Infratek's Tactical Hand Guard

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Mine just arrived today, and since I hadn't seen any posted yet, I thought I'd post mine.
Installation is very easy. Remove the top handguard as per regular stripping. Remove the bottom guard by punching the pin located immediately to the rear of the guards at the bottom of the VZ's receiver.
Place the railed lower in position and replace the pin from the stock handguards. The top one goes on exactly the same as the stock upper handguard (but much tighter), and it has a locking lever on the right hand side that locks it into place by sliding an anchoring point in the cutaway that is above the gas piston's hole.
Unlocked:
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Locked:
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The "anchoring point" (extended/locked):
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(ignore the puck propping the rifle off my wife's carpet:redface:)

Once mounted I grabbed several manufacturers parts that I had lying around to test the rail's tightness (TD Vertical Foregrip, ARMS mounted Surefire light, and a Larue LT-104 scope mount. No problems at all. A point to note: the fore grip in the pics is mounted as far back as possible without preventing mag changes.

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(ignore the socks:redface::redface:)

Also, there is no interference with the gun's iron sights due to the gap down the center of the top rail.


Does anyone know if the expected "Krink" versions that Marstar is bringing in will be to the same specs for handguard dimensions?
 
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Man, that does look really nice. I'm very tempted; but isn't that guy out of the country for awhile? What is the weight like?
 
I handled the very same items today. Well made, robust, looks like it should hold zero easily (at least within the same tolerances as removing and reinstalling a sight onto a rail).

One set-screw in the bottom guard to tighten it up to the rifle. Two set-screws in the top hand guard to fine-tune the tightness when the upper handguard is levered down.

Looks sharp!
 
Um, is it "HEAVY" or is it "LIGHT" after it's mounted on the gun? I should have been more specific.
 
Corpus said:
Um, is it "HEAVY" or is it "LIGHT" after it's mounted on the gun? I should have been more specific.
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It's ultra light. Palinak let me hold it to se how light it was. I truly liked it but my only gripe with it was that there wasn't enough ventilation for when I go crazy @ the range and blow off 500 rounds in 4 hours. But he ensured me that since it was cast aluminum that it would soak up the heat better than my Fab hand guard.

Decisions,
Decisions,
Decisions.
 
Satain said:
It's ultra light. Palinak let me hold it to se how light it was. I truly liked it but my only gripe with it was that there wasn't enough ventilation for when I go crazy @ the range and blow off 500 rounds in 4 hours. But he ensured me that since it was cast aluminum that it would soak up the heat better than my Fab hand guard.

Decisions,
Decisions,
Decisions.
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cant you get a machinist put in some holes for you?
 
Palinak said that he was talking about cutting out the indents in the guard for even more flow but as if he is going to go through with it I don't know. As for what type of manufacturing process they use to create this is again has to be answered by the man. But I was damm sure he said cast aluminum machined cleaned and they are tough as nails.
He showed me how solid they were by making my VZ 58 scout mount & my fab guard mounted optics move. Then he started beating up his rifle like a government mule and it didn't budge an inch plus the scope remained bang on. He said something about how the hand guards looked in together allowed him to do this. Now only if he would ever clean his rifles he might be able to get some accuracy I told him.
 
Satain said:
Palinak said that he was talking about cutting out the indents in the guard for even more flow but as if he is going to go through with it I don't know. As for what type of manufacturing process they use to create this is again has to be answered by the man. But I was damm sure he said cast aluminum machined cleaned and they are tough as nails.
He showed me how solid they were by making my VZ 58 scout mount & my fab guard mounted optics move. Then he started beating up his rifle like a government mule and it didn't budge an inch plus the scope remained bang on. He said something about how the hand guards looked in together allowed him to do this. Now only if he would ever clean his rifles he might be able to get some accuracy I told him.
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Sounds like a good unit. I like the looks of it. Casting or not it sounds strong.
 
Maybe he said "solid", not "cast" (I am only guessing that).


The truth is that both top and bottom handguards are
made from Aluminum billet 6000-series treated, hard anodized black. Period.
 
Dr.Lector said:
Maybe he said "solid", not "cast" (I am only guessing that).


The truth is that both top and bottom handguards are
made from Aluminum billet 6000-series treated, hard anodized black. Period.
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That's what I was trying to get at with my question. Palinaks parts look excellent and doing a cast part wouldn't make much sense.

Guys you should know that for what you are getting it's a very good price too. The amount of machining processes done to those handguards is very high. I'm surprised they aren't way more expensive than they are. They look like first rate parts.
 
There is no reason not for it to be cast as a casting would work extremely well for a set of handguards and be lighter weight than a forging, but I doubt that they are cast as the initial costs of a casting can be high, possibly they are made from a cast billet or an extrusion, but most likely from a forged billet.
 
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