Once cut, heat-seal the ends to prevent fraying.ģ) Cut another length of paracord to approximately 18" long, fold in half, and then tie a knot with the loose ends to create a loop about 9" long.Ĥ) Soak the longer length of paracord (from step 2) in water until its saturated, then shake off the excess water.ĥ) Starting with one cut end of the wet paracord near the middle of the FF tube, lay the paracord lengthwise along the tube towards the end you want to start wrapping. For a plain-vanilla FF tube, you will need about 4 feet of paracord for every inch of tube you want to cover. I recommend "real" 550 parachute cord, with white strands inside a colored outer sheath, rather than the braided stuff you get at WalMart.Ģ) Cut the paracord to length. Try paracord before you dismiss the idea - it's cheap and well proven:ġ) Obtain paracord of your chosen color. I thought about an Ace bandage cut to fit, but I'm afraid it would melt all over the HG the first time it got hot. Something about 1.5 inches wide and 2 feet long would do the trick. The ideal solution would be a flat, non-adhesive-backed, heat resistant, strip of material I can wrap around the tube and secure the end with some double-backed tape. My biker friend wraps his exhaust pipes in a kind of fabric tape that insulates against heat transfer to their legs. I've seen some people wrap their aluminum HGs in nylon parachute cord, but that seems too thick. Something that provides texture and a friendly feel for my bare support hand, while insulating against any heat or cold convecting from the aluminum. I do like the skinny 2" tube, as the MOEs were a little too fat, but somehow, the bare aluminum tube needs a covering on its rear section. My objective is enhanced accuracy, but I miss the feeling of Magpul's textured plastic on my support hand. Customizable in Yankee-speak means I can leave the tube smooth, sans any rails, at least for now. Yesterday, I upgraded my home built AR-15's handguard, from the previous clamp-on Magpul MOEs, to a Yankee Hill "customizable" free float tube, rifle length.
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