So, I bought myself a JR Carbine STD off a member here a couple weeks ago. It was a good deal, but I had been looking at the takedown model also; I liked the round forend better than the PIC. railed forend.
While I was perusing the EE, I found a gent here in Ottawa that was selling 2 Hogue round forends; they are kind of in between the sizes of the JR forends and I find the diameter perfect. I got a 7" and a 12" forend; they had different depths of barrel nut before the grip portion. I swapped out the rifle barrel nut for the carbine tube to get a nice ~ 9" forend instead of the 7" one that comes on the JR.
So I popped off the forend off the JR and put the new barrel but in place; I guess the JR barrel nut is slightly shallower than a standard AR barrel nut as when I tightened it up, there was play in the barrel. Not to be discouraged I wnet off to the Ottawa Fasteners to see what I could find. Ended up getting a washer that is the right inside diameter , but too big on the outside. With a little tinkering, I made a wooden dowel jig to hold it as I evenly ground it down to the right size. It dropped in like it was made for it. When all is said and done, it snugs up nice and tight and I can grab the bigger tube and get the torque I need to spin it off.
Cool thing is I have all the stuff to make another one for 1/3 what it would have cost to buy one from JR carbine. Just thought I would post this if anyone was thinking of doing the same.
While I was perusing the EE, I found a gent here in Ottawa that was selling 2 Hogue round forends; they are kind of in between the sizes of the JR forends and I find the diameter perfect. I got a 7" and a 12" forend; they had different depths of barrel nut before the grip portion. I swapped out the rifle barrel nut for the carbine tube to get a nice ~ 9" forend instead of the 7" one that comes on the JR.
So I popped off the forend off the JR and put the new barrel but in place; I guess the JR barrel nut is slightly shallower than a standard AR barrel nut as when I tightened it up, there was play in the barrel. Not to be discouraged I wnet off to the Ottawa Fasteners to see what I could find. Ended up getting a washer that is the right inside diameter , but too big on the outside. With a little tinkering, I made a wooden dowel jig to hold it as I evenly ground it down to the right size. It dropped in like it was made for it. When all is said and done, it snugs up nice and tight and I can grab the bigger tube and get the torque I need to spin it off.
Cool thing is I have all the stuff to make another one for 1/3 what it would have cost to buy one from JR carbine. Just thought I would post this if anyone was thinking of doing the same.
