just get it tight is good enough, not to worry about torquing it down.
Horrible
Just finished installing this total piece of junk on a buddy's gun. The wrench they give you is a joke and you have to buy a special gas tube or mess with bending the existing one. I have install many many handguards and this is the WORST one I have ever used.
Would not buy again
The pins on my barrel wrench were not long enough to engage into the barrel nut. The directions gave instruction on how to modify your gas tube-meanwhile the description block on the website said that modification of the tube was not required. I didn't want to modify my gas tube. The grip handle didn't come with the package, evidently that is sold separately.
